Imperialism & Foreign Policy
What 1898 conflict marked a turning point in U.S. imperial ambitions?
What is the Spanish-American War?
Whose “Square Deal” addressed consumer protection, corporations, and conservation?
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
In what year did the U.S. enter World War I?
What is 1917?
What 1929 event triggered the Great Depression?
What is the Stock Market Crash (Black Tuesday)?
What event led the U.S. to enter WWII in 1941?
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
Who led the “Anti-Imperialist League” and opposed U.S. expansion overseas?
Who is William Jennings Bryan (or Mark Twain)?
What were journalists who exposed corruption during the Progressive Era called?
Who are muckrakers?
What laws restricted antiwar speech and criticism of the government during WWI?
What are the Espionage and Sedition Acts?
What New Deal agency created jobs through public works projects like roads and buildings?
What is the Works Progress Administration (WPA)?
What U.S. foreign policy, implemented after WWII, was designed to contain the spread of communism in Europe and Asia?
What is the Truman Doctrine?
What amendment gave the U.S. the right to intervene in Cuba’s foreign affairs?
What is the Platt Amendment?
Which African American leader promoted vocational education and founded the Tuskegee Institute during the Progressive Era?
Who is Booker T. Washington?
What treaty ended WWI and proposed the League of Nations?
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
What were FDR’s radio addresses to the American public called?
What are Fireside Chats?
What post-WWII U.S. program was aimed at rebuilding European economies and preventing the spread of communism?
What is the Marshall Plan?
What U.S. policy aimed to maintain equal trading rights in China?
What is the Open Door Policy?
What amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920?
What is the 19th Amendment?
Name two major 1920s innovations in communication or entertainment.
What are radio and motion pictures?
What 1935 law protected labor unions and collective bargaining?
What is the Wagner Act?
What major postwar organization was created in 1949 to provide collective security against the Soviet Union and its allies?
What is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)?
Name two territories acquired by the U.S. in 1898.
What are Puerto Rico and the Philippines (or Guam)?
What 1906 law was passed after The Jungle exposed unsafe conditions in food processing?
What is the Meat Inspection Act?
What 1920s trial highlighted tensions between religion and science?
What is the Scopes “Monkey” Trial?
Who proposed the “Share Our Wealth” program as an alternative to the New Deal?
Who is Huey Long?
What 1944 Supreme Court case upheld the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, despite the civil liberties violations?
What is Korematsu v. United States?