Presidents and Leaders
What president made a major push through laws and policies to get the U.S. out of the Great Depression?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What country was invaded to start the second world war?
Poland
What group of journalists wrote negative stories during Roosevelt's presidency?
The Muckrakers
What canal was created to ship goods easier?
The Panama Canal
What policy was created to prevent losing trade with China?
The Open Door policy
Who became president after FDR's sudden death?
Harry S. Truman
What rebellion was started to prevent outside influence?
The Boxer Rebellion
What was the major program that FDR created to bring the U.S. out of the Great Depression?
The New Deal
What was a major invention that caused Japan to surrender and became a major reason of the cold war?
The atomic bomb
What was the treaty called that ended the first world war
The Treaty of Versailles
Who was the most active first lady?
Eleanor Roosevelt
What caused McKinley to send a message to Spain telling them to surrender during the Cuban revolt
The sinking of the USS Maine
What group advocated for the government to be more involved in the country?
The Progressives
What two acts were passed due to a book titled The Jungle from a Muckraker?
The food and drug act and the meat inspection act
What was the conference that relieved tensions between many countries after the first world war?
The Washington Conference
Who was the president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)?
Carrie Chapman Catt
What battle during world war 2 destroyed 4 Japanese aircraft carriers and stopped Japanese expansion?
The battle of Midway
What form of journalism was created to alert the citizens of the atrocities in Cuba?
Yellow journalism
What encouraged Americans to eat less meat and bread so It can be shipped to the French and British?
The Food Administration
What policy put a 30-40% tariff on foreign goods during the great depression?
The Hawley-Smoot Tariff
What president was elected in 1900?
Theodore Roosevelt
What caused the U.S. to enter the first world war?
The Germans began to cut off supply lines between the U.S. and the Allies
What war was caused from a spark of Jingoism within Americans
The Spanish-American War
Who perfected the assembly line to produce automobiles?
Henry Ford
What were the laws called that decreased immigration based on nationality?
The Quota laws