Spanish-American War
Sensational stories that increased public support for intervention.
Yellow Journalism
A broad political, social, and economic reform movement that aimed to fix the problems caused by rapid industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and corporate corruption in the United States
Progressivism
Whose assassination on June 28, 1914, in Sarajevo set off WWI?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The spread of installment buying, advertising, automobiles, radios, and household appliances caused what kind of attitude among Americans?
Consumer Culture/ Consumerism
Stock-market speculation, bank failures, overproduction, and unequal distribution of wealth contributed to what decade-long economic struggle?
The Great Depression
Which development most directly contributed to U.S. intervention in Cuba?
Cuba’s rebellion against Spanish rule.
Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle contributed most directly to the passage of legislation regulating what?
Food and meat production
What was the UK, Russian, French, and later the US alliance called?
Triple Entante
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
A flowering of African American literature, music, and art in Harlem, New York
Which event is most closely associated with the beginning of the Great Depression?
The stock-market crash of 1929.
The explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor was important because it did what?
It increased American public pressure for war with Spain
A philosophical approach that evaluates theories, ideas, and beliefs based on their practical consequences and their ability to solve real-world problems, rather than adherence to abstract principles or fixed dogmas
Pragmatism
Which German action most directly pushed the United States toward entering World War I?
The Sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman Telegraph
Henry Ford’s process to mass-produce goods, especially automobiles, making things more affordable for ordinary Americans
The assembly line
How did President Herbert Hoover initially respond to the Great Depression?
He relied heavily on voluntary cooperation, limited government assistance, and public works
What country did the US have imperial rule over (until 1946) as a result of the Spanish-American war?
The Philippines
Why did President Woodrow Wilson initially support U.S. neutrality?
He believed the United States should remain neutral. (The US was still very isolationist)
What created a national mass culture by spreading similar entertainment and ideas across the country?
Radio and Movies
Which New Deal agency was created to provide jobs through public-works projects?
The Works Progress Administration
Which territory did the United States acquire as a result of the Treaty of Paris of 1898?
Puerto Rico
What was a major effect of World War I on the U.S. economy?
War production increased employment and helped expand American industry.
What was it called when African Americans moved from the rural South to cities in the North and West?
The Great Migration
What act provided old-age pensions, unemployment insurance, and aid to certain vulnerable groups?
Social Security Act of 1935