American Expansion - Progressive Era
What was one effect of the transcontinental railroad?
Faster and cheaper travel and trade and creation of a national market.
What was an effect of the Panama Canal?
Faster, cheaper, more efficient travel between the Atlantic and Pacific
How did the U.S. end World War II?
Dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What is the assembly line and the Model T?
Assembly line - a way or working in a factory that is efficient
Model T - first affordable car created by using the assembly line
List two effects of the Great Depression.
1. Unemployment 2. Homelessness 3. Mexican Repatriation 4. Businesses close
What does nativism mean?
A person who is anti immigrant
What was one effect of the Spanish-American War?
The U.S. got territories like Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.
The U.S. is seen as a world power.
List two weapons / technologies used in World War I.
Machine guns, trenches, tanks, poison gas, gas masks
What are two changes that happened to women in the 1920s?
1. Got the right to vote (suffrage) 2. Became more independent 3. Became flappers 4. Drinking / smoking 5. Going out without a male chaperone 6. Wore makeup
What is social security?
Retirement money for old people
What is a monopoly? What is antitrust?
Monopoly - one company owns everything. Antitrust - stopping monopolies and creating competition
What was the reason for the U.S. annexation of Hawaii? There are two answers.
Hawaii's climate is good for growing fruits and vegetables.
List two reasons that the U.S. entered World War I.
Germany sank the Lusitania that had U.S. citizens on board, the Zimmermann Telegram sent to Mexico, Unrestricted Submarine Warfare from Germany
What is the 18th and 21st amendment? What was an effect of the 18th amendment?
18th - bans alcohol. 21st - repeals 18th (brings alcohol back). Effect of the 18th amendment - increased organized crime
What does the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation do?
Keep your money safe in a bank
What was a positive and negative of political machines?
Positive - helped immigrants and poor people get jobs, helped with public services
Negative - corruption, took bribes, voter fraud
What was an effect of Yellow Journalism?
The U.S. blamed Spain for sinking the U.S.S. Maine in Cuba.
Name three ways Americans at home helped with the war effort in World War I and World War II
1. Women worked in factories 2. Victory gardens 3. Rationing 4. War / victory bonds 5. Enlisting in the military
How are the Great Migration and the Harlem Renaissance connected?
The Great Migration led African Americans to move out of the South. African Americans moved to cities like NYC. The Harlem Renaissance started with African Americans in Harlem, New York and was them making art based on their culture / identity.
What were the two purposes of the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority?
To help create jobs during the Great Depression and to provide electricity for rural areas in America
What is the 17th Amendment?
The direct election of Senators
What was the Big Stick Policy from Theodore Roosevelt?
The U.S. would not allowed European countries to colonize North or South America. The U.S. would use our military to enforce that.
What was executive order 9066?
Japanese Americans were forced into internment camps and lost their jobs, businesses, houses, etc.
What are three reasons for the Great Depression?
Overproduction, speculation, shaky banking, tariffs / restricted international trade, stock market crash
What was the court packing scheme and what was an impact of the scheme?
FDR tried to increase the number of Supreme Court justices from 9 to 13. An impact is that Americans were upset at FDR and thought the scheme showed corruption.