Progressive Era
The nickname for journalists who expose the problems in America
What are muckrakers?
WWI begins in large part because of the assassination of this man in Serbia.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Another name for the Roaring 20's
What is the Jazz Age?
Name two of the major causes of the Great Depression
What is the stock market crash AND the bank failures?
This is the nickname for executions carried out by a mob without a trial, often heavily targeted towards black Americans.
What is lynching?
This man believed that African-Americans should gain equality through education and wealth, which could be a bit of a slow process.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
Name all of the Allied Powers
What is Britain, France, Italy, Russia, USA?
This made mass production in factories possible. The process was perfected by car manufacturer Henry Ford.
What is the assembly line?
The name of the President who did little to help alleviate the effects of the Depression, leaving people greatly displeased with him
Who is Herbert Hoover?
In his book, The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, Alfred Mahan says that if America wants to become a dominant global power, it needs to ___________________________.
This man is the founder of the NAACP and believed that African-Americans should fight for immediate change
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
Name all of the Central Powers
What is Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria?
This allowed consumer culture to grow during the 1920s because people weren't concerned about making immediate payments. This will later cause problems during the Great Depression.
What is the credit system?
FDR's plan to turn around America's economy and help ease the suffering during the Great Depression
What is the New Deal?
This policy was put in place to make sure that America and all other countries would be able to trade with China and other parts of Asia.
What is the Open Door Policy?
This law outlaws the production and sale of falsely labeled goods
What is the Pure Food and Drug Act?
Name 4 kinds of new technology that were used during WWI
What are trenches, tanks, airplanes, machine guns, chemical gas?
This marked the rise in popularity of African-American arts and culture during the 1920s in New York.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
This new deal program was FDR's favorite, and it put millions of young men back to work planting trees, and doing other work helping to preserve nature.
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?
Teddy Roosevelt's famous foreign policy stance, "Speak softly and carry a ___________________."
What is big stick?
This book by Upton Sinclair exposed the gross conditions in Chicago meatpacking plants, and eventually led to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act.
What is The Jungle?
This law said that anyone caught giving help or aid to the enemy faced prison time
What is the Espionage Act of 1917?
This was the science of controlling breeding of certain races in order to create a stronger population. AKA "scientific racism"
What is eugenics?
As soon as FDR takes office, he immediately decides to do this in order to stop the bank runs.
This law said that the US government had "police powers" that would allow them to enforce the 18th amendment.
What is the Volstead Act?