Imperialism
This policy involves a stronger nation extending its control over weaker territories.
What is imperialism?
These investigative journalists exposed corruption and social injustices in the early 1900s.
Who were the muckrakers?
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This policy of building up military strength contributed to tensions before World War I.
What is militarism?
This wartime agency regulated industry to support the U.S. war effort.
What is the War Industries Board?
This U.S. Commodore opened Japan to trade in 1854 with the Treaty of Kanagawa.
Who is Matthew Perry?
This movement fought for women's right to vote, culminating in the 19th Amendment.
What is suffrage?
This term, coined by Mark Twain, described the late 19th century as a time of apparent prosperity masking deep corruption.
What is the Gilded Age?
This alliance included Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy before WWI.
This alliance included Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy before WWI.
This law made it illegal to interfere with military operations or support U.S. enemies.
What is the Espionage Act of 1917?
The U.S. annexed this Pacific territory in 1898 after the overthrow of Queen Liliʻuokalani.
What is Hawaii?
This U.S. president was a key Progressive leader known for his "Square Deal" policies.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
This 1862 law provided settlers with 160 acres of free land if they farmed it for five years.
What is the Homestead Act?
This secret message from Germany to Mexico proposed an alliance against the U.S.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
This postwar fear of communism led to a crackdown on radicals in the U.S.
What is the First Red Scare?
This U.S. policy aimed to ensure equal trading rights in China for all foreign nations.
What is the Open Door Policy?
This 1890 law was the first federal measure to curb monopolies and anti-competitive practices.
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act?
This 1863 Union victory in Mississippi gave the North full control of the Mississippi River.
What is the Battle of Vicksburg?
These were the three main U.S. factions in the Senate debating the Treaty of Versailles.
Who were the Democrats, Irreconcilables, and Reservationists?
This Supreme Court case upheld wartime limits on free speech.
What is Schenck v. United States?
This 1904 policy expanded the Monroe Doctrine, stating the U.S. could intervene in Latin America.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
This 1913 law established the central banking system of the United States.
What is the Federal Reserve Act?
This 1890 event marked the violent end of Native American armed resistance in the West.
What is the Wounded Knee Massacre?
Wilson's postwar peace plan included this international organization.
What are the Fourteen Points and the League of Nations?
These government raids targeted suspected communists and anarchists in 1919-1920.
What were the Palmer Raids?