Imperialism
This was the primary reason that the United States engaged in imperialism in the early 1900's.
What is foreign markets for American goods
This is the foreign policy that the U.S. took when WWI began
What is Neutrality
Although the Constitution was changed to outlaw alcohol with the 18th amendment, Americans did NOT stop drinking. What was this period called?
Prohibition
This describes people rushing to their banks after the stock market crash to get their money out.
What is bank runs
Wilson's ideas of what he thought should go into the Treaty of Versailles
What are Wilson's 14 Points
Queen Liliukalani was overthrown here by sugar planters. The U.S. took control of these islands
What is Hawaii
This is the name of the treaty that ended WW1, blamed Germany for the (Great) War, and crippled Germany economically.
What is...The Treaty of Versailles
The 2 Italian Americans who were executed during the 1920's for murder. Many people were outraged and believed that they were actually persecuted for being immigrants and having radical ideas
Who are Sacco and Vanzetti
This man was President when the Great Depression hit, and his response to the crisis was considered insensitive by many Americans. This man was elected in 1932 because Americans wanted help from the Depression
Who are Herbert Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt
This was the Communist scare that spread all over the U.S. during the 1920's
What is the the Red Scare
These three places were all colonized by the United States because the U.S. won the Spanish-American War.
What is the Philippines, Guam, and Hawaii.
The organization that Woodrow Wilson wanted to keep peace in the world, but the U.S. Senate rejected our joining
What is League of Nations
This is the name given to the era of artistic and intellectual progress made by African Americans in the urban north.
What is the Harlem Renaissance
This was Franklin D. Roosevelt's plan to help the American people during the Great Depression.
What is the New Deal
The most famous poet of the Harlem Renaissance who wrote that African Americans should be proud of themselves and their culture
Who is Langston Hughes
The U.S. Navy went to Japan to negotiate opening up Japan to American trade. Who was the Commodore that led this visit and to the eventual Treaty (of Kanagawa) with Japan
Who is Commodore Perry?
M-A-I-N were ther causes of WWI (The Great War).
M=Militarism, N = Nationalism.
What do the I and A stand for?
I = Imperialism
A = Alliances
This trial is often referred to as "the Monkey Trial", where a high school teacher broke the law when he taught the science theory of Evolution, rather than the religious story from the Bible
What is the Scopes Trial
In response the the Supreme Court declaring New Deal programs unconstitutional (ex. NIRA, AAA) FDR still wanted his programs. So what did FDR propose to get a Supreme Court that would rule in favor of the New Deal programs?
Packing the court with 6 more (extra) judges. "Court Packing"
What is the Dust Bowl?
Name the President who was Imperialist (wanted to grab up land for our benefit), such as building the Panama Canal, yeilding a Big Stick Policy over Central America.Double the points if you can also name another Imperialistic President.
Who is Teddy Roosevelt?
Bonus: McKinley, Taft, Wilson
This telegram brought the United States into WWI because Germany was trying to get Mexico to attack the U.S
What is the Zimmerman Note
Large numbers of African Americans left the South and headed to Northern cities for factory jobs in cities was called...
What was the Great Migration
In the years leading up to the Great Depression, many things caused the Great Depression to happen. Name 2 different causes of the Great Depression.
What are: Shaky Banking, Buying Stocks on Margin, Uneven distribution of Wealth, Overproduction, Shrinking International Trade, or Chain Reaction
This was the British cruise ship that was sunk by Germany. 128 Americans died. America was enraged because they claimed that America was a neutral country and had Neutrality Rights to travel anywhere.
What is the Lusitainia?