Unit 1: Growing America (Industrialization, Immigration, and Progressivism)
The words “...Give me your tired, your poor...Send these...to me...” on the base of the Statue of Liberty refer to what group of people?
Immigrants
As a result of what war in 1898, did the U.S acquire the Philippines and Puerto Rico?
Spanish and American War
Women did not get ________ , or the right to vote, until the 19"
Amendment passed in 1920.
Suffrage
What events led the U.S to enter WWII?
Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor
What country, which was the largest in the world, became communist in 1919?
Russia
What is the term for people who strongly oppose immigration?
Nativists
Give one economic reason the U.S would want to acquire territories.
- Acquire aw materials
- Open new markets for trade
Thousands of bank closings, unemployment skyrocketing, and the “Dust Bowl”, are all events associated with the _____________.
Great Depression
As a result of the U.S declaring war on Japan, the U.S placed many Japanese—Americans into ________ camps, which 40 years later was declared unconstitutional.
Internment
Who was the leader of the U.S.S.R, or the Soviet Union as it became called, from the 1920’s to the 1950’s?
Josef Stalin
The use of child labor, low wages, long hours, and unsafe working conditions all led to the growth of, ________ such as the Knights of Labor and AFL.
Labor Unions
Give one military reason the U.S would want to acquire territories.
- Establish naval bases
The Great Depression was triggered by what event?
Stock Market Crash
In order to maximize war production, the govt had to recycle and ______ many goods in order to have enough supplies for the troops.
Ration
After WWII, the Soviets made sure the Eastern European countries near its border all became communist, thus creating an ”_______________” separating Eastern Europe from the democratic govternments in Western Europe.
Iron Curtain
In his book of photographs How the Other Half Lives, what was Jacob Riis trying to show to the American people?
Poverty and the conditions of the cities
U.S expansion, by acquiring territories, from 1860 to 1900 demonstrates a U.S foreign policy of __________.
Imperialism
Pres. Roosevelt’s plan for dealing with the Great Depression was called the ___________. It created dozens of programs, which created thousands of jobs building dams, roads, schools, bridges, and other public works projects.
The New Deal
Many women were encouraged by propaganda posters, like the one of “__________”, to work in factories making war supplies.
Rosie the Riveter
As a result of the Truman Doctrine, the U.S primary foreign policy for the next 40 years after WWII was one of _______, which means to stop the spread of communism.
Containment
Journalists who tried to expose society’s problems were called?
Muckrakers
What were the main causes of WWI?
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
Critics of FDR claimed the government was growing too large, and going into too much _______ as a result of the cost of all his programs.
Debt
The U.S dropped the first atomic bomb in history on the cities of ___________ and Nagasaki, which helped lead to Japans surrender.
Hiroshima
Name one of the two wars the U.S became involved in because they were trying to stop communism from spreading.
Korean War and Vietnam War