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Spanish American War
U.S. Foreign Policy
Culture, Society, and Great Depression
Western Expansion and Discrimination
World War II
100

U.S. ship that exploded off the coast of Cuba, leading to the Spanish American War

USS Maine

100
Name of the style of diplomacy practiced by President Theodore Roosevelt 

Big Stick

100

Style of painting that became popular in Mexico and the U.S. during this time

Muralism

100

Treaty that led to the U.S. gaining most of the southwestern territories

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

100
Name of the riot which took place in Los Angeles during World War II

Zoot Suit Riot

200

Name at least three territories gained by the U.S. in the Spanish American War

Puerto Rico, Cuba, Philippines, Guam

200

Noted corporation known for its far reaching influence in Latin America, nicknamed "El Pulpo"

United Fruit Company

200

Term used to express anti-immigrant sentiment in the early 20th century (not xenophobia)

nativism

200
Act that gave free land to Anglo Americans in the west, often by taking away land settled by Native Americans and Mexican Americans. 
Homestead Act
200

During World War II, the U.S. fought _____________ and Italy in Europe, while also fighting __________ in the Pacific. 

Germany; Japan

300

Style of journalism that helped lead to the war

Yellow Journalism 

300

Policy initiative of Theodore Roosevelt, indicating the U.S. had the right to intervene in Latin American countries

Roosevelt Corollary 

300

President who offered the American people a "New Deal" during the Great Depression.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

300
System of racial caste implemented in the American South against African Americans, similar to one implemented in the southwest against Mexican-Americans

Jim Crow 

300

Program that brought Mexican immigrants to the U.S. as laborers

Bracero Program

400

Poet and leader of the Cuban rebellion against Spain, prior to the Spanish-American War. 

Jose Marti

400

Leader of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party

Pedro Albizu Campos

400

The U.S. "repatriation" program during the Great Depression that led to the ____________________ of Mexican and Mexican Americans.  

forced deportation

400

Name at least three types of discrimination Mexican Americans faced during this time 

Segregation, Disenfranchisement, Lynching, Greaser Laws, Sunday Laws, Land dispossession

400
Latino civil rights organization founded by Dr. Hector Garcia after World War II

American G.I. Forum 

500

Act of Congress which promised independence to Cuba, but gave the U.S. the authority to intervene militarily in the future

Platt Amendment

500
Name of the invasion of Mexico under Woodrow Wilson, in an attempt to capture Pancho Villa

Pershing Expedition

500

Most noted Mexican-American newspaper in the early 20th century. 

La Opinion
500

Law enforcement organization in Texas that carried out lynchings against Mexicans during the Mexican Revolution.

Texas Rangers

500

First Mexican immigrant to receive the Medal of Honor. Later was denied service at a restaurant in Texas. 

Macario Garcia