WWI
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
A message sent by Germany to Mexico asking to form an alliance in exchange for them getting their land back.
What is Pearl Harbor?
Surprise attack by Japan on December 7, 1941 that led the U.S. to enter World War II.
What is the Open Door Policy?
Equal trading rights for all nations in China.
What is the 16th Amendment?
Amendment that granted congress the power to levy and collect taxes.
What sparked the Great Depression?
The Stock Market Crash of 1929
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
The treaty that officially ended WWI.
What dictators rose during WWII?
Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler, and Emperor Hirohito.
What is the Spanish-American War?
1898 conflict resulted in the U.S. gaining control of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.
Regulated the election of Senators - two from each state.
What were some other causes of the Great Depression?
Excessive use of credit, overproduction of consumer goods, weak farm economy.
What is the Food Administration?
The U.S. agency led by Herbert Hoover during World War I that encouraged Americans to conserve food for the war effort with slogans like “Meatless Mondays.”
What is the Manhattan Project?
It was a secret U.S. project that developed the atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
1904 addition to the Monroe Doctrine that stated that the U.S. had the right to intervene in Latin America to maintain stability.
What is the 19th Amendment?
Amendment that gave women the right to vote.
What caused the Dust Bowl?
Overfarming during this time combined with the severe drought.
What is the Selective Service Act?
US Law passed in 1917 that required men that were 21-30 to register for the military.
What is the Yalta Conference?
This meeting between FDR, Churchill, and Stalin in 1945 helped plan post-war Europe, including the division of Germany and the creation of the United Nations.
What is the Philippine-American War?
This war, fought between the U.S. and Filipino nationalists from 1899 to 1902, arose after the U.S. took control of the Philippines following the Spanish-American War.
What is the 20th Amendment?
Amendment that adjusted the presidential term length.
Name a response to the Depression.
The Hawley-Smoot Tariff which set tax increases on foreign imports. Led to national and international economies sinking further.
What is the Kellogg-Briand Pact?
1920s international agreement, signed by over 60 nations, attempted to prevent future wars by renouncing war as a means of diplomacy.
What is Korematsu v. United States?
A Supreme Court case upheld the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, arguing it was justified for national security.
What is the Teller and Platt Amendment?
Teller: Guaranteed US respect for Cuba's sovereignty as an independent nation.
Platt: Allowed the US to intervene in Cuban affairs.
What is the 21st Amendment?
Repealed the 18th Amendment about the prohibition/alcohol ban.
What is the New Deal?
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s series of government programs aimed at relief, recovery, and reform was known by this name.