Gilded Age/Progressive Era
Political Machine/Bosses
The US took part in this, where one powerful nation controlling another smaller/weaker nation. Usually for political or economic gain.
Imperialism
Scandal where Harding's cabinet member leased government land to friends for bribes.
Teapot Dome Scandal
Day the stock markets began to decline, people panicked and frantically sold their stocks - causing the stock market to crash.
Black Tuesday
While Europe began to go to war with itself once again the US took this stance. Not wanting to get involved
Neutrality/ Isolation
Improved farm equipment, increase immigration, and growth of factories are all causes of this...
Hint: Growth of cities
Urbanization
This war gave the US the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico
Henry Ford pioneered this to effectively produce cars at a rapid rate
Assembly Line
the combination of severe drought that hit the Great Plains region and overworking of soil had been overworked the soil would get easily picked up during a wind storm resulted in this event.
Dust Bowl
This event launched the US into WWII
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Book that addressed the issues of the meat packing industry
"The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair
What did Congress pass to make sure America had a lot of troops
Selective Service Act/ The Draft
Many Americans took advantage of buying on ______. When they wanted to purchase an item but did not have all the money at the moment.
Credit/Installment plans
Pres. Hoover signed a special law that forced a half million Mexican-Americans to be sent back to Mexico due to high competition of jobs.
Mexican Repatriation Act
D-Day
Investigative reporters, writers, and social scientists exposed the industrial and governmental corruption are called...
Muckrakers
These TWO events launched the US into WWI
Sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman Telegram
The 18th Amendment did this
Prohibited sale or consumption of Alcohol
Package of programs intended to assist Americans and the economy during the Great Depression under FDR
New Deal
Due to fear after the attack on Pearl Harbor ,Pres. FDR signed Executive Order 9066 that created these across the West coast.
Japanese Internment Camps
Many women met at the Seneca Falls Convention to discuss this topic
Women's Suffrage (gaining the right to vote)
The name of the treaty and officially ended WWI. This treaty also created the League of Nations.
Treaty of Versailles
Many African Americans moved from the South to the North for factory jobs that were opening up. Also escaping discrimination in the South.
The Great Migration
The Supreme Court would find some New Deal programs unconstitutional. To avoid this further, FDR proposed a plan that would extend the number of justices. What is this attempt called...
Court Packing
American dropped two of these on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, effectively ending the Pacific front of the war.
Atomic Bomb