Topic 11
This helped pass Prohibition which led to the pouring of beer from kegs.
What is the Women's Christian Temperence Union?
This presents the news in a way that is often biased or untrue, and relies on sensational stories and headlines.
What is yellow journalism?
_____________ is the banned scale and drinking of alcohol.
What is the Eighteenth Amendment?
President Roosevelt gace a War Message to Congress on December 8, 1941 and then the United States__________.
What was declaring war on Japan?
The ____________ became necessary when West Berlin was surrounded by the Soviet Territory.
What was the Berlin Airlift?
This led to skyscrapers or tall buildings being built.
What is Increased migration to the urban areas?
John Hay's ___________ signaled to those powers that the United States would take a larger role in world affairs.
What is the Open Door Policy?
_________ expresses his ideals for the movement of Black Nationalism.
Who is Marcus Garvey?
The government wanted Americans to grow their own food in gardens to reduce ___________ at home.
What were Food Shortages?
Congress passed the ____________ so that American men returning from war could recieve an education.
What was the GI Bill of Rights?
These people were unhappy with the Society of American Indians to improve their lives because it wanted them to adopt mainstream American culture.
Who were the American Indians?
This angered many Americans because it showed that Germany was encouraging Mexico to attack the United States.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
__________________ was issued because American workers felt that jobs would go to immigrants.
What is the Emergency Quota Act of 1921?
The efforts of the __________ during the war contributed to the hopes and determination to win civil rights after the war.
Who were the African American Tuskegee Airmen?
__________ worked for civil rights with migrant farm workers.
Who was Cesar Chavez?
This person used the boycott of goods produced by child labor to fight against child labor.
Who is Florence Kelly?
_______________ had the most impact on America's decision to enter World War I.
What is German submarine warfare?
During the Depression, _______________ were encouraged or forced to move to Mexico.
Who were Mexican Americans?
The ____________ was considered a turning point of the war, because it proved the United States could win in the Pacific.
What was the Battle of Midway?
The ______________ helped people from other countries meet a need; food, water or shelter.
What was Peace Corps?
This was ruled by the Surpreme Court to be in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act. This was the first time this act was used to break up a trust.
What is Northern Securities?
At the end of WWI President Wilson outlined his ____________ in which he hoped the League of Nations would protect the independence of all countries large and small.
What are the Fourteen Points?
The ____________ were not always recieved positively. Some thought they were deceptive and a threat to liberty.
What were New Deal Policies?
U.S. atomic bombs devastated two Japanese cities and the ___________ called for Japan's unconditional surrender.
What was the Potsdam Declaration?
______________ pardoned Richard Nixon to keep the nation from continued disunity.
Who was President Gerald Ford?