Imperialism
Alaska
This person was the founder of the NAACP
W.E.B. Du Bois
What triggered the First World War?
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (btw, great band)
Women's Right to vote was which Amendment?
19th
This event officially pushed U.S. into WWII
Pearl Habor
Policy that states all nations have equal trading rights in China
Open-door Policy
The 16th Amendment did what?
Allow government to collect income tax
Main reason for African American migration to the North during the WWI
Job opportunities in the North due to wartime efforts & military draft
In the 1920s, there was a push for __________, or banning alcohol sales
Prohibition
Secret project where the U.S. build a weapon of mass destruction
Manhattan Project (Atomic Bomb)
Dollar Diplomacy
Who were people that wrote investigative stories about political scandals and schemes?
Muckrakers
What British ship was attacked by Germany that President Wilson had to send a warning?
Lusitania
A word that Americans used to describe "getting ready for war", including approving a bigger army & creating weapons (P)
Preparedness
U.S. initially passed these 3 Acts in the 1930s to signify that U.S. would not be taking sides. These three acts were called?
Neutrality Acts
Newspapers published dramatic stories to promote the Spanish American War and American imperialism
Yellow Journalism
Name the act meant to regulate corrupt business practices and break up monopolies
Clayton Anti-trust Act
ONE act that made it illegal to protest the war & punish people who spoke out against the war
Espionage Act or Sedition Act
What happened in October 1929?
Stock market crash, beginning of Great Depression
What was the land (part of Czechoslovakia) given to Hitler to appease him?
Sudetenland
This agreement stated Cuba can never sign a treaty with a foreign country that would interfere with Cuba's independence, and allowed U.S. to intervene
Platt Amendment of 1901
Who were the Progressive Era presidents?
Roosevelt, Taft & Wilson
CPI (Committee on Public Information)
Act passed in 1934 that provided for the independence of the Philippines
Tydings-McDuffie Act
Conflict between Mexican Americans and U.S. soldiers (hint: _____ riot)
Zoot Suit Riots