The Late 19th Century
The sinking of this ship was the catalyst for the Spanish-American War
What is the USS Maine
Roosevelt believed this about the presidency
What is that the president could take any action not specifically prohibited by the laws and the Constitution
Name one cause of the Great War
What are militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism
This 18th Amendment did this
What is prohibit use of alcohol
This is the flood of legislation passed by Congress in the first months of the Roosevelt presidency
What is the hundred days
The Dawes Act did this
What is force the assimilation of Native Americans
This amendment called for the direct election of US Senators in order to hold them more accountable and curb corruption
What is the 17th Amendemnt
His assassination sparked the Great War
Who is the Archduke Franz Ferdinand
This group often ruled against progressive legislation such as state child labor and minimum wage laws for women in the 1920's
What is the Supreme Court
This was a movement of black literature, art, and music
What is the Harlem Renaissance
The 1900 election, and the subsequent Republican victory, were directly related to this issue
What is the Republican support of imperialism
Who are middle class urbanites
The US broke off diplomatic relations with Germany after this
What is Germany declared unrestricted submarine warfare
The rise of the Ku Klux Klan was a backlash against this
What is the modernity and diversity changing America
Favoring honorable diplomacy but still resorting to military intervention upon occasion is better know as
What is big stick diplomacy
This election, give the year, was the last time there was a serious effort by farmers to win the White House
What is 1896
Roosevelt's domestic plan for reform was called
What is the Square Deal
The main contribution of the US to the allied victory was
What are weapons, manpower, and money
The New Deal program put thousands of people immediately to work at good-paying jobs and providing access to low-cost electricity to a region lacking cheap electrical power
What is the TVA
Samuel Gompers referred to this as labors magna carta
What is the Clayton Anti-trust Act
This was one of the major reasons for the American shift towards imperialism
What is the need for overseas markets as a result of increased industrial and agricultural output
For the first time in American history Teddy Roosevelt threatened to do this as a result of the Anthracite Coal Mine Strikes in PA
What is use federal troops
The theoretical reason we were fighting the Great War according to Wilson
What is to "keep the world safe for democracy"
This was caused largely as a result of farming practices of the Great Plains
What is the Dust Bowl
The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 attempted to do this
What is reverse the forced assimilation of Native Americans into white society by establishing tribal self-government