New Nation
The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, created to protect peoples' rights and freedoms, are known as what?
Bill of Rights
What was urbanization?
Movement of people from rural parts of the country into cities in search of work.
After claiming the rest of mainland America, the country turned its sight on what two territories?
Alaska and Hawaii
The era of rapid economic growth due to WWI was known as what?
Roaring 20's
What event dragged the U.S. into WWII?
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
What document listed the grievances the American colonists had against the British rule and called for consent of the people, equality of rights for all citizens, responsibility of the government to protect the rights of its citizens, and the independence of the American people?
Declaration of Independence
What is horizontal and vertical integration?
Horizontal - Buying out all of your competition
Vertical - Owning every step in the process (transportation, manufacturing, raw materials)
What war did the U.S. in fight in before WWI that granted us 3 new territories? And what were there names?
Spanish-American War
Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines
Bank runs, stock market speculation, and trouble in the Federal Reserve were some of the many causes of the _______________?
Great Depression
Series of acts imposed by Congress to keep the U.S. out of WWII?
Neutrality Acts
The provision within the Constitution that called for the creation of 3 separate branches of government (Executive, Judicial, & Legislative) and the ability of these branches to check the power of the others to ensure one does not get too powerful?
Separation of Powers & Checks and Balances
Native Americans were displaced because of what two acts?
Homestead Acts & Dawes Act
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson gave speech called ______________, it called for world peace after the war, global cooperation, and the establishment of the League of Nations?
14 Points
President FDR passaged his new legislation that increased government spending to create jobs for thousands of Americans and prevent more banks from closing. What was this called?
New Deal
After the draft, two groups of people filled in the many empty job positions in the country? What were the two groups?
Women and African Americans
This founding document help set the following precedents:
- public education
- establishment of civil liberties
- prohibition of slavery
- state governments were to be republican in structure
Northwest Ordinance
What were the 18th and 19th amendments?
18th - Prohibition of alcohol
19th - Women's suffrage
Teddy Roosevelt often had a saying about negotiating peacefully but also having strength in case things go wrong. This was called what?
Big Stick Diplomacy
What was the celebration of African-American culture, art and literature - pride in African heritage, increased awareness of intolerance and problems of urban life?
Harlem Renaissance
The government placed millions of Japanese Americans into _______________ during the war?
Internment camps
What Enlightenment thinker influenced the idea of natural rights: life, liberty, and property?
John Locke
Journalists, writers, and photographers in the Progressive Era in the United States who claimed to expose corruption and wrongdoing in established institutions were often nicknamed what?
Muckrakers
The long parallel trenches dug for troops during WWI was known as what kind of warfare? And what was the space between trenches called?
Trench warfare
No Man's Land
What President did almost nothing to prevent the Great Depression before it happen, and waited too long to act? What were some shantytowns often called?
Herbert Hoover
Hoovervilles
The U.S. Navy used ________________ to send messages back and forth without fear of the enemy knowing what they were saying?
Native Americans (Navajo Code Talkers)