Imperialism & Spanish-American War
Alfred Thayer Mahan's book The Influence of Sea Power Upon History convinced Congress to put funding towards this military branch in the late 1800s and early 1900s
What is the Navy
Constitutional amendment that gave women the right to vote
What is the 19th Amendment
Another name for a German submarine during WWI and WWII
What is a U-boat
These young women went against social norms and the "Cult of Domesticity" and enjoyed their newfound political and economic freedom throughout the 1920s
Who were Flappers
This event generally marks the beginning of the Great Depression when the New York Stock Market crashed losing $30bn in one day
What was Black Tuesday
This political ideology created by Benito Mussolini in the 1920s is characterized by hyper nationalism and militarism, the idea of a "master race", and thrives on militaristic expansion
What is Fascism
This flagship of the US Navy exploded in Havana Harbor in 1898 sparking the Spanish-American War
What was the USS Maine
Mr. Loufman's favorite president. He championed progressive policies including the Meat Inspection Act and Sherman Anti-Trust Act in the early 1900s
Who is Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt
Note sent by Germany to Mexico to entice Mexico to join the war against the US, but was intercepted and caused the US to join the war in 1917
What was the Zimmerman Telegram/Note
This flourishing of Black American culture in the 1920s was characterized by the expression of Black American writing, poetry, science, philosophy, and music and gave rise to the new music genre of Jazz
What was the Harlem Renaissance
These three goals nicknamed the "Three R's" of the New Deal were the three main goals of the New Deal in the 1930s
What is Relief, Recovery, and Reform
This battle represented the turning point in the Western Front of Europe and is still the largest amphibious invasion in human history
What was D-day/Normandy Landings
This Asian archipelago nation was obtained by the US after the Spanish-American war and remained a US territory until 1945 even after a bloody insurrection in 1902
What are the Philippines
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois
Investment that American citizens made in the US government that helped raise funds for the war. Was pushed very often in propaganda
What are war bonds/liberty bonds
Modernists slashed with this religious group over evolution being taught in schools in the 1925 Scopes Trial in Tennessee
Who were the Fundamentalists
What is Social Security
These two Japanese cities were the only two military targets ever hit by atomic weapons in August of 1945 and forced Japan's surrender to end WWII
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki
This Pacific island chain officially became a US territory in 1898 after US Marines and plantation owners overthrew its last queen in 1893
What is Hawaii
Black leader of the 1910s and 1920s who pushed for Black Americans to work for and with Black Americans and that White Americans would never seen them as equal
Who was Marcus Garvey
WWI strategy of sending multiple ships together in groups to dissuade German submarines from attacking them
What was the convoy system
This 1921 murder trial showcased nativist sentiments towards immigrants and the paranoia surrounding the Red Scare due to the defendants being immigrants with radical political beliefs
What was the Sacco & Vanzetti Trial
This group of WWI veterans were essentially "kicked out" of Washington DC by president Herbert Hoover after demanding their bonuses promised to them for their service in WWI
What was the Bonus Expeditionary Force/Army
These programs were launched before the US joined the war and all aimed at helping the Allies against the Axis without breaking neutrality laws
What was Cash-n-Carry, Destroyers for Bases, and/or Lend-Lease Act
This sociological belief based on Charles Darwin's Origin of Species that less developed nations were "lesser" people and was used to justify imperialism
What is Social Darwinism
Author of Principles of Scientific Management who inspired Progressives to push for efficient government and also influenced Henry Ford's assembly line
Who is Frederick Taylor
President Wilson's plan for the postwar world that included the creation of the League of Nations, free trade on the sea, and promotion of democracy
What were the 14 Points
This generation of writers in the 1920s, which included Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald, criticized the materialism and consumerism of the decade
What was the Lost Generation
This moniker/nickname was given to describe all of the programs and agencies created by the new deal because of their acronyms/use of letters
What are Alphabet Soup Agencies
This presidential executive order forced all people of Japanese ancestry living on the west coast into internment camps from 1942 to 1945
What was Executive Order 9066