Imperialism
Who launched a shipbuilding program to move the US to 3rd place among world’s naval powers and expanded American influence into Latin America?
Alfred Thayer Mahan
What was the term for people who were committed to exposing scandal, corruption and injustice to public view?
Muckrakers
What ship did the German submarine sink causing the deaths of 1,198 people in 1915?
Lusitania
What were the New Deal's three main goals to address the Great Depression?
Recovery, Relief, and Reform
What was the Good Neighbor Policy?
FDR’s approach to Latin America–no nation had the right to interfere with another nation’s internal affairs.
What was the name of the queen Hawaiians elevated to the throne in 1891?
Queen Liliuokalani
What profession did women dominate in hospitals?
Nursing
What type of bonds were sold to the public to solicit loans from the American people?
Liberty Bonds
What was the biggest cause of the Great Depression?
Overproduction
What made the Battle of Midway a turning point (answer in detail)?
America decoded Japan’s cipher code “Purple” which they called Magic
What cash crop became popular through the influence of Puerto Ricans?
Sugar
What amendment granted political rights to women throughout the nation?
19th
What act made it illegal for any public expression of opposition to the war?
Sedition Act
What were 3 forms of escapism in the Great Depression?
Movies, Radio, Literature, Journalism..etc
Name 2 reasons for why Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.
Desire to expand the empire, the US placed an embargo on many resources which Japan valued, and the threat posed by the growing US Navy.
What amendment barred Cuba from making treaties with other nations and gave the right for the US to intervene in Cuba?
Platt Amendment
In what factory did many people die because of a fire in the building?
Triangle Shirtwaist Company
Who was Margaret Sanger and what is she famous for?
She was a nurse, an activist who advocated for reproductive rights, and helped develop birth control.
What were some of the reasons for the Dust Bowl, and how did it impact migration?
Farmers over exhausted the land, drought, and high
Why was this exclusion act removed in 1943–what were the domestic reasons? (Name the act + the reason)
Chinese Exclusion Act + removed because the US wanted to create a stronger alliance with China.
What policy approved the principle that nations were not to discriminate against other nations in levying port dues and railroad rates?
Open Door Policy
What was the name of Upton Sinclair’s book which featured appalling conditions of the meatpacking industry?
The Jungle
What was the National Origins Act of 1924 and how did it affect immigration?
It lowered immigration as there was now a quota system and banned immigration from East Asia.
What specific policies did Herbert Hoover implement in response to the Great Depression, and why were they ineffective?
Hoover Dam, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC), and Agricultural Marketing Act. They were ineffective because they were “too little and too late”, and he relied too much on voluntarism.
How did WW2 change the economy and the workforce of the United States?
Men got drafted, more jobs opened up, even for women.