Progressive Era
1. What book exposed the unsanitary condition of slaughterhouses and led to government regulation of food industries?
2. Who wrote this book?
1. The Jungle
2. Upton Sinclair
This engineering marvel was constructed for both military necessity and commerce.
Panama Canal
What countries were in the Triple Entente?
What countries were in the Central Powers?
1. Russia, England, France
2. Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire
1920s saw a rise in wages, lower working hours, and an increase in business. However, Americans bought more than they could afford by means of....
Credit or installment buying
America saw the upcoming crisis and vowed to remain truly isolated. So much so that we created a series of acts to remain out of any conflict. What were these acts called (collectively)?
Neutrality Acts
The Hull House was America's first settlement house. Who created this house which created a blueprint for the rest of America?
What major territories did the United States acquire during the Imperial age?
Guam, Philippines, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico
1. What were the top 3 reasons American joined the fighting in World War 1?
2. In what year did we join the fighting?
1. War loans, Unrestricted Submarine Warfare, Zimmerman Telegram
2. 1917
1920s saw a spree of ____________ Presidents who moved away from the progressive movement and more toward relaxing regulations on business.
Republican
What was America's response to Pearl Harbor?
Declared war on the Axis Powers
This reformer focused on How the Other Half Lives by means of photographing the poor in large cities.
Jacob Riis
1898, the USS Maine was sunk in Havana Harbor (Cuba). What conflict did this start?
Spanish-American War
The Paris Peace conference lasted 6 months and was run by world leaders in 1919. They redrew the map as we know it and heavily punished Germany for their efforts in WW1. What document did they create that did this?
Treaty of Versailles
Buying on Margin
How did the war in the Pacific end?
Dropping of the Atomic bombs on Japan and their surrender
1. What movement motivated women to join the cause of outlawing alcohol?
2. Who is a famous reformer in this movement? She carried a hatchet and destroyed all bars in her path.
1. Temperance Movement
2. Carrie Nation
The Influence of Sea Power (1890) was a book written and adopted by major world powers. It helped create a naval arms race which contributed to WWI.
America, in response to this book, created the Great White Fleet. Who was its author?
Admiral Alfred Mahan
What was President Wilson's peace plan called that he brought to the Paris Peace Conference in 1919?
Wilson's 14 points
1. What year was the worst of the worst of the Great Depression?
2. What was the unemployment rate?
1. 1933
2. 25%
Fascism and Communism were classified as what types of governments
Totalitarian
2. Who is the author?
1. The History of Standard Oil
2. Ida Tarbell
Teddy Roosevelt expanded on the Monroe Doctrine by actively patrolling or policing the Americas with the US' new navy. What was this called?
Roosevelt Corollary
1. Did President sign the Treaty of Versailles?
2. How did America respond?
1. Yes
2. Senate didn't ratify the Treaty. (rejected it)
Roosevelt created many new government programs in his first 100 days of office. Collectively, these programs were known as what?
New Deal
What world organization was created at the end of WW2 that would replace the League of Nations?
United Nations (UN)