Imperialism, Spanish-American War, Progressives
WWI & WWII
1920s, Great Depression, New Deal
Vocab
100

A consumer product of the 1920s that represents consumer culture; emphasized leisure time. Example: KDKA

What is the radio?

100

During World War II, many women worked in ____

What are defense industries?

(for this topic, remember that there was a movement of women in to factory to work)

100

The Supreme Court overturned programs created by this

What was the New Deal?

100

A flowering of African American culture during the 1920s

What is the Harlem Renaissance?

200

This amendment granted women the right to vote

What is the 19th amendment?

200

This event was a direct factor for US involvement in World War II

What was the attack on Pearl Harbor?

200

The stock market crash and increasing debt were two causes of this event

What is the Great Depression?

200

A result of tensions over labor unrest and Communist Revolution

What was the Red Scare?

300

The proposition to keep trade in China open equally to trade with all countries, preventing any one nation from controlling trade in the region

What is the Open Door Policy?

300

Japanese-Americans living on the West Coast of the United States in early 1942 were sent here

What are internment camps?

300

The 3R's of the New Deal

What are relief, recovery, and reform?

300

Raids conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice in 1919 and 1920 in an attempt to arrest  anarchists, communists, and radical leftists

What were Palmer Raids?

400
The Treaty of Paris, ending THIS EVENT, required Spain renounced all claim to Cuba, ceded Guam and Puerto Rico to the United States and transferred sovereignty over the Philippines to the United States


What was the Spanish-American War?

400

Industrial mobilization relating to THIS EVENT caused the unemployment rate to decrease

What is World War II?

400

Raised import duties to protect American businesses and farmers

What is the Smoot-Hawley Tariff?

400

Intended to give power to the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to regulate railroad shipping rates

What was the Hepburn Act?

500

This declared the United States to be the “policeman” of the Western Hemisphere.

What is the Roosevelt Corollary?

500

Prohibited disloyal or abusive statements about the United States government or armed forces

What was the Sedition Act?

500

There was a realignment of this political party during the 1930s.

What is the Democratic party?

500

Roosevelt's domestic program which promised protections for consumers, workers, and the environment

What was the Square Deal?