Progressives & Industrailization
Progressivisim is associated with which political party in the U.S.?
What is the Democratic party
These are sensationalized news reports. Fake news?
What is Yellow Journalism.
What was the main reason for US entry into WWII?
What is Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
Brown v. Board of Education was a Supreme Court decision that did what...
What is declared that racially segregated public schools were inherently unequal.
What is the Domino Theory?
What is the idea that if Vietnam fell under Communism than other countries in Southeast Asia would as well
What are settlement houses? Give an example
What is an institution in an inner-city area providing educational, recreational, and other social services to the community. The Hull House (Jane Adams)
These were journalists who exposed the wrongs of America society during the Progressive era
Who are muckrakers
Why did the United States fight a war with Spain in 1898?
What is to take over colonies held by Spain and expand its empire
This program helped to improve the economic standing of the veterans of World War II?
What is the GI Bill
Civil Rights Act of 1964 was important because .....
What is allowed individuals voting rights and stated that equal service must be given to all people in any business that served the public.
What is it called when referring to American's Foreign policy of keeping Communist countries isolated?
What is containment?
What is the melting pot theory?
What is metaphor describing a fusion of nationalities, cultures and ethnicities in America
These individuals took advantage of competitors, took advantage of consumers and poor labors who were they during the Industrialization time period? The 1% ers
Who are Robber Barons
Which territories were annexed by the United States as a result of the Spanish American War?
What is Phillippines and Puerto Rico.
Which side of the war was the Untied States on? What was the other side called?
What is the side of the allies.
What is the axis
Which Supreme Court ruling supported racial segregation by creating the legal doctrine "separate by equal"?
What is Plessy v. Ferguson.
How did the Cuban missile crisis start and how was it resolved?
Who is Russia put nuclear missiles in Cuba and JFK negotiated with Russia
What was Prohibition and why it didn’t work.
What is a law that made the use of and sale of alcohol illegal. It created the rise of organized crime
What might be Theodore Roosevelt's most enduring domestic legacy?
What is increasing public interest in environmental conservation. Public Land
What was the goal of America's isolationist policy after WWI?
What is avoid European conflicts. Stay out of other countries wars
What justification did President Roosevelt give for placing Japanese Americans into internment camps?
What is claimed it was necessary for the military and to keep America safe. Concerned with spies and espionage
Why was the Civil Rights movement important?
It restored rights to American citizens and gave them equal rights under the constitution. It helped combat institutional racism.
What impact did TV have on the Vietnam War?
What is showed the atrocities of war and reduced public support for the war
What is one lasting effect of the New Deal?
What is the Social Security Act?
What was the need for the creation of Unions in the 1880s?
What is hazardous working conditions, low wages, and child labor
From the beginning of the 20th century to the 1940's how did United States foreign policy chang?
What is moving from being an isolationist to active aid for allies, especially in Europe
How did WWII end?
What is the use of the Atomic bomb on Japan.
How did Martin Luther King Jr.'s philosophy on civil right differ from Malcom X?
What is MLK believed in peaceful protests and X believed in "By any means necessary"
Why was the Tet offensive important?
What is dealt heavy losses to the U.S. and showed the American public that the war was not going well
What the major arguments made for and against dropping the Atomic bombs on Japan during WWII.
What is it ended the war with Japan quickly and it didn't cost American lives. What is that is gave an example to the rest of the world that it is ok to use the weapons of mass destruction.