Global Expansion
The U.S. helped this nation gain independence from Colombia to secure a lease for a 10-mile-wide canal zone.
Panama
This government agency used propaganda to "sell the war" and mobilize American minds for the effort.
Committee on Public Information - CPI
Nativists were afraid of this principle/form of government taking root in the US
Communism
This Black leader founded the "Back to Africa" movement.
This President won the election of 1920 by promising Americans a "Return to Normalcy" after the chaos of WWI.
Warren G. Harding
This 1867 purchase was initially mocked as "Seward’s Folly" before gold and oil were discovered there.
Alaska
During WWI, this "Great Migration" saw African Americans move to Northern cities for these types of jobs.
Factory/Industrial
This 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920, finally granting this group the right to vote.
Women
This is the term for buying stocks with loans, which led to the crash.
Over-speculation
This woman was a leader of the American woman suffrage movement and a key figure in the passage of the 19th Amendment.
Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Alice Paul
These "Rough Riders" were led by this future President during the battle of San Juan Hill.
Teddy Roosevelt
This part of Wilson's 14 points was meant to guarantee international trade during times of peace and war.
Freedom of the Seas
This organization was founded in 1913 to stop the defamation of Jewish people and ensure fair treatment.
Anti-defamation League
President Roosevelt gave these famous radio addresses to reassure the public and explain his policies.
Fireside Chats
This influential African American jazz musician and trumpeter became a symbol of the "Jazz Age" and the Harlem Renaissance.
Louis Armstrong
This document, signed in 1898, officially ended the Spanish-American War and began the U.S. empire.
Treaty of Paris 1898
This treaty ended WWI but forced Germany to take full blame and pay $33 billion in reparations.
Versailles
These raids involved the mass arrest and deportation of suspected radicals without warrants in 1919-1920.
Palmer Raids
This was the name of the 1921 law that established a quota system to limit immigration from specific countries.
Emergency Quota Act
This Secretary of State is credited with the 1867 purchase of Alaska, which was initially mocked by the public and press.
William Seward
This branch of the military was built up to escort cargo ships and demonstrate US strength around the world.
Navy
Syria and Palestine were countries carved out of the old Ottoman Empire in this geographic region.
The Middle East
This Harlem Renaissance figure is famous for his poetry, including "I, Too" and "The Weary Blues.
Langston Hughes
These economic problems plagued soldiers returning from WWI.
Low wages/high unemployment
This Queen of Hawaii was overthrown in 1893 by a group of American planters and U.S. Marines.
Queen Liluolakani