Gilded Age & Progressive Era
Having total control of an industry and being the only/main producer of a product is called a what?
Monopoly
When a stronger nation takes over a weaker nation or region to gain political control, territory, and resources, this is called what?
Imperialism
This was caused by a lack of rain combined with high winds and poor farming practices. This region of the Great Plains experienced a drought that lasted for a decade.
Dust Bowl
FDR's relief programs to combat the Great Depression that used government spending to stimulate the economy.
New Deal
What was the surprise attack by the Japanese on the main US Pacific fleet? As a result, the US declared war on Japan and entered WW2.
Pearl Harbor
A party that demanded people have a greater voice in government and sought to advance the interests of farmers and laborers.
Populist Party
What was built from 1904-1914 that connected the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean?
Panama Canal
The movement of African Americans from the South to the industrial centers of the Northeast and the Midwest around World War I and into the 1920's.
Great Migration
This act gave government-paid pensions to American citizens over the age of 65, as well as provided help for the unemployed, the disabled, and the needy.
Social Security Act
What was the policy of making concessions to an aggressor in the Hopes of avoiding war called?
Appeasement
This 1890 law was the first federal law to limit the power of monopolies.
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
This organization was founded after WW1, but the US didn't join it. It did not work effectively to prevent WW2.
League of Nations
American pilot who made the first nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
Charles Lindbergh
A New Deal program that provided jobs for young men to plant trees, build bridges and parks, and set up flood control projects.
CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)
What was the law passed in 1944 to help returning veteran's buy homes and pay for higher education?
GI Bill
A policy that the government should interfere as little as possible in the nation's economy. "Hands off"
Laissez-faire
Theodore Roosevelt's addition to the Monroe Doctrine, asserting America's right to intervene in Latin American affairs, was called what?
Roosevelt Corollary
Another name for the day the stock market crashed.
Black Tuesday
This New Deal program paid farmers not to grow certain crops because of the problem of agricultural overproduction. The intention was to raise the value of crops.
AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act)
What was the top-secret government project to develop the atomic bomb called?
Manhattan Project
What was the negative side/interpretation of big businessmen during the Gilded Age (who treated workers unfairly and took advantage of others on their path to wealth) called?
Robber Barons
A plan for post-WW1 was outlined by President Woodrow Wilson in 1918. It called for self-determination. freedom of the seas, an end to secret agreements, reduction of arms, and a League of Nations.
Fourteen Points
The informal radio broadcasts Roosevelt had with the people to keep spirits up. It was a means of communicating with the people about how he would take on the depression.
Fireside Chats
This New Deal program was created to put as many people back to work as possible, building public buildings, bridges, roads, highways, etc.
WPA (Works Progress Administration)
This stated that the US Government could lend or lease (rather than sell) war supplies to any nation deemed "Vital to the defense of the United States."
Lend-Lease Act