Progressivism
What did the Sherman/Clayton Antitrust acts do?
They allowed the government to break up trusts and monopolies.
What is yellow journalism?
Yellow journalism- exaggerated or false stories written to attract readers.
Who were the flappers?
America's first generation of independent women
Women of the 20s who wore makeup, wore "short" skirts, went dancing, smoked cigarettes, and drank alcohol
What is one of the reasons the US entered WWII and is also known as "a date which will live in infamy"?
The bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Who is the star who signed with Sun Records in Memphis, TN?
Elvis Presley
What is the difference between Social Darwinism and the Social Gospel?
Social Darwinism- "survival of the fittest", the poor did it to themselves
Social Gospel- help the poor and needy through reforming the system/social reform
What is Big Stick Diplomacy?
Teddy Roosevelt- "speak softly and carry a big stick"
Negotiations but with the unspoken threat of a powerful military.
Give TWO things that happen to America after the mass production of the automobile.
More people can afford cars.
People can live further from where they work.
Vehicle travel becomes a necessity.
More roads need to be built.
Who are the Navajo Code Talkers?
Over 400 Navajo marines that relayed vital information using the Navajo language.
What did the GI Bill do?
Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944
Gave funds to veterans for: buying a house, attending college, or establishing a business
What are the 3 C's of Roosevelt's Square Deal?
Control of corporations
Consumer protection
Conservation of natural resources
Why did America want to build the Panama Canal?
Cut travel from both coasts of America in half.
Panama had an isthmus that would make it easier to build a canal.
What is the New Deal?
FDR's government program to aid the Great Depression
Three R's - Relief, Recovery, and Reform
What are the three fronts of fighting in WWII?
Germany in Europe
Italy in Europe
Japan in the Pacific
Which President passed the Federal Highways Act?
President Dwight Eisenhower
What is the difference between Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois's arguments?
Washington- gradual change, help yourself through vocational training and economic progress
Du Bois- immediate change, pursuing full civil rights through political activism, going to college
Name TWO reasons for the US to enter WWI.
Zimmerman Telegram
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
The Defense of Democracy
Economic Motivations
What is the Great Migration?
The large-scale movement of Black Americans from the South to the urban North to escape Jim Crow laws and seek better jobs.
What is the Double V campaign?
Support the effort to defeat Hitler's racism abroad and also racism at home.
Pressuring the government to enact more Civil Rights Legislation.
What counterculture movement occupied Alcatraz in protest of poverty and discrimination of a certain group of people?
The American Indian Movement (AIM)
Who is Harry T. Burn?
Harry T. Burn was a TN state senator who was the final vote for TN to pass the 19th amendment. TN votes yes and the 19th amendment is added to the Constitution.
What did the Creel Committee do on the Homefront?
Creel Committee = Committee on Public Information
Tried to "sell" the war to American citizens. Created propaganda to convince Americans to join/continue the war and to buy bonds.
Give THREE causes of the Great Depression.
Overproduction
Uneven distribution of wealth
High Tariffs
Overextension of Credit
Laissez-faire Economics
Made worse by: The Stock Market Crash of 1929 and the failure of banks
What is the name of the atomic bomb that got dropped on Hiroshima, Japan?
Little Boy
What is the difference between Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcom X's strategies for achieving equality?
King Jr. = nonviolent displays such as protests and boycotting. Integrationist who wanted all races to live together.
X = achieve goals by "any means necessary"; nonviolence was too slow. Wanted the races to be distinctly separated