Industrialization/Gilded Age/Imperialism
Where were most of the factories in the United States?
What is the north?
What ship was sunk by a German submarine that angered many Americans?
What is the Luisitania?
US senator who accused many public officials of being communist sympathizers
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
Amendment that lowered voting age from 21 to 18.
What is 26th amendment?
Theory that if one country fell to communism others close by would follow
What is domino theory?
The takeover of a country by a stronger nation with the intent of dominating the political, economic, and social life of the people and nation.
What is imperialism?
What are the 4 MAIN causes of World War 1?
What is Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism?
What political theory did the United States want to stop the spread of?
What is communism?
What is the 16th amendment?
Who was the first woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court?
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?
Sentimentalization of events in Cuba in the press is known as...
What is Yellow Journalism?
What type of warfare was fought on the battle lines of World War 1?
What is trench warfare?
The Soviet Union launched this artificial satellite into space on October 4, 1947?
What is Sputnik?
Mass popular movement to secure for African Americans equal access to and opportunities for the basic privileges of U.S. citizenship
What is civil rights movement?
A scandal in the administration of President Reagan, when the US secretly arranged arms sales to Iran in return for promises of releasing of Americans held hostage in Lebanon.
What is Iran-Contra Affair?
Why do people migrate?
What is better jobs/opportunities?
What brought the United States into World War 2?
What is Pearl Harbor?
This policy was instilled to fight communism and promote democracy in 1947.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
Supreme court ruling that declared separate but equal is constitutional
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This act was in response to 9/11 and caused controversy because it allowed for warrant-less wiretaps.
What is USA Patriot Act?
Progressive Era reform-minded American journalists who wrote largely for all popular magazines?
What is a muckraker?
A group of government programs and policies established under President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s; designed to improve conditions for persons suffering in the Great Depression
What is the New Deal?
The resolution that was passed by the U.S. congress gave President Johnson the power to use all military means to protect South Korea from communism.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
Martin Luther King Jr. advocated for what type of movement when protesting civil rights
What is civil disobedience?
When Oklahoma, Kansas, and northern Texas affected by severe soil erosion (caused by windstorms) in the early 1930s, which obliged many people to move.
What is the Dust Bowl?