Imperialism
This waterway built in 1904 helped link Atlantic and Pacific shipping ports by creating shorter shipping routes
Panama Canal
This book written by Upton Sinclair focused on the horrors in the Meatpacking Industry
The Jungle
The sinking of this British passenger ship by the Germans killed 128 Americans.
The Luisitania
Women who were bolder in fashion and manners.
The immediate cause of the Depression
Stock Market Crash
The opposed expansionist policies because of the fear of conflicts with foreign nations, racism, and the lack of self-government by annexed nations
Anti-Imperialists
The main goal of this group of reformers _______ was to end corruption in business and government
Progressives
Woodrow Wilson supported this policy during the early years of WWI before unrestricted submarine warfare sank American ships.
Neutrality
New York Yankee who hit 714 lifetime home runs
Babe Ruth
As a result of a severe drought and poor farming practices this became one of the biggest environmental disasters in U.S. history
Dust Bowl
Nickname used by Americans for Central American nations who traded with the U.S .
Banana Republics
Banned interstate shipping of impure food and mislabeling of food and drugs
Pure Food and Drugs Act
British intelligence revealed a plan by the Germans to form an alliance with Mexico against the U.S. when they intercepted this message
Zimmerman Note
Crime, Speakeasies, and bootlegging increased because of this
Prohibition
FDR's first declaration in office
Newspapers sensationalized stories to increase American opinion to the side of the Cuban Rebels.
Yellow Journalism
Journalists who brought unfair conditions to the public’s attention.
Muckrakers
What were the four main causes of WWI
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism
This amendment gave women the right to vote
19th amendment
FDR’s favorite program that put 2.5 young men to work on conservation projects.
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
This new policy now allowed the US to interfere more internationally and made U.S. an international police power by extending the Monroe Doctrine
Roosevelt Collorary
This amendment allows for Congress to have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes
16th amendment
What was the German offensive plan called?
The Schlieffen Plan
American political fear in response to the Russian Revolution
Red Scare
Program that tried to raise farm prices by giving financial assistance to farmers who cut production of crops
Agriculture Adjustment Act (AAA)