test 8

Question 1

yellow journalism

Answer 1

• Pulitzer and Hearst
• overexaggerations about what was happening in Cuba that negatively influenced American perception

Question 2

Spanish-American War

Answer 2

• 1898
• USS Main explodes in Havana Harbor
• US wins and acquires Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines from Spain
• US emerged as global power
• Platt Amendment

Question 3

Platt Amendment

Answer 3

US required amendment to be added to Cuban constitution that required approval of US to make changes

Question 4

Open Door Policy

Answer 4

• 1899
• called for “open door” in trading with China, no one country could control the market

Question 5

Roosevelt Corollary

Answer 5

• 1904
• said US had a right to intervene in Latin America if there was “chronic unrest or wrongdoing”
• protected US economic interests

Question 6

Phillippine-American War

Answer 6

• after US annexed Phillippines, fought over whether it should be an independent country or not
• led to debates over American imperialism
• Teddy Roosevelt believed in jingo nationalism, using aggressive military force to expand and protect territory

Question 7

Roosevelt’s Square Deal

Answer 7

• corporate regulation, consumer protection, conservation
• anti trust
• Meat Inspection Act, FDA
• established national parks to protect 230 million acres of public land

Question 8

Great White Fleet

Answer 8

• 1907-1909
• ordered by Roosevelt to sail around world and demonstrate American power

Question 9

Jane Addam’s Hull House

Answer 9

set up to provide social and educational services to immigrants and the poor in Chicago

Question 10

Great Migration

Answer 10

• 6 million African Americans moved out of South to escape Jim Crow
• changed demographics and culture of Northern and Midwestern urban centers (Chicago and NYC)

Question 11

Harlem Renaissance

Answer 11

• 1920s
• social and artistic explosion that celebrated black cultural expression

Question 12

Beginning of WWI

Answer 12

• US initially remained neutral and just sold weapons
• desire to join war agains Germany grew with unrestricted submarine warfare

Question 13

Sinking of Lusitania

Answer 13

• 1915
• British Cruise Ship carrying American passengers
• led to entry into WWI

Question 14

Zimmerman Telegram

Answer 14

• 1917
• Germany tried to convince Mexico to fight Us through English telegram service, which was intercepted and publicized
• led to entry into WWI

Question 15

Selective Service Act

Answer 15

• 1917
• required men ages 18-45 to register for military draft

Question 16

1918 Sedition Act

Answer 16

criminalized speech that criticized government during WWI

Question 17

Committe on Public Information (CPI)

Answer 17

promoted war and financed by liberty bonds

Question 18

19th Amendment

Answer 18

• 1920
• fueled by effort of women in factories, offices, and nursing during WWI

Question 19

Wilson’s 14 Points

Answer 19

• proposals for whole world
• self determination, free trade, league of nations (Senate rejected League of Nations to avoid future international involvement)

Question 20

Bull Moose Party

Answer 20

• created by Teddy Roosevelt on basis of disliking Taft, new Republican president
• split Republican vote and allowed Democrat Wilson to become president

Question 21

Immigration Act of 1924

Answer 21

• National Origins Act
• no more than 2% of foreign-born citizens could be from the same country

Question 22

First Red Scare

Answer 22

• 1920s
• period of intense fear of communism and radicalism in US
• labor unions lost support as fear of working class revolt grew

Question 23

Palmer Raids

Answer 23

• series of raids targeting suspected radicals
• arrests and deporations

Question 24

Teapot Dome Scandal

Answer 24

• 1921
• US oil reserves were leased to private companies
• led to Albert Fall being the first cabinet member to be imprisoned for crimes committed in office

Question 25

Scopes "Monkey" Trial

Answer 25

- 1925 - John Scopes was tried for teaching evolution in Tennessee - William Jennings Bryan was prosecutor - debates over church vs. state

Question 26

Roaring 20s

Answer 26

- economy grew rapidly - mass production and consumer culture - assembly line, Henry Ford, Model T - provision of easy credit fueled borrowed consumer spending, mass speculation in stocks

Question 27

The Great Depression`

Answer 27

- 1930s - severe worldwide economic downturn that began with stock market crash in 1929 - widespread unemployment, bank failures, mass declines in economic output

Question 28

Dust Bowl

Answer 28

- perod of severe dust storms and droughts in Great Plains - 2.5 million forced to migrate out due to famine

Question 29

The New DEal

Answer 29

- Franklin Roosevelt introduced program focused on relief, recovery, and reform - created major federal programs on borrowed money (CCA, WPA, PWA) to provide jobs

Question 30

Keynsian economics

Answer 30

government goes into debt to set up job opportunities, people get money and spend it to stimulate economy

Question 31

Social Security

Answer 31

- 1935 - created safety net for elderly and unemployed

Question 32

Wagner Act

Answer 32

- 1935 - protected labor unions and collective bargaining - expanded workers' rights

Question 33

Neutrality Act

Answer 33

- prohibited arms to be sold to nations at war - restricted American travel on foreign ships

Question 34

Fair Labor Standards Act

Answer 34

- 1938 - created minimum wage and banned child labor

Question 35

Land-Lease Act

Answer 35

- 1941 - sent military aid to Allied forces for free

Question 36

Pearl Habor

Answer 36

- Japenese bombed military base in Hawaii on Dec 7, 1941 - 2403 American deaths - US joins war on side of Allies the next day, declaring war on Japan and Axis powers

Question 37

Executive Order 9066

Answer 37

- 1942 - authorized forced relocation and internment of Japanese Americans

Question 38

War Production Board

Answer 38

oversaw transition of industries from consumerism to military supplies