US History P1 Flashcards
(58 cards)
What does the 16th Amendment grant the federal government?
The power to collect income taxes.
What change did the 17th Amendment establish regarding Senators?
Senators would be directly elected by the people.
What does the 18th Amendment prohibit?
The manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors.
What right does the 19th Amendment protect?
The right to vote regardless of sex.
What is an initiative petition?
A process by which ordinary citizens can suggest a change in the law by signing a petition and voting.
Define monopoly in the context of trade.
A business that controls most or all of the business activity in its area.
What legislation improved the safety of the meat industry?
The Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act.
What does the term ‘return to normalcy’ refer to?
A term used by candidate Harding to evoke simpler days before the Progressive Era and WWI.
What was the focus of the New Deal?
Relief, recovery, and reform with increased government intervention in the economy.
What landmark case eliminated the concept of ‘separate but equal’?
Brown v. Board of Education.
What was the Red Scare?
A perceived threat of communism spreading in the U.S.
What is nationalism?
A political ideology prioritizing the interests and sovereignty of a nation.
What was the U.S. position at the start of World War I?
Neutrality.
What was the purpose of the convoy system?
To protect merchant ships against U-boat attacks.
What were the three key points of the Treaty of Versailles?
- Territorial: Germany had to give up land
- Military: Germany was required to disarm
- Financial: Germany had to pay reparations.
What was the League of Nations intended to do?
Avoid future wars through peaceful resolution of disputes.
What did the Emergency Quota Act (1921) do?
Limited the number of immigrants entering the U.S. from each foreign country.
What was President Roosevelt’s call for an economic quarantine?
To oppose aggressor nations and promote peace.
What event led the U.S. to declare war in World War II?
The attack on Pearl Harbor.
What did the Zimmermann Telegram propose?
An alliance between Germany and Mexico against the U.S.
What was the policy of appeasement?
Allowing Hitler to annex Sudetenland to avoid war.
What was the Marshall Plan?
A U.S. initiative to provide economic assistance to rebuild European nations post-WWII.
What does the term Cold War refer to?
A period of geopolitical tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
