U.S. History Unit 3 Flashcards
0
Q
- Extractive economy
A
Imperial country takes raw materials from their colonies
1
Q
- Imperialism
A
The policy by which strong nations extend their political, military,and economic control over weaker territories
2
Q
- Alfred T Mahan
A
A military historian and an officer in the US Navy
3
Q
- Fredrick Turner
A
A historian who used the frontier for resources
4
Q
- Mathew Perry
A
Sailed a fleet of American warships into present day Tokyo bay , Japan
5
Q
- Queen Lilioukalani
A
Hawaiian nationalist who abolished the constitution that gave power to whites
6
Q
- Jose Marti
A
Cuban patriot who launched war for independence from Spain.
7
Q
- Yellow press
A
Newspapers that featured a comic called the yellow kid
8
Q
- Jingoism
A
Aggressive nationalism
9
Q
- George Dewey
A
Commodore who fought war against Spanish. He quickly won
10
Q
- Rough riders
A
Rugged westerners and upper class easterners created by Theodore Roosevelt
11
Q
- Treaty of Paris
A
Ended war between Spain and US. Gave US control of Cuba Puerto Rico and Guam
12
Q
- Insurrection
A
Another name for rebellion
13
Q
- Guerilla warfare
A
Non traditional fighting technique where enemies are flanked secretly
14
Q
- William Howard Taft
A
Future president of US and past president of Philippines
15
Q
- Spheres of influence
A
.a region dominated and controlled by an outside power
16
Q
- Boxer rebellion
A
Violence started by members of a secret society in China, which prompted the governments of Europe and America to send troops to squash the rebellion
17
Q
- Open door policy
A
American statement that the government did not want colonies in China but favored free trade there
18
Q
- Gentlemens Agreement
A
Pact between the United States and Japan to end segregation of Asian children in san fransico public schools. Japan agreed to limit immigration to US
19
Q
- Great white fleet
A
Battleships sent by Roosevelt in 1907 on a good will cruise around the world
20
Q
- Foraker Act
A
Law establishing a civil government in Puerto Rico
21
Q
- Platt Amendment
A
Set of conditions under which Cuba was granted independence in 1902, including restrictions on rights of Cubans and granting the US the right to intervene to keep peace in Cuba
22
Q
- “Big stick” diplomacy
A
Theodore Roosevelt policy of creating and using when necessary a strong military to achieve Americas goal
23
Q
- Panama Canal
A
Human made water way linking the Atlantic to the pacific across the isthmus of Panama
24
160. Roosevelt Corolly
Theodore Roosevelts reassertion of the Monroe doctrine to keep the western hemisphere free from European intervention
25
161. Dollar diplomacy
President tafts policy of expanding American investments abroad
26
162. Moral diplomacy
Woodrow Wilsons statement that the US will not use force to assert influence in the world, but to promote human rights
27
163. Francisco "Pancho" Villa
top military leader of the Mexican Revolution
28
164. Militarism
Glorification of the military
29
165. Francis Ferdinand
Archduke of Austria este and Austria Hungary
30
166. Western front
Battle front between the allies and central powers in Western Europe during world war 1
31
167. Casualty
Soldiers killed, wounded and missing
32
168. Contraband
Supplies captured from an enemy during war time
33
169. U-boat
German submarine
34
170. Lusitania
British passenger liner sunk by a German u-boat during ww1
35
171. Zimmerman note
Telegram written by German foreign minister Zimmerman proposing an alliance between Germany and Mexico against the US during ww1
36
172. Selective service act
Act passed by congress in 1917 authorizing a draft of men for military service
37
173. Bernard Baruch
Influential Wall Street broker who reported directly to the president
38
174. Committee on public information (CPI)
Educate the public about the causes and nature of the war
39
175. George Creel
Director of CPI
40
176. Conscientious objector
A group who resisted the draft by means of religious or moral beliefs
41
177. Espionage act
Allowing postal authorities to ban treasonable or seditious newspapers magazines or printed materials
42
178. Great migration
Movement of blacks from rural south to industrial north
43
179. Convoy
Groups of merchant ships sailed together, protected by warships
44
180. Vladimir Lenin
Staged revolution and gained control of Russia
45
181. John J. Pershing
Commander of American forces in Europe
46
182. Fourteen points
Americas war aims
47
183. Self determination
Right of people to choose their own form of government
48
184. League of Nations
A group of nations that secured mutual guru tees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike
49
185. Henry Cabot Lodge
Senator and republican foreign policy expert
50
186. Reparations
Payment for war damages
51
187. Irreconcilables
Isolationist senators who opposed any treaty ending ww1 that had a League of Nations folded into it
52
188. Reservationists
A group of senators, led by Henry Cabot lodge, who opposed the treaty of Versailles, to end ww1, unless specific changes were included
53
189. Influenza
Flu virus
54
190. Inflation
Rising prices
55
191. Red scare
Fear that communists were working to destroy the American way of life
56
192. Palmer raids
The series of raids in the early 1920s initiated by attorney general A. Mitchell Palmer against suspected radicals and communists
57
193. Sacco and Vanzetti
Italian immigrants and anarchists who killed people during a factory shooting
58
194. Warren G. Harding
Rejected by the League. Republican candidate from Ohio
59
195. Creditor Nation
Country which is owed more money by other nations than it owes other countries
60
196. Henry Ford
Creator of the model-T
61
197. Mass Production
Production of goods in large numbers though the use of machines and assembly lines
62
198. Scientific Management
Approach to improving efficiency, in which experts looked at every step of a manufacturing process, trying to find ways to reduce time, money and effort.
63
199. Assembly Line
Arrangement of equipment and workers in which work passes from operation to operation until it is finished
64
200. Consumer Revolution
Flood of new, affordable goods in the decades after world war 1
65
201. Installment Buying
Method of purchase in which buyer makes a small down payment, then pays off the rest in regularly monthly payments
66
202. Bull Market
Period of rising stock prices
67
203. Buying on Margin
System of buying stocks in which a buyer pays a small percentage of the purchase price while the broker advances the rest
68
204. Andrew Mellon
Secretary of treasure appointed by warren g Harding
69
205. Herbert Hoover
31st president
70
206. Teapot Dome Scandal
Harding administration scandal in which the interior secretary leased government oil reserves to private oilmen for bribes
71
207. Calvin Coolidge
30th president
72
208. Dawes Plan
US loan e money to Germany so that they could pay off war debts
73
209. Kellog-Briand Pact
1928 agreement in which many nations agreed to outlaw war
74
210. Modernism
Artistic and literary movement sparked by a break with past conventions
75
211. Fundamentalism
Movement or attitude stressing st it and literal adherence to a set of basic principles
76
212. Scopes Trial
1925 trial of a Tennessee school teacher for teaching darwins theory of evolution
77
213. Clarence Darrow
American lawyer who led the American civil liberties union
78
214. Quota System
Arrangement that limited the number of immigrants who could enter the United States from specific countries
79
215. Ku Klux Klan
Organization that promotes hatred towards specific ethnic and religious group
80
216. Prohibition
The forbidding by law of the manufacture, transport, and sale of alcohol
81
217. 17th amendment
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each state, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote
82
218. Volstead Act
Law enacted by congress to enforce the 18th amendment
83
219. Bootlegger
One who sells illegal alcohol
84
220. The Jazz Singer
First movie with sound synchronized to the action
85
221. Babe Ruth
Face of American baseball
86
222. Charles Lindenburg
American aviator who made the first solo flight
87
223. Flapper
Young woman from the 20's who defied traditional rules of conduct and dressing
88
224. Sigmund Freud
Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis
89
225. Lost Generation
Term for American writers of the 20's marked by disillusion with ww1 and a search for sense of meaning
90
226. F. Scott Fitzgerald
American short story author
91
227. Ernest Hemmingway
American novelist and short story writer
92
228. Marcus Garvey
Proponent of the black nationalism and pan-africanism movement
93
229. Jazz
Genre of music that originated from black communities during late 19th and early 20th century
94
230. Louis Armstrong
Jazz trumpeter and considered one of the most influential jazz artists of all time
95
231. Bessie smith
Jazz vocalist who was given the name "empress of the blues"
96
232. Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was the name given to the cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem between the end of World War I and the middle of the 1930s
97
233. Claude McKay
Claude McKay was a Jamaican poet best known for his novels and poems, including "If We Must Die," which contributed to the Harlem Renaissance
98
234. Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes was an American poet, novelist, and playwright whose African-American themes made him a primary contributor to the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s.
99
235. Zora Neal Hurston
Anthropologist and novelist Zora Neale Hurston was a fixture of the Harlem Renaissance before writing her masterwork, 'Their Eyes Were Watching God.'
