B. unit 3 Peace, Prosperity, and Depression Q.3 Flashcards
forbade European intervention in the Western Hemisphere
Monroe Doctrine
fight for Cuban independence
Spanish-American War
America’s defense of the Monroe Doctrine under Roosevelt
Big Stick Policy
Chinese revolt against foreigners
Boxer Rebellion
Roosevelt’s fair treatment of the common man
Square Deal
loyalty to one’s own country
nationalism
America’s military draft
Selective Service
Wilson’s peace proposal
Fourteen Points
peace ending World War I
Treaty of Versailles
group for the peaceful settlement of world problems
League of Nations
limit on military equipment
disarmament
mass movement to the city
urbanization
ban on liquor sales
Prohibition
Roosevelt’s Depression recovery plan
New Deal
America’s involvement in which war came after the Germans sunk an English ship named the Lusitania?
World War I
Prior to World War I, Germany formed a pact called the Triple ____________ in order to isolate France.
Alliance
World War I was sparked when a Serbian assassinated the heir to the throne of _______.
Austria
the Great Migration?
mass movement of African Americans out of the South and into Northern cities.
The President whose return-to-normalcy program was welcomed by the American people was _______.
Warren G. Harding
American morale was lifted during the Depression by the fireside chats of President ________.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Why side effect of prohibition caused it to become unpopular with the American people?
organized crime
Russia withdrew from the war after 1917
new leaders put in place who did not want to continue the war.
trench warfare was a major part of World War I?
protected soldiers from new weapons like machine guns.
Wilson’s actions during the Paris Peace Talks?
he needed to compromise with European nations about his Fourteen Points
About __________ of the American labor force was unemployed during the Great Depression
one-fourth
Why did Roosevelt attempt to add more judges to the Supreme Court?
more favorable rulings on his New Deal Policies
Factors leading the Germans to sue for peace did not include
a secret treaty with Russia
Factors increasing tension in pre-WWI Europe did not include
Austrian-French alliance
Causes of the country’s Great Depression did not include
poor working conditions
The rejection of the League of Nations by the United States ______.
all of the above
helped owners who expected to lose their homes
Home Loan Bank System
Roosevelt’s starting program for recovery
First Hundred Days
provided jobs in conservation
Civilian Conservation Corps
gave money to states for work relief
Federal Emergency Relief Act
gave relief to farmers
Agriculture Adjustment Act
curbed competition practices in big business
National Industrial Recovery Act
aid to elderly Americans
Social Security Act
flood control and conservation of resources
Tennessee Valley Authority
