Period 7: 1890-1945

Question 1

Monroe Doctrine

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Answer 1

Warned European powers not to interfere in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere. The purpose of the Doctrine was to prevent European colonization and the establishment of puppet regimes in the Americas

Question 2

“New Imperialism”

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Question 3

“Jingoism”

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Question 4

Yellow Journalism

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Question 5

De Lome Letter

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Question 6

Sinking of the USS Maine

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Question 7

“a splendid little war”

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Question 8

Rough Riders

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Question 9

Philippines

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Question 10

Anti-Imperialist League

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Question 11

Platt Amendment

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Question 12

Spheres of Influence

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Question 13

Open Door Policy

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Question 14

Boxer Rebellion

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Question 15

“Big Stick” Policy

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Question 16

Panama Canal

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Question 17

“Dollar Diplomacy”

[7.3]

Question 18

Manchuria

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Question 19

William Jennings Bryan

[7.3]

Question 20

Urban Middle Class

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Question 21

John Dewey

[7.4]

Question 22

Standard Oil Company

[7.4]

Question 23

Ida Tarbell

[7.4]

Question 24

Jacob Riis

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Question 25

Secret Ballot

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Question 26

Direct Primary

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Question 27

17th Amendment

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Question 28

Hiram Johnson

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Question 29

Temperance and Prohibition

[7.4]

Question 30

Compulsory School Attendance

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Question 31

National Child Labor Commitee

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Question 32

Muller v. Oregon

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Question 33

Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

[7.4]

Question 34

Square Deal

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Question 35

Trust-Busting

[7.4]

Question 36

The Jungle

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Question 37

Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)

[7.4]

Question 38

Meat Inspection Act (1906)

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Question 39

Newlands Reclamation Act (1902)

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Question 40

16th Amendment

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Question 41

Socialist Party

[7.4]

Question 42

Eugene V. Debs

[7.4]

Question 43

Federal Reserve Act (1914)

[7.4]

Question 44

Clayton Antitrust Act (1914)

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Question 45

Child Labor Act (1916)

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Question 46

NAACP

[7.4]

Question 47

WEB Du Bois

[7.4]

Question 48

Booker T. Washington

[7.4]

Question 49

National Urban League

[7.4]

Question 50

National American Woman Suffrage Association

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Question 51

19th Amendment

[7.4]

Question 52

Margaret Sanger

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Question 53

Alice Paul

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Question 54

Neutrality

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Question 55

Allied Powers

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Question 56

Central Powers

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Question 57

Submarine Warfare

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Question 58

Lusitania

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Question 59

Election of 1916

[7.5]

Question 60

Bolsheviks

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Answer 60

far-left faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

Question 61

November 11th, 1918

[7.5]

Answer 61

an armistice was signed between the Germans and the Allies, ending World War I

Question 62

“Peace without Victory”

[7.5]

Question 63

Fourteen Points

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Answer 63

A series of peace proposals outlining a plan for achieving a just an lasting peace create by Woodrow Wilson

Question 64

Big Four

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Question 65

Treaty of Versailles

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Question 66

Self-Determination

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Question 67

League of Nations

[7.5]

Question 68

Irreconcilables

[7.5]

Question 69

Rejection of Treaty

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Question 70

Food Administration

[7.6]

Question 71

Railroad Administration

[7.6]

Question 72

National War Labor Board

[7.6]

Question 73

Liberty Bonds

[7.6]

Question 74

Selective Service Act

[7.6]

Question 75

Service by African Americans

[7.6]

Question 76

Espionage Act (1917)

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Question 77

Sedition Act (1918)

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Question 78

Eugene Debs

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Question 79

Schenck v. United States

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Answer 79

draft opposition

Question 80

Palmer Raids

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Answer 80

attempts by the United States Department of Justice to arrest and deport radical leftists, especially anarchists, from the United States

Question 81

Welfare Capitalism

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Answer 81

capitalism that includes social welfare policies and/or the practice of businesses providing welfare services to their employees

Question 82

Scopes Trial

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Answer 82

a high school teacher, John T. Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee’s Butler Act, which had made it illegal for teachers to teach human evolution in any state-funded school

Question 83

21st Amendment

[7.8]

Answer 83

repeal prohibition

Question 84

Black Tuesday

[7.9]

Answer 84

This is the name given to October 29, 1929. This date signaled a selling frenzy on Wall Street–days before stock prices had plunged to desperate levels. Investors were willing to sell their shares for pennies on the dollar or were simply holding on to the worthless certificates.

Question 85

Buying on Margin

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Answer 85

Purchasing stock with a little money down with the promise of paying the balance at sometime in the future

Question 86

Excessive Use of Credit

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Answer 86

Millions of Americans used credit to buy all sorts of things, like radios, refrigerators, washing machines, and cars. The banks even used credit to buy stocks in the stock market. This meant that everyone used credit, and no one had enough money to pay back all their loans, not even the banks

Question 87

Hawley Smoot Tariff (1930)

[7.9]

Answer 87

reduced flow of goods into united states and prevented other countries from earning american currency to buy american goods.

Question 88

New Deal

[7.10]

Answer 88

President Franklin Roosevelt’s precursor of the modern welfare state (1933-1939); programs to combat economic depression enacted a number of social insureance measures and used government spending to stimulate the economy; increased power of the state and the state’s intervention in U.S. social and economic life. Three r’s Relief Recovery and Reform.

Question 89

Bank Holiday

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Answer 89

March 6, 1933- all banks closed for 4 days so that congress could enact legislation to stabilize the banking system; goal to restore confidence in the banks and avoid panic and withdrawal; congress passes the Emergency Banking Act during this time
EBA= Treasury inspects banks before they can reopen, give $ to get banks back on their feet; reestablished confidence

Question 90

Public Works Administration

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Answer 90

A major part of Roosevelt’s New Deal programs. The PWA put people to work building or improving public buildings like schools, post offices, etc.

Question 91

Civilian Conservation Corps

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Answer 91

1933- FDR personal favorite; employed 18-25 year old men to work in the national forests and parks; conservation work, planted trees, built reservoirs, parks, irrigation systems; 90% of money was sent back to families

Question 92

Glass Steagall Act

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Answer 92

four provisions of the United States Banking Act of 1933 separating commercial and investment banking

Question 93

Federal Deposit Insurance Commission

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Answer 93

established by the Glass-Steagall Act in 1933; insures bank deposits up to $5,000 (now $100,000); helps bring confidence and stability in banks

Question 94

Social Security Act (1935)

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Answer 94

created pensions for the elderly and disabled; created unemployment insurance; gave aid to dependent children; didn’t cover all workers (agriculture, domestic, government workers)

Question 95

New Deal Coalition

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Answer 95

an American political coalition that supported the Democratic Party beginning in 1932

Question 96

Indian Reorganization Act (1934)

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Answer 96

aimed at decreasing federal control of American Indian affairs and increasing Indian self-government and responsibility

Question 97

Kellog-Briand Pact (1928)

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Answer 97

an agreement to outlaw war signed on August 27, 1928

Question 98

Dawes Plan (1924)

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Answer 98

Germany’s annual reparation payments would be reduced, increasing over time as its economy improved

Question 99

Axis Powers

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Answer 99

in World War II, the nations of Germany, Italy, and Japan, which had formed an alliance in 1936.

Question 100

Fascism

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Answer 100

exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of oppositionf

Question 101

Cash and Carry

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Answer 101

Only way that Europe could buy American war materials in World War II. They would have to transport the munitions in their own ships and they could only purchase the munitions with cash.

Question 102

Destroyers for Bases Deal

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Answer 102

US Navy destroyers were transferred to the Royal Navy from the US Navy in exchange for land rights on British possessions

Question 103

Lend-Lease Act (1941)

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Answer 103

Allowed US to lend supplies to the allies, to be returned at war’s end; eventually lent $50.1 billion

Question 104

Pearl Harbor

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Answer 104

Dec 7, 1941; US stopped selling scrap metal, oil, and steel to JP, which threatened JP expansion; so, they bombed Pearl Harbor causing the US to enter the war

Question 105

Manhattan Project

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Answer 105

development of atomic weapons during WW2; spent $2 billion; scientists like Einstein, Oppenheimer

Question 106

Office of War Information

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Answer 106

established by the government to promote patriotism and help keep americans united behind the war effort.

Question 107

Double V

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Answer 107

1942, idea encouraged by James G. Thompson that encouraged blacks to fight for victory “abroad and at home”; links black military service with demand for civil rights

Question 108

Korematsu v. US

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Answer 108

1944 Supreme Court case that backed EO 9022 Internment camps; said that internment was a military necessity and not a form of racism

Question 109

D-Day

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Answer 109

United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany

Question 110

Holocaust

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Answer 110

mass genocide of Jewish people and other minority groups in Germany during the dictatorship of Hitler and his Nazi party

Question 111

Battle of Midway

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Answer 111

An enormous battle that raged for four days near the small American outpost at Midway Island, at the end of which the US, despite great losses, was clearly victorious. The American navy destroyed four Japanese aircraft carriers and lost only one of its own; the action regained control of the central Pacific for the US.

Question 112

Island Hopping

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Answer 112

the American navy attacked islands held by the Japanese in the Pacific Ocean. The capture of each successive island from the Japanese brought the American navy closer to an invasion of Japan.

Question 113

Big Three

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Answer 113

FDR, Churchill, and Stalin; separated by distance, must meet regularly to organize efforts

Question 114

Yalta

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Answer 114

a meeting of British prime minister Winston Churchill, Soviet premier Joseph Stalin, and President Franklin D.

Question 115

Potsdam

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Answer 115

The major issue at Potsdam was the question of how to handle Germany

Question 116

United Nations

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Answer 116

New “League of Nations” formed at the Yalta conference post-WW2; more power than the League; majors powers given a veto; US joins, enabling affectability (out of isolation for good)