Unit 7- Imperialism and Progressive Era

Question 1

Progressive Era

Answer 1

Time period of change. Meant to address the problems created during the Gilded Age

Question 2

Teddy Roosevelt

Answer 2

US President-

• Created the Square Deal for progressives
• Created National Parks Service
• Created the FDA

Question 3

Roosevelt’s Square Deal

Answer 3

Roosevelt’s Progressive Program

• Conserve Natural Resources
• Control Corporations
• Consumer Protection (FDA)

Question 4

The Jungle

Answer 4

Book by Upton Sinclair that exposed the problems in the Meatpacking Industry

Question 5

Federal Meat Inspection Act

Answer 5

Created the FDA. Requires all meat to be inspected and sanitary before consumers can purchase

Question 6

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

Answer 6

Major fire in New York factory. Many women died because there were no safety measures
- Displayed the lack of regulations and led to new regulations for worker safety

Question 7

Workman’s Compensation

Answer 7

Insurance for employees. If a worker in injured at work, they can receive benefits for time lost

Question 8

Child Labor Laws

Answer 8

Laws that prevent children from working. Encouraged children to get an education. and not be exploited

Question 9

Ida B. Wells

Answer 9

Southern Muckraker, exposed the horrors of lynching in the south

Question 10

NAACP

Answer 10

Organization that works for equality of African Americans, created by WEB DuBois

Question 11

Great Migration

Answer 11

Movement of African Americans from the South to Northern Cities
Left to find opportunities and avoid racism/Jim Crow

Question 12

16th Amendment

Answer 12

Created a federal income tax

Question 13

17th Amendment

Answer 13

Allowed people to vote directly for senators

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18th Amendment

Answer 14

Banned the production and consumption of alcohol

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19th Amendment

Answer 15

Gave women the right to vote!

Question 16

Prohibition

Answer 16

Period during 1920s where all alcohol was illegal

Question 17

Women’s Rights movement

Answer 17

Movement for women’s equality. Fought to gain the right to vote (19th amendment)

Question 18

Conservation Movement

Answer 18

Movement to protect wild areas and preserve natural resources

Question 19

National Parks

Answer 19

Land protected by the federal government

Question 20

Imperialism

Answer 20

When a country expands influence over other territories

Question 21

White Man’s Burden

Answer 21

Poem that argued it was White peoples’ responsibility to civilize and educate the rest of the world.

Question 22

Annexation of Hawaii

Answer 22

The United States expanded and acquired Hawaii

Question 23

Turner’s Frontier Thesis

Answer 23

Argument that the United States had run out of territory to expand westward. as a result they needed to expand overseas.

Question 24

Yellow Journalism

Answer 24

Overly exaggerated headlines used to sell Newspapers. Led to the Spanish American War

Question 25

USS Maine

Answer 25

US Ship that exploded off the coast of Cuba --> Led to the Spanish American War

Question 26

Spanish American War

Answer 26

``` Short War between US and Spain over Cuba Causes: - Spain abuse of power in Cuba - USS Maine Effects: - US acquires Puerto Rico and Philippines ```

Question 27

Big Stick Diplomacy

Answer 27

The US exerted power over the world by having a strong Military (Roosevelt)

Question 28

Dollar Diplomacy

Answer 28

The US exerted power over the world by using money to manipulate decisions (Taft)

Question 29

Moral Diplomacy

Answer 29

The US should uphold democracy and freedom and exert power by changing governments (Wilson)

Question 30

Great White Fleet

Answer 30

Naval ships that sailed the globe to demonstrate the US military power (Roosevelt)

Question 31

Panama Canal

Answer 31

Waterway built to shorten the travel time between Atlantic and Pacific ocean. Paid for by the United States.

Question 32

Philippine- American War

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War for Philippine independence. Filipinos did not lie being controlled by the United States.

Question 33

Open Door Policy

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Policy in China. This stated that Any country has the ability to trade with China and that China would not be divided by world powers.

Question 34

Lusitania

Answer 34

British ship sunk by the Germans. Killed hundreds of Americans. One of the causes of American involvement in WWI

Question 35

Zimmerman Telegram

Answer 35

Letter from Germany to Mexico asking Mexico to attack the United States. In exchange, Germany would give Mexico its American lands back. - The US declares war on Germany as a result

Question 36

Propaganda

Answer 36

Posters used to persuade Americans to help with the War Effort

Question 37

Selective Service Act

Answer 37

Military draft to require military service for certain Americans

Question 38

Henry Ford

Answer 38

American industrialist. revolutionized factories by using the assembly line

Question 39

Assembly Line

Answer 39

tactic used in factories where a worker specializes in a single part of production. Increased production and efficiency.

Question 40

Radio

Answer 40

Allows news and information to travel large distances

Question 41

Credit

Answer 41

The ability to purchase something without money (pay it back later) - Led to the Great Depression

Question 42

Flapper

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Iconic image for a 20s woman. Short haired, short dressed, and liberated

Question 43

Consumer Culture

Answer 43

People buy things to establish themselves in society (began in the 20s)

Question 44

Harlem Renaissance

Answer 44

Black intellectual movement. Used music, poetry and art to celebrate black culture.

Question 45

Black Tuesday

Answer 45

Stock Market Crash that caused the Great Depression

Question 46

Great Depression

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``` Period of economic collapse Causes: - Stock Market - Credit crisis (Banks could not pay back accounts) Effects: - poverty and starvation - Massive unemployment ```

Question 47

Hoovervilles

Answer 47

Squatter settlements during the Great Depression

Question 48

Dust Bowl

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Drought in the Midwest prevented farmers from growing food (happened during the Great Depression)

Question 49

Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)

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American President - Created the New Deal - Guided America during WWII

Question 50

New Deal

Answer 50

Government Programs that created jobs and helped the US get out of the Great Depression 3 Rs: Relief, Recovery, Reform

Question 51

FDIC

Answer 51

New deal insurance program to guarantee bank customers their money back

Question 52

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Answer 52

Government body that regulates the Stock Market and prevents crashes

Question 53

Social Security

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Social Safety net to allow older and disabled Americans to receive money from the government when they can no longer work

Question 54

Works Progress Administration (WPA)

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Government Jobs program. Created Jobs for people to build infrastructure in their cities.

Question 55

Pearl Harbor

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Japan bombed US naval base in Hawaii. Led to US involvement in WWII

Question 56

Japanese Internment

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Executive Order from FDR | - Required Japanese Americans to be placed in internment camps during WWII

Question 57

Lend-Lease Act

Answer 57

US began sending military aid to allied countries (UK, France, Russia)

Question 58

Axis Powers

Answer 58

US opponents in WWII (Germany, Japan, Italy)

Question 59

Rosie The Riveter

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Symbol that encouraged women to take industrial jobs and support the war effort.

Question 60

Second Great Migration

Answer 60

African Americans moved from the south to Northern cities in order to find jobs in northern factories during the war

Question 61

Island Hopping

Answer 61

US pacific strategy to push back the Japanese island by island in the Pacific

Question 62

D-Day

Answer 62

Us invasion of France to defeat the Germans

Question 63

Atomic Bomb

Answer 63

2 bombs dropped on Japan (Nagasaki and Hiroshima) led to Japanese surrender and led to millions of casualties.