Unit 7 Significant Slideshow Items Flashcards

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1
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What resolved some tensions between US and Japan?

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Gentlemen’s Agreement

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2
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What was Roosevelts foreign policy?

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Big stick diplomacy

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3
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What was Tafts foreign policy?

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Dollar diplomacy

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4
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What did the jones act do?

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Gave Philippines full territorial status, bill of rights, male suffrage, ect.

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5
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Who helped resolve the Tampico Incident?

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ABC powers (Argentina, Brazil, Chile)

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6
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What did the US do in response to European intervention in the Americas?

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Added Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

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7
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What won Teddy Roosevelt the Nobel Peace prize?

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Treaty of Portsmouth

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8
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What policy did John Hay draft to promote free trade?

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Open door

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9
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What was the Great White fleet?

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Convoy of US warships to demonstrate Americas growth

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10
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Revolutionary who challenged new government in Mexico?

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Poncho Villa

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11
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War fought by Russia and Japan in early 1900s?

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Russo Japanese war

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12
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War fought between China and Japan

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Sino-Japanese war, showed China’s vulnerability

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13
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The outbreak of war was sparked by the death of?

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Archduke Ferdinand

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14
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Causes of US involvement

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Sinking of Lusitania, Arabic and Sussex

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15
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Selective service act

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Males must register for draft at age 18

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16
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Sussex pledge

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No more sub sinking without warning

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17
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Zimmerman Telegram

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Direct threat to US

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18
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Prevented use of mail system to intervene with war effort

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Espionage act

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19
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Made it illegal to speak out against any aspects of US gov

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Sedition act

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20
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Supreme Court upheld Espionage act in which court case?

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Schneck v US

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21
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Justin Oliver Holmes said what could suspend liberties

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Clear and present danger

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22
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Wilson announced what for peace

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Fourteen points

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23
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US’s reaction to the League of Nations

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Cause much controversy

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24
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Palmer raids

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Illegal raids on immigrants

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25
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Three presidents

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Harding, Coolidge, Hoover

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26
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Kellogg Briand pact

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Prohibited war

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27
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Warren g Harding was elected in 1920 with what promise?

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Normalcy

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28
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Washington disarming conference

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Arms reduction and territorial respect

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29
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Dawes plan

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Ease financial crisis in Europe

30
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What did communist Bolsheviks form?

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Soviet Union

31
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Red Scare

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Immigrants associated with radicalism

32
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The great migration

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Mass migration of African Americans to industrial cities

33
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Teapot dome scandal

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Illegal drilling of oil in Wyoming

34
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Sacco and Vanzetti

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Unfair discrimination because they were immigrants and anarchists

35
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Who was a major proponent of birth control?

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Margaret Sanger

36
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Who was the first man to fly across the Atlantic

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Charles Lindburgh

37
Q

Iconic dance in 1920s

A

Charleston

38
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Biology teacher associated with evolution

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John scopes

39
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Which amendment ended prohibition?

A

21

40
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Who made bonus army?

A

Angry WWI veterans

41
Q

Tariff signed by Hoover that made the depression worse

A

Hawley-Smoot tariff

42
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Title of book by John Steinbeck

A

Grapes of wrath

43
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Nickname for the day the stock market crashed

A

Black Tuesday

44
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Nickname for shanty towns

A

Hoovervilles

45
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Most famous public works project by Hoover

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Hoover dam

46
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Exact date of stock market crash

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October 29, 1929

47
Q

European territories had been _________ for years

A

“scrambling for territory”

48
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“The White Man’s Burden”

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Burden to spread civilization

49
Q

Jingoism

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Extreme nationalism

50
Q

Alfred T Mahan

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admiral, aroused govt interest in imperialism and wrote “The Influence of Sea Power Upon History”

51
Q

What was the purchase of Alaska referred to as?

A

Seward’s Folly

52
Q

Help from ________ allowed US to defeat Spain in the Philippines

A

Emilio Aguinaldo

53
Q

Foraker Act

A

Limited civilian gov in Puerto Rico

54
Q

MAIN long-term causes of WW1

A

militarism
alliances
imperialism
nationalism

55
Q

Daylight savings time was established to

A

conserve energy

56
Q

Cars revolutionized American life both _______ + __________

A

economically and socially

57
Q

New technology and decreased demand after WW1 created a

A

crop surplus

58
Q

Buying on margin

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Using money you don’t have

59
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The movie industry grew in the depression BECAUSE

A

It was a cheap escape from economic woes

60
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Public Works Administration

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built roads, bridges, etc to create jobs

61
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Tennessee Valley Authority

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Appalachian Mountains, men built dams to provide flood control + cheap electricity

62
Q

Agricultural Adjustment Act

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Payed farmers to limit production

63
Q

Fair Labor Standards Act

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min wage, max hours, end child labor

64
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Social Security Act

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Provides insurance for elders

65
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Securities and Exchange Commission

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Regulated prices of stocks and bonds

66
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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Provided insurance for people’s bank deposits

67
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“Black Cabinet”

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FDR, worked on issues such as Jim Crow Laws

68
Q

The 1934 Indian Reorganization Act repealed the

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1887 Dawes Act

69
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“3rd term controversy”

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FDR ran and won third term

70
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“Court-packing” proposal

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FDR, make it easier to pass laws but didn’t work

71
Q

22nd Amendment

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Two term limit

72
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New Deal

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Increased size and scope of fed govt, more involved in daily life