Unit 7 Vocab

Question 1

Open door policy

Answer 1

John Hay agreement to maintain American trade access to china

Question 2

Spanish-American War

Answer 2

1898. Us support Cuba

Question 3

Imperialism

Answer 3

Seek to dominate other countries politically, socially, religiously and or economically. Social Darwinism, white mans burden

Question 4

Progressive movement

Answer 4

Social activism and political reform. 1890-1929. Eliminate corruption in government, protect workers and consumers, expand democracy.
Roosevelt, Taft, wilson

Question 5

Settlement houses

Answer 5

Community centers for immigrants. Hull house by Jane Addams

Question 6

Muckrakers

Answer 6

Jacob Riis- how the other half lives
Lincoln Steffens- shame of the cities
Ida Tarbell- history of standard oil
Uptown Sinclair- the jungle

Question 7

New immigrants

Answer 7

1880-1920. SE EUROPE. Factory jobs, less Protestant, English, wealth, education

Question 8

Booker T Washington

Answer 8

Former slave. Industrial education and economic opportunity. Tuskegee. Atlanta compromise

Question 9

W E B Du Bois

Answer 9

Black social and economical equality. Niagara movement and Atlanta compromise

Question 10

Meat inspection

Answer 10

Roosevelt. After Sinclair

Question 11

Progressive amendments 16-19

Answer 11

16- federal income tax established
17- election of senators
18- prohibition of alcohol
19- women’s suffrage

Question 12

Federal reserve act 1913

Answer 12

Woodrow Wilson. Central banking system (12)

Question 13

Clayton Antitrust Act 1914

Answer 13

Outlaw monopolistic practices

Question 14

Big stick policy

Answer 14

Roosevelt. Power and readiness to use military force if necessary

Question 15

Roosevelt corollary 1904

Answer 15

TR extension of Monroe doctrine. US right to protect its economic interests in south and Central America by using military force

Question 16

Gentleman’s agreement 1907

Answer 16

Limit japan immigration. Japanese children segregation in school stopped

Question 17

Panama canal

Answer 17

Columbia. BIG STICK POLICY. Encourage panama revolt to build canal

Question 18

Dollar diplomacy

Answer 18

Taft further economic power through loans in foreign countries

Question 19

Fourteen points

Answer 19

Wilson. Self determination, freedom of the seas, free trade, end to secret agreements, reduction of arms, LON

Question 20

Espionage and sedition acts

Answer 20

Oppressed freedom of speech. Schenk v US

Question 21

Treaty of Versailles 1919

Answer 21

Peace settlement put on Germany

Question 22

League of Nations

Answer 22

Protect the independence and territorial integrity of other nations

Question 23

Carrie Chapman Catt

Answer 23

NWSA. Pass 19th amendment

Question 24

Alice paul

Answer 24

National women’s party

Question 25

1st red scare

Answer 25

Fear communism. Palmer raids round suspects

Question 26

Immigration act of 1924

Answer 26

Quota for # of immigrants. 2%. No japan

Question 27

Isolationism

Answer 27

1920. Republican want to withdraw from international politics

Question 28

Kellog-Brian’s Pact 1928

Answer 28

Declare war illegal. Japan invades china

Question 29

Henry ford

Answer 29

Assembly line. Make cars inexpensive

Question 30

The great migration

Answer 30

African Americans leave south for better life in the north

Question 31

Harlem Renaissance

Answer 31

Black creativity

Question 32

Scopes Monkey trial

Answer 32

John Scopes. Religion vs science

Question 33

Margaret Sanger

Answer 33

Legalize birth control

Question 34

Lost generation

Answer 34

American literary notables after serving in military during WW1

Question 35

Great depression

Answer 35

Stock prices up, over production, under consumption. Crash 1929

Question 36

Reconstruction finance corporation

Answer 36

Herbert Hoover. Provide emergency funds to banks, insurance companies, railroads

Question 37

Bonus army

Answer 37

WW1 vets want their money early. March on Washington.

Question 38

Bank holiday

Answer 38

FDR close all banks. Reform insured money deposited in banks

Question 39

1st new deal

Answer 39

Civilian conservation corps: create jobs for men 18-25 Federal Emergency Relief Adminsitration Agricultural adjustment administration Public works administration: roads, dams, public building Tennessee valley authority: damns in rural CCC FERA PWA TVA

Question 40

Second new deal

Answer 40

Works progress administration: artists Social security act: old age National labor relations act: right to join labor union Fair labor standards act: no child labor, minimum wage, 44 hrs **WPA SSA NLRA FLSA Labor deals**

Question 41

Dust bowl

Answer 41

2 gens of drought, farm unusable. Okies

Question 42

Indian Reorganization Act

Answer 42

Tried to restore the tribal basis of Indian life

Question 43

Court Packing Bill

Answer 43

New Supreme Court members after 70 years

Question 44

Roosevelt recession

Answer 44

Economic recovery die. “New deal failed”

Question 45

Neutrality act of 1939

Answer 45

Allowed for arms trade

Question 46

Axis powers

Answer 46

Germany, Italy, Japan

Question 47

Lend lease act

Answer 47

Food, oil, and materials supplied to France, GB, China, USSR

Question 48

Pearl harbor

Answer 48

Surprise by Japanese. US entry to WW2

Question 49

Bracero program

Answer 49

Encourage Mexicans to work the fields in US

Question 50

Korematsu v US

Answer 50

Executive order 9066: Japanese Americans sent to internment camps regardless of citizenship

Question 51

D Day

Answer 51

General Eisenhower. Invasion of Normandy in operation Overlord

Question 52

Holocaust

Answer 52

11 million genocide. 6 million jews

Question 53

Yalta conference 1945

Answer 53

Us, UK, Soviet Union. Unconditional surrender of Germany, occupation zones, Stalin join effort against Japan

Question 54

Potsdam Conference 1945

Answer 54

War crime trial for nazi, unconditional surrender of Japan. Trumann

Question 55

Manhattan project

Answer 55

Develop atomic bomb in secret. Rober Oppenheimer

Question 56

Hiroshima

Answer 56

First city targeted by nuclear weapon