Unit 7 Vocab Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
1
Q

Open door policy

A

John Hay agreement to maintain American trade access to china

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Spanish-American War

A
  1. Us support Cuba
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Imperialism

A

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

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Progressive movement

A

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

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Settlement houses

A

Community centers for immigrants. Hull house by Jane Addams

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Muckrakers

A

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

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

New immigrants

A

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

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Booker T Washington

A

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

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

W E B Du Bois

A

Black social and economical equality. Niagara movement and Atlanta compromise

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Meat inspection

A

Roosevelt. After Sinclair

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Progressive amendments 16-19

A

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

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Federal reserve act 1913

A

Woodrow Wilson. Central banking system (12)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Clayton Antitrust Act 1914

A

Outlaw monopolistic practices

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Big stick policy

A

Roosevelt. Power and readiness to use military force if necessary

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Roosevelt corollary 1904

A

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

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Gentleman’s agreement 1907

A

Limit japan immigration. Japanese children segregation in school stopped

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Panama canal

A

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

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Dollar diplomacy

A

Taft further economic power through loans in foreign countries

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

Fourteen points

A

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

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

Espionage and sedition acts

A

Oppressed freedom of speech. Schenk v US

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

Treaty of Versailles 1919

A

Peace settlement put on Germany

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

League of Nations

A

Protect the independence and territorial integrity of other nations

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

Carrie Chapman Catt

A

NWSA. Pass 19th amendment

24
Q

Alice paul

A

National women’s party

25
Q

1st red scare

A

Fear communism. Palmer raids round suspects

26
Q

Immigration act of 1924

A

Quota for # of immigrants. 2%. No japan

27
Q

Isolationism

A
  1. Republican want to withdraw from international politics
28
Q

Kellog-Brian’s Pact 1928

A

Declare war illegal. Japan invades china

29
Q

Henry ford

A

Assembly line. Make cars inexpensive

30
Q

The great migration

A

African Americans leave south for better life in the north

31
Q

Harlem Renaissance

A

Black creativity

32
Q

Scopes Monkey trial

A

John Scopes. Religion vs science

33
Q

Margaret Sanger

A

Legalize birth control

34
Q

Lost generation

A

American literary notables after serving in military during WW1

35
Q

Great depression

A

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

36
Q

Reconstruction finance corporation

A

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

37
Q

Bonus army

A

WW1 vets want their money early. March on Washington.

38
Q

Bank holiday

A

FDR close all banks. Reform insured money deposited in banks

39
Q

1st new deal

A

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

40
Q

Second new deal

A

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

41
Q

Dust bowl

A

2 gens of drought, farm unusable. Okies

42
Q

Indian Reorganization Act

A

Tried to restore the tribal basis of Indian life

43
Q

Court Packing Bill

A

New Supreme Court members after 70 years

44
Q

Roosevelt recession

A

Economic recovery die. “New deal failed”

45
Q

Neutrality act of 1939

A

Allowed for arms trade

46
Q

Axis powers

A

Germany, Italy, Japan

47
Q

Lend lease act

A

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

48
Q

Pearl harbor

A

Surprise by Japanese. US entry to WW2

49
Q

Bracero program

A

Encourage Mexicans to work the fields in US

50
Q

Korematsu v US

A

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

51
Q

D Day

A

General Eisenhower. Invasion of Normandy in operation Overlord

52
Q

Holocaust

A

11 million genocide. 6 million jews

53
Q

Yalta conference 1945

A

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

54
Q

Potsdam Conference 1945

A

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

55
Q

Manhattan project

A

Develop atomic bomb in secret. Rober Oppenheimer

56
Q

Hiroshima

A

First city targeted by nuclear weapon