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Term
What Enlightenment idea is found over and over in the Declaration of Independence?
 Definition
the idea of natural rights
Term
What movement caused the English colonists to start questioning the authority and power of the English king?
 Definition
The Enlightenment
Term
What was the Great Compromise
 Definition
When the creators of the Constitution decided to make Congress have 2 parts, a Senate where all states would be equally represented, and a House of Representatives where representation would be based on a state’s population.
Term
What natural rights are described in the Declaration of Independence?
 Definition
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Term
Why was the South the least industrialized part of the country until the 1950s?
 Definition
The Civil War had devastated the Southern economy. In addition, the South heavily relied on agriculture, not industry.
Term
What area was heavily industrialized and attracted millions of immigrants during the 1800s?
 Definition
The Northeast and Midwest
Term
What technology helped transportation and was essential to expanding industrialization in the U.S.?
 Definition
the railroad
Term
How did Californians feel about the Dust Bowl refugees?
 Definition
They tried to discourage them. California already had a huge unemployed population.
Term
What group was created during the Red Scare of the 1920s in order to protect the freedoms granted by the Bill of Rights?
 Definition
The American Civil Liberties Union
Term
What were 2 groups that were created during the 1920s to protect African Americans?
 Definition
The NAACP and Marcus Garvey’s Back to Africa Movement
Term
From 1916 to 1920, why was there a huge jump in the number of people who voted?
 Definition
Women were granted the right to vote by the 19th Amendment.
Term
Zora Neal Hurston and Langston Hughes are associated with what 1920s movement?
 Definition
The Harlem Renaissance
Term
What was the goal of the Harlem Renaissance?
 Definition
to promote pride in black culture through art and literature
Term
Why did advertising start to take off in the 1920s?
 Definition
Businesses and industry were booming, causing lots of Americans to buy things with cash and credit
Term
What finally brought the open trade policy in Asia to an end?
 Definition
Japanese attempts to make an empire that started in 1931
Term
During WWII, what group was responsible for transmitting secret messages between Allied forces?
 Definition
The Navajo Code Talkers
Term
The allied leaders met numerous times to discuss the post WWII world. What were some of the meetings called?
 Definition
The Yalta and Potsdam Conference.
Term
Many Americans were against the Lend-Lease Act and Cash and Carry Policy because ...
 Definition
they were isolationist and didn’t want to get drawn into the war.
Term
The Neutrality Acts were designed to ...
 Definition
prevent U.S. involvement in a European war by not allowing the U.S. to sell weapons or loan cash to nations at war.
Term
During WWII, what group of people were put into camps for the entirety of the war?
 Definition
Japanese and Japanese-Americans
Term
What did the Supreme Court say about Japanese internment in cases like Korematsu vs. The United States?
 Definition
The SC ruled that Japanese internment was legal because it was for national security reasons. Decades later Congress apologized anyway and sent money to survivors of internment.
Term
The project to create Atomic weapons was known as?
 Definition
The Manhattan Project
Term
During the Great Depression, many Americans required relief. What’s that?
 Definition
Welfare, or direct cash from the gov’t.
Term
The Tennessee Valley Authority created dams and hydroelectric plants to provide power to the South. What group was against this?
 Definition
Privately owned electricity companies who had to compete with the TVA.
Term
What New Deal agency created numerous jobs to build public works like schools and roads, and also funded work for artists and writers?
 Definition
The Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Term
What terrible event happened on December 7th, 1941?
 Definition
Pearl Harbor
Term
American anti-war sentiment and isolationism before WWII resulted in legislation to prevent the U.S. from going to war. What was it called?
 Definition
The Neutrality Acts
Term
What’s legislation?
 Definition
A law, or laws
Term
What event was the closest the U.S. ever came to fighting a war with the Soviet Union?
 Definition
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Term
Because of the Truman Doctrine, the U.S. sent hundreds of millions of dollars to countries fighting off Communism. Two countries that received aid were ...
 Definition
Greece and Turkey
Term
The goal of GATT (the general agreement on tariffs and trade) was to reduce ...
 Definition
tariffs between cooperating nations.
Term
Who escalated the war in Vietnam and sent in hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops?
 Definition
Lyndon B. Johnson
Term
What’s the purpose of the United Nations?
 Definition
To prevent wars by providing a place where nations could meet and discuss things peacefully
Term
International negotiations about trade, war, treaties, are often held in this world forum.
 Definition
The United Nations
Term
What caused the Korean War?
 Definition
North Korea started it by invading the South.
Term
The United States issued a statement that it would aid any country fighting to be free of Communism. This was known as
 Definition
The Truman Doctrine
Term
What gave LBJ the power to escalate the war in VIetnam and send in U.S. troops?
 Definition
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Term
What region used to be known for its factories but has kinda gone downhill?
 Definition
The Northeast
Term
What technology created after WWII drastically increased people’s interest in sports and entertainment?
 Definition
Television homey!!!!!
Term
The bracero program was created to do what?
 Definition
Bring temporary workers over from Mexico to work in agriculture.
Term
Who has done most of the labor in California agriculture over the last 50 years?
 Definition
Mexicans
Term
Many unions hated this bill, which became law despite Truman’s objections and veto
 Definition
The Taft Hartley Act, which weakened unions ability to organize. Many labor workers felt that it benefitted big businesses at their expense.
Term
The U.S. initiated the bracero program because WWII created a shortage of labor. What’s initiated mean?
 Definition
started, or created.
Term
Define these words: expansion, passage, revival
 Definition
expansion=to get bigger. Ex: Containment was about the U.S. trying to stop Soviet or Communist expansion. Passage: to travel, or to be passed and made into effect. Example: The passage of the Neutrality Acts made it hard for FDR to help the British. Revival: to come back, to return. There was a revival of the KKK in 1915.
Term
The balance of power amongst the three branches of gov’t has changed in the 20th century. What branch has become more and more important and why?
 Definition
The executive. Every time there’s a crisis more people turn to the president. Example: Great Depression, WWII, the Cold War
Term
The Immigration Act of 1965 got rid of what immigration system?
 Definition
It got rid of the quota system where we only let in so many people based on their national origin (country they were from). That system let in a lot more people from certain parts of the world, like West Europe, while the quotas for Asia and East Europe were extremely low.
Term
When we talk about national origins, what is that?
 Definition
The country, or nation, where someone is from.
Term
The Great Society tried to change America. What big issue did it tackle?
 Definition
Poverty. LBJ declared a war on poverty and spent billions in food stamp, student loans, and job training programs in attempt to reduce poverty.
Term
Define unconditional war and unconditional surrender
 Definition
unconditional war= a war in which you will do anything to win, no matter how evil. Hitler declared an unconditional war on the jews of Europe. Unconditional surrender=
Term
What did Truman do for African-Americans because of their amazing war record during WWII?
 Definition
He decided to desegregate the army and allow black and white soldiers to fight together
Term
what’s it mean to desegregate something?
 Definition
to segregate people is to keep them apart. Desegregation is when you bring them together.
Term
When 9 black students tried to go to Little Rock high school, they were prevented. What did Eisenhower do to finally to ensure they were allowed in?
 Definition
He sent in federal troops with orders to escort them for a year.
Term
How did the Immigration Act of the 1960s make the country more diverse?
 Definition
The act allowed in many people who were previously kept out. In particular, Asians, Africans, East Europeans and people with skills or high education were allowed in.
Term
What did Brown v. The Board of Education lead to?
 Definition
The end of segregation in all public schools
Term
How is Brown v. the Board of Education different from Plessy v. Ferguson?
 Definition
Plessy v. Ferguson led to the Supreme Court deciding that separate but equal (segregation) was legal in the country. This was issued in teh 18
Term
The Populists were rural farmers who attempted to gain power in the 1890s. What was their main goal?
 Definition
To create inflation by making having U.S. money be backed by gold and SILVER, which was worth significantly less than having money just backed by gold. This would make their debts worth less
Term
What battles convinced Truman that the Japanese would fight to the end and kill many Americans if the U.S. invaded Japan?
 Definition
The Battle of Okinawa and the Battle of Iwo Jima
Term
Attorney General Palmer went after these people in the 1920s as part of his “Palmer Raids” and had many of them thrown out of the country or jailed illegally.
 Definition
Immigrants, and anyone who had expressed interest in Socialist or Communist ideas
Term
This man was a strong anti-Communist, and spent the 50s accusing people of being Communists before finally going too far.
 Definition
Joseph McCarthy.
Term
Congress consists of two parts. What are they?
 Definition
The Senate (2 senators from each state!!) and a House of Representatives (states with bigger populations get more).
Term
In what time period did Unions start to grow quickly because of support of the President and the passage of National Labor Relations Act that recognized the right of workers to unionize?
 Definition
The 1930s Great Depression saw a big surge in the number of people who were a part of a union
Term
Define rural and urban
 Definition
rural=countryside, places where people work in agriculture. Urban=cities
Term
In the late 1800s/early 1900s, what cities did many immigrants have to go before being allowed in?
 Definition
Ellis Island on the East Coast, and Angel Island on the West Coast
Term
What coast do you live on? What event caused millions of people to move here?
 Definition
The West Coast. The Dust Bowl.
Term
What caused the Dust Bowl?
 Definition
Over production of the land with tractors that got rid of much of the grasslands, coupled with a really bad drought
Term
What two events brought the U.S. into World War I?
 Definition
The sinking of the Lusitania by German submarines and the Zimmerman note, in which the GErmans promised to help Mexico if it attacked the United States.
Term
The First Great Awakening was a
 Definition
religious revival that spread throughout the colonies in the earily 1700s
Term
The First Great Awakening, much like the Enlightenment, caused the colonists to question …
 Definition
traditional authority and power
Term
Roman catholics attempting to flee from discrimination founded the colony known as
 Definition
Maryland
Term
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence and borrowed Enlightenment ideas from the thinker known as
 Definition
John Locke
Term
The Supreme Court has the power of Judicial Review, which means that …
 Definition
They can decide whether federal or state laws are Constitutional or should be thrown out
Term
Blacks were disenfranchised in the South due to Poll taxes and literacy tests. What does that mean?
 Definition
Disenfrahnchisement=not being allowed to vote
Term
What's the difference between federal laws and state laws?
 Definition
Federal laws apply to the other nation and are passed by Congress. State laws are passed by state legislatures and only apply to that state.
Term
The phrase "Life, liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness" can be attributed to Jefferson. What does attributed mean?
 Definition
It means that person was responsible for it.
Term
The U.S. acquired a military base in Cuba after the Spanish-American war. What's an acquistion?
 Definition
acquisition=something you get
Term
After whites regained power in the South after Reconstruction, how did they stop Blacks from voting?
 Definition
Through poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses
Term
When immigrants came to America, what powerful people provided them with essential services like jobs and housing?
 Definition
Urban political bosses
Term
In exchange for helping the immigrants, what did political bosses want?
 Definition
For immigrants to support them in elections
Term
Corruption in the cities, the rise of political bosses and robber barons, finally led to a demand for reform known as …
 Definition
Progressivism
Term
Reform means
 Definition
To change something for the better.
Term
What did the Progressives want?
 Definition
reform society. Some wanted to reform people morally by banning alcohol, some wanted to weaken the power of big businesses, and some wanted to change politics to reduce the power of political bosses
Term
What were political machines?
 Definition
They were political organizations run by political bosses. They were often corrupt and stole money from the city.
Term
Muckrakers were …
 Definition
Progressive journalists who wanted to reveal the problems found in society in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Term
Why was Henry Ford able to make cars so cheaply and efficiently?
 Definition
He used assembly lines to create cars, where every person was specialized and had 1 specific job
Term
tariffs are
 Definition
taxes on foreign goods (imports).
Term
tariffs were used constantly before the Great Depression in order to help what group?
 Definition
Domestic industries and businesses. For example, a tariff on foreign cars could help boost sales of American cars.
Term
In the 1890s, American businesses and industry were consantly looking for new markets to sell things and get resources from. Name some countries we got involved in to achieve those goals.
 Definition
China (open door policy), Cuba, Phillippines, Japan, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Guam
Term
The Social Gospel came about in reponse to poverty and problems in the city. It's goal was
 Definition
to have religious americans go to the cities and help the poor and recreate society according to Christian ideas
Term
Most immigrants from South and Eastern Europe were discriminated against because of their religion. What faith were they associated with?
 Definition
Roman Catholicism
Term
Define "sentiment"
 Definition
feeling
Term
Define "domestic industry"
 Definition
businesses in America
Term
What candidate's religious beliefs were controversial when he ran for president in 1960?
 Definition
John F. Kennedy
Term
For the last 50 years, most immigrants have come from where? What religion do they tend to be?
 Definition
Latin America, Catholic
Term
What amendment doesn't allow the federal gov't to pass laws "respecting an establishment of religion"?
 Definition
The 1st
Term
The 1st Amendment doesn't allow laws to be passed by Congress that "respect an establishment of religion." This is also known as the Separation clause. What does it forbid exactly?
 Definition
IT creates a wall of separation between church and state. Basically, the gov't isn't allowed to promote a religion. This is because the Puritans who came to America had been discriminated by the Church of England, a gov't run church.
Term
What book caused Teddy Roosevelt to promote the Meat Inspection Act?
 Definition
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Term
Define "assimilation"
 Definition
when immigrants become Americanized by learning English and American values
Term
The Americanization movement was in response to increasing Immigration in the 1890s and 1900s. What was its goal?
 Definition
To assimilate immigrants and teach them English and American values.
Term
During WWI, the Espionage and Sedition Act forbid Americans from doing what?
 Definition
Printing anti-war material or encouraging them not to support the war effort
Term
The first Red Scare took place after WWI and targeted immigrants primarily. Why?
 Definition
There was a fear that they were Communists and that a revolution might occur soon.
Term
Did the U.S. sign the Treaty of Versailles and join the League of Nations?
 Definition
No
Term
Marcus Garvey argued that black people should
 Definition
go back to Africa
Term
This policy established equal trading rights for all the imperial powers in China
 Definition
Open Door Policy
Term
In order to get a canal through Central America Teddy Roosevelt supported a revolution in
 Definition
Panama
Term
"Speak softly and carry a big stick" was TR's philosophy. What did it mean?
 Definition
Use diplomacy, but also have a strong military and navy to back up your words
Term
The Roosevelt Corollary by TR made it so the U.S. had the right to…
 Definition
intervene or send troops into Central or South America
Term
Who supported "dollar diplomacy?"
 Definition
Howard Taft
Term
What is dollar diplomacy?
 Definition
Using economic power (like loans and financial aid) to influence countries, not the militar
Term
What president is responsible for the Meat inspection Act, the panama canal, busting the trusts and unions, and using big stick diplomacy?
 Definition
Teddy Roosevelt (TR)
Term
In the 19th century, what would happen if money was also backed by silver, and not just gold?
 Definition
It would cause inflation, meaning money would be worth less.
Term
What's inflation?
 Definition
When money is worth less . This is good for people who owe a lot of it, but bad for people who already have a lot of it.
Term
What's the job of the Federal Reserve (created in 1913)?
 Definition
Their job is to print money and monitor the economy. They can lend money more cheaply during bad economic times.
Term
Although Hoover generally is considered to have done "too little, too late" in regards to saving the U.S. economy, he's still responsible for …
 Definition
Creating the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, which lent money to struggling banks and businesses.
Term
How did FDR try to stop another stock market crash from happening in the future?
 Definition
Securities and Exchange Commission, which makes companies publish accurate reports every quarter, and tries to prevent fraud
Term
"Runs" on the banks during the Great Depression destroyed thousands of banks. How did FDR try to stop this?
 Definition
By declaring a Bank Holiday and closing all the banks for a short time. He later passed the Glass-Steagal Act which insured people's deposits.
Term
Where did victims of the Dust Bowl go after their farms failed?
 Definition
To California
Term
What Enlightenment idea is found over and over in the Declaration of Independence?
 Definition
the idea of natural rights
Term
What movement caused the English colonists to start questioning the authority and power of the English king?
 Definition
The Enlightenment
Term
What was the Great Compromise
 Definition
When the creators of the Constitution decided to make Congress have 2 parts, a Senate where all states would be equally represented, and a House of Representatives where representation would be based on a state’s population.
Term
What natural rights are described in the Declaration of Independence?
 Definition
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Term
Why was the South the least industrialized part of the country until the 1950s?
 Definition
The Civil War had devastated the Southern economy. In addition, the South heavily relied on agriculture, not industry.
Term
What area was heavily industrialized and attracted millions of immigrants during the 1800s?
 Definition
The Northeast and Midwest
Term
What technology helped transportation and was essential to expanding industrialization in the U.S.?
 Definition
the railroad
Term
How did Californians feel about the Dust Bowl refugees?
 Definition
They tried to discourage them. California already had a huge unemployed population.
Term
What group was created during the Red Scare of the 1920s in order to protect the freedoms granted by the Bill of Rights?
 Definition
The American Civil Liberties Union
Term
What were 2 groups that were created during the 1920s to protect African Americans?
 Definition
The NAACP and Marcus Garvey’s Back to Africa Movement
Term
From 1916 to 1920, why was there a huge jump in the number of people who voted?
 Definition
Women were granted the right to vote by the 19th Amendment.
Term
Zora Neal Hurston and Langston Hughes are associated with what 1920s movement?
 Definition
The Harlem Renaissance
Term
What was the goal of the Harlem Renaissance?
 Definition
to promote pride in black culture through art and literature
Term
Why did advertising start to take off in the 1920s?
 Definition
Businesses and industry were booming, causing lots of Americans to buy things with cash and credit
Term
What finally brought the open trade policy in Asia to an end?
 Definition
Japanese attempts to make an empire that started in 1931
Term
During WWII, what group was responsible for transmitting secret messages between Allied forces?
 Definition
The Navajo Code Talkers
Term
The allied leaders met numerous times to discuss the post WWII world. What were some of the meetings called?
 Definition
The Yalta and Potsdam Conference.
Term
Many Americans were against the Lend-Lease Act and Cash and Carry Policy because ...
 Definition
they were isolationist and didn’t want to get drawn into the war.
Term
The Neutrality Acts were designed to ...
 Definition
prevent U.S. involvement in a European war by not allowing the U.S. to sell weapons or loan cash to nations at war.
Term
During WWII, what group of people were put into camps for the entirety of the war?
 Definition
Japanese and Japanese-Americans
Term
What did the Supreme Court say about Japanese internment in cases like Korematsu vs. The United States?
 Definition
The SC ruled that Japanese internment was legal because it was for national security reasons. Decades later Congress apologized anyway and sent money to survivors of internment.
Term
The project to create Atomic weapons was known as?
 Definition
The Manhattan Project
Term
During the Great Depression, many Americans required relief. What’s that?
 Definition
Welfare, or direct cash from the gov’t.
Term
The Tennessee Valley Authority created dams and hydroelectric plants to provide power to the South. What group was against this?
 Definition
Privately owned electricity companies who had to compete with the TVA.
Term
What New Deal agency created numerous jobs to build public works like schools and roads, and also funded work for artists and writers?
 Definition
The Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Term
What terrible event happened on December 7th, 1941?
 Definition
Pearl Harbor
Term
American anti-war sentiment and isolationism before WWII resulted in legislation to prevent the U.S. from going to war. What was it called?
 Definition
The Neutrality Acts
Term
What’s legislation?
 Definition
A law, or laws
Term
What event was the closest the U.S. ever came to fighting a war with the Soviet Union?
 Definition
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Term
Because of the Truman Doctrine, the U.S. sent hundreds of millions of dollars to countries fighting off Communism. Two countries that received aid were ...
 Definition
Greece and Turkey
Term
The goal of GATT (the general agreement on tariffs and trade) was to reduce ...
 Definition
tariffs between cooperating nations.
Term
Who escalated the war in Vietnam and sent in hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops?
 Definition
Lyndon B. Johnson
Term
What’s the purpose of the United Nations?
 Definition
To prevent wars by providing a place where nations could meet and discuss things peacefully
Term
International negotiations about trade, war, treaties, are often held in this world forum.
 Definition
The United Nations
Term
What caused the Korean War?
 Definition
North Korea started it by invading the South.
Term
The United States issued a statement that it would aid any country fighting to be free of Communism. This was known as
 Definition
The Truman Doctrine
Term
What gave LBJ the power to escalate the war in VIetnam and send in U.S. troops?
 Definition
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Term
What region used to be known for its factories but has kinda gone downhill?
 Definition
The Northeast
Term
What technology created after WWII drastically increased people’s interest in sports and entertainment?
 Definition
Television homey!!!!!
Term
The bracero program was created to do what?
 Definition
Bring temporary workers over from Mexico to work in agriculture.
Term
Who has done most of the labor in California agriculture over the last 50 years?
 Definition
Mexicans
Term
Many unions hated this bill, which became law despite Truman’s objections and veto
 Definition
The Taft Hartley Act, which weakened unions ability to organize. Many labor workers felt that it benefitted big businesses at their expense.
Term
The U.S. initiated the bracero program because WWII created a shortage of labor. What’s initiated mean?
 Definition
started, or created.
Term
Define these words: expansion, passage, revival
 Definition
expansion=to get bigger. Ex: Containment was about the U.S. trying to stop Soviet or Communist expansion. Passage: to travel, or to be passed and made into effect. Example: The passage of the Neutrality Acts made it hard for FDR to help the British. Revival: to come back, to return. There was a revival of the KKK in 1915.
Term
The balance of power amongst the three branches of gov’t has changed in the 20th century. What branch has become more and more important and why?
 Definition
The executive. Every time there’s a crisis more people turn to the president. Example: Great Depression, WWII, the Cold War
Term
The Immigration Act of 1965 got rid of what immigration system?
 Definition
It got rid of the quota system where we only let in so many people based on their national origin (country they were from). That system let in a lot more people from certain parts of the world, like West Europe, while the quotas for Asia and East Europe were extremely low.
Term
When we talk about national origins, what is that?
 Definition
The country, or nation, where someone is from.
Term
The Great Society tried to change America. What big issue did it tackle?
 Definition
Poverty. LBJ declared a war on poverty and spent billions in food stamp, student loans, and job training programs in attempt to reduce poverty.
Term
Define unconditional war and unconditional surrender
 Definition
unconditional war= a war in which you will do anything to win, no matter how evil. Hitler declared an unconditional war on the jews of Europe. Unconditional surrender=
Term
What did Truman do for African-Americans because of their amazing war record during WWII?
 Definition
He decided to desegregate the army and allow black and white soldiers to fight together
Term
what’s it mean to desegregate something?
 Definition
to segregate people is to keep them apart. Desegregation is when you bring them together.
Term
When 9 black students tried to go to Little Rock high school, they were prevented. What did Eisenhower do to finally to ensure they were allowed in?
 Definition
He sent in federal troops with orders to escort them for a year.
Term
How did the Immigration Act of the 1960s make the country more diverse?
 Definition
The act allowed in many people who were previously kept out. In particular, Asians, Africans, East Europeans and people with skills or high education were allowed in.
Term
What did Brown v. The Board of Education lead to?
 Definition
The end of segregation in all public schools
Term
How is Brown v. the Board of Education different from Plessy v. Ferguson?
 Definition
Plessy v. Ferguson led to the Supreme Court deciding that separate but equal (segregation) was legal in the country. This was issued in teh 18
Term
The Populists were rural farmers who attempted to gain power in the 1890s. What was their main goal?
 Definition
To create inflation by making having U.S. money be backed by gold and SILVER, which was worth significantly less than having money just backed by gold. This would make their debts worth less
Term
What battles convinced Truman that the Japanese would fight to the end and kill many Americans if the U.S. invaded Japan?
 Definition
The Battle of Okinawa and the Battle of Iwo Jima
Term
Attorney General Palmer went after these people in the 1920s as part of his “Palmer Raids” and had many of them thrown out of the country or jailed illegally.
 Definition
Immigrants, and anyone who had expressed interest in Socialist or Communist ideas
Term
This man was a strong anti-Communist, and spent the 50s accusing people of being Communists before finally going too far.
 Definition
Joseph McCarthy.
Term
Congress consists of two parts. What are they?
 Definition
The Senate (2 senators from each state!!) and a House of Representatives (states with bigger populations get more).
Term
In what time period did Unions start to grow quickly because of support of the President and the passage of National Labor Relations Act that recognized the right of workers to unionize?
 Definition
The 1930s Great Depression saw a big surge in the number of people who were a part of a union
Term
Define rural and urban
 Definition
rural=countryside, places where people work in agriculture. Urban=cities
Term
In the late 1800s/early 1900s, what cities did many immigrants have to go before being allowed in?
 Definition
Ellis Island on the East Coast, and Angel Island on the West Coast
Term
What coast do you live on? What event caused millions of people to move here?
 Definition
The West Coast. The Dust Bowl.
Term
What caused the Dust Bowl?
 Definition
Over production of the land with tractors that got rid of much of the grasslands, coupled with a really bad drought
Term
What two events brought the U.S. into World War I?
 Definition
The sinking of the Lusitania by German submarines and the Zimmerman note, in which the GErmans promised to help Mexico if it attacked the United States.
Term
Progressives were successful in promoting Prohibition. What was that?
 Definition
IT banned the sale, production, and transportation of alcohol in the 1920s. The 18th Amendment.
Term
Why did Prohibition fail?
 Definition
bootleggers made or imported alcohol illegally. Organized crime made money selling it. The Volstead Act made enforcement the IRS's job to enforce it, however, they had few men to do so
Term
List all 5 things that the 1st Amendment gives you in terms of rights. Hint (RAPPS)
 Definition
Religion, assembly, right to petition the government, freedom of the press and of speech
Term
What 2 things does the 1st amendment have to say about religion?
 Definition
You're allowed to practice any religion you want. Also, it says that the gov't CAN'T establish a religion, meaning, they can't promote a religion
Term
The idea that some races or classes are more advanced or less "evolved" was popular in the early 1900s. What is this idea called?
 Definition
Social Darwinism. It allowed the rich to justify making immigrants work for slave wages
Term
The United States was attacked at Pearl Harbor by the Japanese. Where is Pearl Harbor?
 Definition
In Hawaii
Term
What organization was created to loan money to poor nations after WWII?
 Definition
The World Bank and International Monetary Fund
Term
Jews created this organization to defend themselves from groups like the KKK
 Definition
The Anti-Defamation League
Term
What caused the U.S. to declare war on Spain in 1898?
 Definition
The explosion of the U.S.S. Maine and the fact that Yellow Journalism hyped the possibility of war to sell more papers.
Term
What was the result of the Spanish - American War?
 Definition
Spain was driven out of Cuba (which was free, but had to let us have a military base there) and they gave us the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico
Term
Imperialism refers to what?
 Definition
When one country dominates another economically, militarily, or politically. Example: The U.S. taking over the Phillipines is an example of Imperialism
Term
Why was the Stock Market Crash in 1929 a big deal?
 Definition
Many Americans bought stock on margin (made a small downpayment and owed the rest) and when the market crashed couldn't pay any of it back
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Why was the banking system so bad before the New Deal?
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Whenever people were scared they'd demand all their money from the bank, this would cause them to fail and go out of business. Everyone would lose all the money they had in that bank
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How come you don't have to be worried about your bank deposit today?
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In the 1930s, FDR created the FDIC, which insured deposits. If the bank collapses, the gov't pays you back.
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How have old people benefitted from the policies of FDR and Lyndon B. Johnson?
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FDR created Social Security, and LBJ created Medicare
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