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Progressives
The ________________ achieved greater success than the Populists because they were primarily urban middle-class reformers.
muckrakers
Journalists who aided the reform movements by exposing corporate greed and misconduct using sensationalized articles were nicknamed ____________________.
National Association for Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
W.E.B Du Bois headed an early civil rights organization that was established during this period to confront racial injustice. It was called ___________________________________(__________)
Margaret Sanger
_______________ faced wide opposition for promoting the use of contraceptives.
Ida Tarbell
The female journalist, ________________, wrote articles about the “mother of all trusts”, Standard Oil.
Robert La Follette
The Wisconsin Governor, __________________, led the way in state reform. His program was called the “Wisconsin Idea”.
ballot initiative
Using ______________ voters could directly propose new laws, getting around the power of the legislature.
Treaty of Versailles
The European allies wanted a peace settlement that punished Germany. The final agreement did not include the ideas of “peace without victory” of Wilson’s plan. Instead the _________________ included harsh treatment of Germany and high war payments.
recall
The _________ gave voters the power to remove officials from office.
Teddy Roosevelt
The most powerful progressive president was ______________ who became president after William McKinley was assassinated by an anarchist.
Sherman Antitrust Act
Roosevelt broke up a powerful railroad trust using the _____________________ a law that had been rarely enforced before this time.
The Jungle
In response to the novel ______________ by Upton Sinclair, the federal government passed the Meatpacking Act/
16th amendment; senators
William Howard Taft, won the presidential election in 1908 and spearheaded the drive to pass two constitutional amendments; the ___________ which created a national income tax and the 17th amendment which required the direct election of __________.
dollar diplomacy
Taft’s foreign policy which focused on securing favorable trade relations in Latin America and East Asia was called “_____________”
Woodrow Wilson
A split in the Republican Party led to Theodore Roosevelt running as the nominee of the “Bull Moose Party” in 1912. This resulted in the election of ______________ the first Democratic President in many terms.
New Freedom
Roosevelt’s foreign policy was referred to as “New Nationalism” focusing on American imperialism and aggressive foreign policy. Wilson’s foreign policy was called ___________ focusing on greater government involvement in regulating business and lowering tariffs.
Platt Amendment
The Roosevelt Administration strong armed Cuba into accepting the ___________________, which forbid Cuba from making treaties with foreign powers and made Cuba a protectorate of the United States.
canal
Roosevelt spearheaded the building of a ____________ in Panama by encouraging a rebellion by the Panamanians against the country of Columbia.
Roosevelt Corollary
Roosevelt’s assertion that the United States had the right to intervene in Latin America in order to protect American interests is called the ________________ to the Monroe Doctrine or the Big Stick Policy.
neutrality
When World War I broke out in Europe, Woodrow Wilson immediately declared the U.S. policy of ____________. American will treat all belligerents fairly and with our favoritism.
the submarine
When Great Britain place a blockade on German ports, the Germans responded with a new type of vessel, _____________, or U-boat. They attacked without warning in violation of international law.
the Lusitania
Because they believed that passenger ships were carrying war supplies, the Germans sank _______________, a ship with a small number of Americans on board. This led to a crisis between the United States and Germany.
He kept us out of war
In 1916, Woodrow Wilson ran for reelection with the slogan “________________”.
preparedness
In 1916 American policy towards the war changed to one of “_______________” which began to increase the supply and size of the armed forces.
Zimmerman Telegram
In 1917, the British intercepted a telegram from the German Foreign minister to Mexico in an attempt to get Mexico to attack the United States, this was called the _______________.
War Industry Board (WIB)
The US Government mobilized for war by creating agencies and commissions to control industry and labor. The main agency was the ________________________ __(____)
Espionage Act; Sedition Act 1918
The government curtailed civil liberties during the war. The two laws that limited the rights of Americans were the _______________ and ____________________.
Selective Service Act of 1919
A draft was established for the war based on a lottery. It was instituted under the legislation passed in 1917 called the _______________________________.
Schneck v. U.S.
The Supreme Court upheld the restriction on civil liberties in the case _________________ that established the standard of a “clear and present danger”.
Russian Revolution
The ______________ in 1917 increased American paranoia about communism and gave Wilson another reason to agree to enter the war.
Palmer Raids
The ___________ were a series of organized raids on suspected radical groups that ignored civil liberties and resulted in a large number of deportation of immigrants.
Committee on Public Information
The ____________________________ (CPI) was a propaganda agency during WWI that created sensationalized matter that was designed to spur American hatred of the Germans and support for the war effort.
Great Migration
During WWI and leading into WWII, many African Americans in the South moved from the South to Northern urban areas to take advantage of wartime manufacturing. This movement was called the __________________.
Fourteen Points
After the United States entered the war, the Allies were victorious and Germany and its allies surrendered on 11/11/1918. Woodrow Wilson traveled to the Peace Conference with his plan for world peace called _______________.
ratify
The Senate of the United Staes failed to _____________ the peace treaty.
the League of Nations
The Senate primarily objected to the creation of ____________________, an international organization to avoid future conflict. The primary opponent to this treaty was a Republican rival of Wilson, Henry Cabot Lodge.
pro-business
In the 1920s, three Republican presidents all pursued _________________ policies and surrounded themselves with likeminded advisors.
Teapot Dome Scandal
William Harding had corrupt advisors who participated in scandals such as the __________________ over brides to the secretary of the interior for oil leases.
welfare capitalism
A temporary decline in labor union popularity was connected to efforts of businesses to woo workers with greater benefits and wages. This called ________________________.
suburbs
The popularity of the automobile led workers to move farther from city centers to the _______________.
advertising
A new __________________ industry grew up around consumer culture to hype the new products and encourage purchases.
Harlem Renaissance
In the largest Black neighborhood in New York City, cultural clubs, newspapers, and theaters sprang up leading to the _______________________.
Langston Hughes
Among the great African American poets of the time were ________________________________, Countee Cullen, and Zora Neale Hurston.
K.K.K
The ______________________ had a resurgence during this period, attacking African Americans but also other groups that it felt deviated from its ideas of America.
Sacco and Vanzetti
Two Italian immigrants, __________________________, were accused of murder. Their trial spotlighted what some saw as immigrant bias in the legal system.
Scopes Monkey
Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan argued over evolution in the _______________________ Trial.
Prohibition
___________________________ the outlawing of alcohol was implemented by the passing of the 18th amendment.
Stock Market Crash
In October of 1929, the prices of stock declined rapidly, wiping out large amounts of wealth in the _______________________.
Hoovervilles
Herbert Hoover, failed to understand the magnitude of the Great Depression. The homeless camps that arose because of the loss of jobs and houses were named ________________________.
Dust Bowl
A severe drought in the Midwest turned the area into a giant __________________. This led to the migration of a large number of people west.
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
Hoover tried to help American manufacturers by imposing the __________________________ on imports, but the retaliation by other countries made the economy worse.
Bonus Army
Angry army veterans marched on Washington to lobby for early bonus payments. They called themselves the ___________________ and were forcibly removed from the capital by Douglas MacArthur.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)
In 1932, Herbert Hoover lost his bid for reelection to Democrat ________________________________. The main issue of the election was the depression.
New Deal
FDR’s program to end the depression was called the __________________________.
John Maynard Keynes
Roosevelt’s economic response of the government spending to reverse and economic downturn was based on the work by economist ______________________________.
Emergency Banking Bill
The ___________________________ put poorly managed banks under the control of the Treasury department and gave licenses to the solvent ones in order to regain public trust in the banking system.
S.E.C
The ____________________________ regulated the stock market to prevent speculation and another market crash.
Judicial Reorganization
Roosevelt received opposition from the Supreme Court over some of his legislation and in an attempt to weaken their power he proposed a __________________________________________ bill that would add six new judges. It was rejected by Congress.
Kellogg-Bryand Pact
In 1928, 62 nations signed the ________________________ which condemned war as a type of foreign policy.
Lend Lease
In 1941, Roosevelt forced the ________________________ through Congress which permitted the US to lend armaments to England without payments.
Atlantic Charter Conference
Roosevelt and Winston Churchill met at the ___________________________________ declaring the Allies war aims and securing closer ties.
Pearl Harbor
On December 7th, 1941, the Japanese attacked ___________________ and brought the United States into WWII.
Tripartite Pact
The _____________________ is the alliance between Japan, Italy, and Germany in WWII.
D-Day
In 1943, the United States, Great Britain, and their allies launched a massive invasion of continental Europe called ________________.
atomic bomb; Hiroshima
After a steady stream of hard-fought victories in the Pacific, the United States island-hopped its way toward the Japanese home islands. On August 5, 1945, President Truman ordered the dropping of the ___________________ on the city of _________________. After a second bomb was dropped, Japan surrendered.
internment camps
In a blow to civil liberties, the United States created _____________________________ to house Japanese-Americans during the war.
Yalta
In February 1945, the Allied leaders met at __________________ to redraw the world map for after the war.
Iron Curtain
The Soviet Union broke its agreement and instead took control of Eastern Europe created the __________________.
United Nations
An assembly of nations was created after the war which included the United States. This is called the _______________________.
unconditional surrender
The result of the bombing of Japan was its _______________________________ in 1945.
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