AP US History Period 7: 1890 - 1945 Economic Dislocation and Reform in the Age of Empire and World War

FDR

________ won governorship in NYC and introduced a number of innovative programs to help New Yorkers as the Great Depression Depended.

SCOTUS

________ ruled in Korematsu v. United States that the relocation was acceptable on the grounds of national security Migration and Mobilization.

Hepburn Act

The ________ gave the ICC greater freedom to set railroad rates.

defeat of Hitler

Although the ________ was a top priority for the US, it was Japan that had directly attacked the US, causing them to send more troops to Japan than Europe.

Bracero program

The ________ was initiated to bring temporary contract workers from Mexico- and the Mexican government pushed the US to guarantee that these workers would not be drafted.

Nativism

________- opposition to immigration- rose sharply during WWI.

Andrew Johnson

He was only the second Democrat to serve since ________, possibly because the Republicans "waved the bloody shirt, "invoking the memory of the Democrats role in secession and the Civil War.

Tulsa

1921 in ________, Oklahoma- a young black man who tripped over a white woman was accused of rape- a group of African- American veterans tried to prevent crowds from lynching the man.

Cuba

In 1934, Roosevelt rejected an interventionist approach in regard to ________ and worked to expand trade with Latin American through the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act (1934) From Isolationism to Intervention.

1920s

________- people invested with borrowed money- buying stocks on margin, paying only 10 % of the price up front with the promise of paying the remainder in the future.

labor

Organized ________ also made great strides because of New Deal legislation.

sensational headlines

Increased literacy set the groundwork for Americas first mass media, and to attract customers, newspapers began printing bold, ________, sometimes warping the truth.

Cutthroat competition

________ hurt the economy and pushed workers wages down, which limited their ability to purchase goods.

USSR

Although the communist movement never gained much traction in the US, there were some who saw the success of the ________ and felt that the capitalist system was not working.

atomic bomb

The ________ did not generate much public debate at the time, as it ended a bloody conflict that had consumed 50 million lives.

1942

In ________, the Office of Price Administration began rationing key commodities to civilians such as gasoline and tires.

Stalin

________ also allowed free elections in Poland, and was secretly allowed control of Outer Mongolia, the Kuril Islands, parts of Sakhalin Island, as well as Soviet railroad rights in Manchuria.

WPA

The ________ created jobs for millions of unemployed, employing over 8 million by the time it shut down.

Roosevelt

________ worked out a Gentlemans Agreement in which Japan agreed to limit immigration to the US and he agreed to pressure California to end discriminatory practice.

Japan

The US used the atomic bomb twice on ________- on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Lend Lease Act

Congress approved the ________, which allowed the US to send arms to Britain in American ships, and was extended to the USSR after Hitler broke the Nazi- Soviet Pact.

assembly line

The ________ and scientific management vastly increased industrial output, and for much of the 1920s, the public was induced by easy credit and seductive advertising to absorb this increased output of goods.

Mussolini

________ and the Fascists took power in Italy in 1922, Hitler and the Nazis came to power in Germany in 1933, and Franco took power in Spain in 1939, as well as Japan falling under military rule.

Prohibition

________- telling working class people they should not drink, this crusade against immoral behavior raises the issue of elitism.

Progressive Era

The 18th Amendment banned the production, sale, and transportation of alcohol as of 1920 Addressing Environmental Issues in the ________.

Imperial holdings

________ would provide American industry with important raw materials and a new market of people.

Quota System

The new woman of the 1920s was engaged in public issues, participating in the political struggles of the Progressive movement and gained new confidence in public issues-"Flappers "were independent- minded young women of the 1920s who openly defied Victorian moral codes about lady- like behavior Nativism and the ________.

Trench warfare

________ made it difficult for either side to gain much ground.

Automobiles

________ grew more rapidly in the US than in other countries.

Sherman Antitrust Act

The ________ was passed to limit monopolies; he used the act to pursue bad trusts- ones that interfered with commerce.

Selective Service Act

The ________, passed in September 1940, created the first peacetime draft in US history.

Secretary of State

________ signed a declaration at the Inter- American Conference in Uruguay that no nation had the right to interfere in the affairs of another nation.

Rosie the Riveter

________ was a fictional character in order to present female workers in a positive light.

alliance system

The ________ brought Germany and Italy into the conflict on the side of Austria- Hungary while Russia, France, and Great Britain (Triple Entente) were on the opposing side.

Espionage Act

The ________ was upheld by SCOTUS in Schenck v. United States, ruling that freedom of speech is not absolute and can be limited in wartime.

Agricultural Adjustment Act

________- reduce production to bolster sagging commodity prices and strengthen the agricultural sector.

Conservation

________: nations natural resources should be used in a responsible way so they continue to exist for future generations.

Regionalism

________ can also be seen in the Works Progress Administration- regionalist art in WPA murals and paintings.

Espionage and Sedition Acts

The ________ were passed during WWI to put limits on public expressions of antiwar sentiment, making it a crime to interfere with the draft, war bonds, or say anything disloyal about the war effort.

Northern Securities Company

________ controlled all railroad traffic in the Northwest, from Chicago to Washington, and eliminated competition in this region.

War Industries Board

________ created to direct industrial production, ensure uninterrupted production of arms, uniforms, etc.

FDR

________ developed a remarkable array of programs during its first hundred days, which comprised the first New Deal- reflected his willingness to experiment and the scope of the problems that faced the nation.

Wilson

________ was a supporter of small business and strengthened the antitrust powers of the USFG with the Clayton Antitrust Act (1914), exempting labor unions from being targeted by antitrust actions.

Roosevelt

________ led a charge up San Juan Hill in a key battle for Cuba- he was headlined in American papers, elevating his status in the political realm.

Selective Service Act

In 1940, the US ratified the ________, requiring compulsory military service for males between 21- 35 years of age.

FDR

In 1942, ________ issued Executive Order 9066, authorizing the government to remove more than 100, 000 Japanese Americans (both American born and immigrants) and place them into camps.

Period 7 -Economic Dislocation and Reform in the Age of Empire and World War Imperialism

Debates The Motives of American Imperialism

Conservation

nations natural resources should be used in a responsible way so they continue to exist for future generations

in 1906 World War I

Military and Diplomacy The United States Enters World War I

However, many saw great possibilities in American participation

expansion of the USFG, sense of unity and nationalism, and renewed focus on issues of social Justice

US did not join the League of Nations, as they would have had to approve the Treaty of Versailles, which was rejected by the Senate in 1919 World War I

Home Front WWI and the Conservative Rejection of Progressive Reform

1934-1937

parts of Texas, Oklahoma, and surrounding areas suffered from a major drought

More than 200,000 Mexicans participated, however, they were the object of discrimination, harassment, and violence during WWII World War II

Military The Stakes Involved in WWII

On April 30, Hitler committed suicide, and on May 7, Germany surrendered

Victory in Europe Day