APUSH Unit 7 Vocab

Imperialism

ruling another country by diplomacy or military force

Monroe Doctrine (1823)

A warning to European nations that the US wouldn’t tolerate any further colonization

Spanish American War (1898)

When the people of Cuba rebelled against the Spanish, leading to the independence of Cuba as well as the US annexing Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines

Teller Amendment (1898)

When Colorado proposed an amendment to the US declaration of war against Spain, proclaiming that the US would not establish permanent control over Cuba

Open Door Policy (1899)

It called for protection of equal privileges for all countries trading with China

Muckrakers

journalists and novelists of the Progressive Era who sought to expose corruption in big business and government

Recall

allows voters to demand the removal of an elected official

Nineteenth Amendment (1920)

allows women the right to vote

Sedition Act (1918)

Made it a crime for American citizens to “print, utter, or publish any false, scandalous or malicious writing” about the government

Schenck v US (1919)

When the court ruled that freedom of speech and press under the first amendment could be limited only if the words said created “a clear and present danger”

Red Scare

When everyone was caught up in the containment of communism and people were investigated for being communists

NAACP

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. A civil rights organization to eliminate racial prejudice. Formed in 1909

The Great Migration (1910-70s)

The movement of 6 million African Americans from the rural areas of the Southern states to the urban areas in the Northern states, occurring before and after the Great Depression

Flappers

Known as a stylish young party girl who smoked, drank alcohol, danced at jazz clubs and practiced freedom from society

Harlem Renaissance (1920)

An intellectual movement and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art fashion and more

Black Tuesday (1929)

When the stock exchange completely collapsed leading to the Great Depression, a 10-year economic slump

Hawley-Smoot Tariff (1930)

Increased tariffs on foreign imports to the Us by about 20%

Bonus March

When WWI veterans marched in DC to get their bonus payment they were promised

The Hundred Days (1918)

The Hundred Days Offensive was a series of attacks by the Allied troops at the end of World War I to defeat the German Army

Neutrality Act (1935)

Prohibits the export of “arms, ammunition and implements of war” from the US to foreign nations at war

Lend-Lease (1941)

A law that authorized the president to aid any nation whose defense he believed was vital to American security

D-Day (1944)

The largest military invasion “Operation Overlord” bringing land, air and sea forces of the allied armies in Normandy, France. This marked the beginning of the liberation of German-occupied Western Europe from Nazi control.

The Battle of Iwo Jima (1945)

When the US landed on and captured the Japanese island killing many of the Japanese soldiers fighting there, preparing the way for the invasion of Okinawa

Double V Campaign (1942)

Encouraged African Americans to support the war to promote equality, especially in the armed forces

Rosie the Riveter

She worked in factories, shipyards and throughout defense production and was a symbol of female defense workers in WW2

Potsdam Conference (1945)

Where the division of Germany was decided and that the Nazi’s would be tried as war criminals