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________ initially opposed federal relief efforts, but later initiated a few programs and campaigned for works projects.
Gangster Era
________ inspired many movies and television series.
Consumerism
________ was fueled by the rise of household appliances and the advertising industry.
Sedition Act
________ made it illegal to try to prevent the sale of war bonds or speak disparagingly of the government, military, or Constitution.
Washington Conference
The ________ was held in 1921- 1922 and resulted in a treaty that limited armaments and reaffirmed the Open Door Policy toward China.
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Hoover had the ________ established to bail out large companies and banks.
National Industrial Recovery Act
________ (NIRA) consolidated businesses and coordinated activities to eliminate overproduction.
Harry S Truman
________ represented the US after Roosevelt's death.
FDR
________ signed Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, creating first peacetime draft in US history.
Agricultural Adjustment Act
________ (AAA) provided payments to farmers in return for cutting production, funded by increased taxes on food processors.
Civilian Conservation Corps
________ (CCC) provided grants to states for their own PWA- like projects.
Schenck
________ was arrested and convicted for violating the Espionage Act by printing and mailing leaflets urging men to resist the draft.
New Deal
The ________ was a result of a powerful presidency and public confidence in Roosevelt.
Harlem Renaissance
The ________ was marked by the growth of theaters, cultural clubs, and newspapers.
major consumer
The automobile was a(n) ________ product in the 1920s and typified the new spirit of the nation.
Germans
Allies fought ________ primarily in Soviet Union and Mediterranean until D- Day invasion in France.
Nye Commission
The ________ revealed unethical activities by American arms manufacturers, leading to the passage of neutrality acts.
Roosevelt
________ poured money into the military and worked to assist the Allies within the limits of the neutrality acts.
Kellogg Briand Pact
In 1928, 62 nations signed the ________, which condemned war as a means of foreign policy.
Germany
Treaty of Versailles punished ________, left humiliated and in economic ruin.
Dust Bowl
Depression had a calamitous effect on millions of Americans: job loss, savings loss, homeless and shantytowns, rural farmers struggled, drought and ________, agrarian unrest, Farmers Holiday Association.
Great Depression
Roosevelt's response to ________ was guided by Keynesian economics.
Jazz
________ was popularized and became emblematic of the era, with Louis Armstrong as a major figure.
Ku Klux Klan
________ grew to over 5 million members.
1906 1922
The US occupied Cuba for 10 years (________), causing anti- American sentiments.
D Day
________ on June 6, 1944 was largest amphibious landing.
Soviet army
________ occupied parts of Eastern Europe, and Stalin wanted to create a "buffer zone "with "friendly "nations.
Entertainment
________ saw growth in movies, sports, and literature with world- class authors like F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway.
WW2
________ affected almost every aspect of daily life and created new opportunities and tensions in American society.
Teddy Roosevelt
Progressive presidents: ________, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson.
Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act
The ________ allowed the president to reduce tariffs for foreign policy goals.
Progressive Era
The ________ resulted in many reforms, including conservation, regulation of monopolies and trusts, and the establishment of federal standards in food and drug industries.
Hawley Smoot Tariff
________ worsened the economy.
Roosevelt Corollary
The ________ to the Monroe Doctrine, also known as the Big Stick Policy, was used to justify repeated military intervention in Latin America due to the assertion of a threat to American security.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
The Banking Act of 1933 created the ________ (FDIC) to guarantee bank deposits.
Public Works Administration
________ (PWA) set aside $ 3 billion to create jobs building roads, sewers, public housing units, etc.
Woodrow Wilson
________ won the election of 1912 with a policy of neutrality, but it posed immediate problems due to close relationships with England and relatively distant relationship with Germany and Austria- Hungary.
Espionage Act
________ prohibited interference with the war effort or draft through the U.S. mail system.
Supreme Court
________ upheld the Espionage Act in 1919 in three separate cases, the most notable being Schenck v. United States.
Good Neighbor Policy
The US tried to adopt a(n) ________ in Latin America in 1934, but continued to promote American interests through economic coercion and support of pro- American leaders.
Manhattan Project
________ of 1942 was research and development effort for atomic bombs.
Labor Disputes Act
________ of 1943 allowed government takeover of businesses deemed necessary to national security.
Rosie the Riveter
________ symbolized the millions of women who worked in war- related industrial jobs.
Wilson
When war broke out in Europe, ________ declared US policy of neutrality, but it was complicated due to the close relationship with England and their effective blockade.
Yalta conference
________ held in February 1945 between Allies (US, UK, USSR) to discuss the fate of postwar Europe.
New Deal
The First ________ took place during the first hundred days of Roosevelt's administration.
Harlem Renaissance
The ________ was a major cultural development in the largest Black neighborhood in New York City.
Roosevelt
________ was an even more devout imperialist than McKinley, strongarming Cuba into accepting the Platt Amendment which committed Cuba to American control.
Prominent leader
President Theodore Roosevelt
Work-class Progressives' victories
work day limitations, minimum wage, child labor laws, housing codes
Progressive presidents
Teddy Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson
Known for "dollar diplomacy"
securing favorable relationships with Latin American and East Asian countries by providing monetary loans
Factors contributing to the Great Depression
Europe's economy due to WWI and reparations, overproduction leading to lay offs and low market value, production outstripping ability to buy, concentration of wealth and power in a few businessmen, government laxity in regulation
Depression had a calamitous effect on millions of Americans
job loss, savings loss, homeless and shantytowns, rural farmers struggled, drought and Dust Bowl, agrarian unrest, Farmers Holiday Association
Hoover's most embarrassing moment
army attack on Bonus Expeditionary Force in 1932
Most famous line of the speech
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself-nameless, unreasoning, unjustified fe
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