APUSH Unit 7B ID Quiz

Mitchell Palmer

U.S. Attorney General known for his leadership in the Palmer Raids during the Red Scare.

John T. Scopes

Teacher who was tried in the Scopes Monkey Trial for violating Tennessee's Butler Act prohibiting the teaching of evolution.

Sacco and Vanzetti Case

A controversial trial involving two Italian immigrants accused of robbery and murder, highlighting issues of justice and prejudice.

Emergency Quota Act 1921

Legislation that limited immigration to the United States by establishing national quotas.

Immigration Quota Act 1924

Further restricted immigration by establishing stricter quotas, favoring Northern and Western Europeans.

Volstead Act

Law that enforced Prohibition in the United States following the 18th Amendment.

Margaret Sanger

Activist and founder of the birth control movement in the early 20th century.

Harlem Renaissance

A cultural, social, and artistic explosion in Harlem, New York, during the 1920s, centered on African American experiences.

Herbert Hoover

31st President of the United States known for his response to the Great Depression.

Washington Conference

A diplomatic conference in 1921 aimed at naval disarmament and addressing Pacific security.

Kellogg-Briand Pact

An agreement signed in 1928 that sought to outlaw war as a solution to conflict.

Dawes Plan

A plan to resolve World War I reparations that restructured Germany's debt and provided for U.S. loans.

Reconstruction Finance Corporation

A U.S. government agency established in 1932 to provide financial support to banks and industries.

Dust Bowl

A period of severe dust storms in the 1930s that severely damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American prairies.

Bonus Army

A group of World War I veterans who marched to Washington, D.C., in 1932 to demand early payment of bonus certificates.

Huey Long

Louisiana politician known for his populist policies and opposition to the New Deal.

Francis Townshend

Physician who proposed the Townshend Plan, advocating for old-age pensions during the Great Depression.

Keynesian Economics

An economic theory advocating for increased government expenditures and lower taxes to stimulate demand.

Relief vs. Recovery vs. Reform

Categories of New Deal programs: relief for the needy, recovery of the economy, and reform of financial systems.

Emergency Banking Relief Act

Legislation passed in 1933 that aimed to stabilize the banking system during the Great Depression.

Glass-Steagall Act

A 1933 law that separated commercial banking from investment banking to prevent financial speculation.

American Liberty League

A political group formed in 1934 that opposed the New Deal for being too radical.

TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)

A federally owned corporation created to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, and economic development in the Tennessee Valley.

WPA (Works Progress Administration)

A New Deal agency that employed millions to carry out public works projects.

CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)

A public work relief program that provided jobs for young men during the Great Depression.

Social Security Act

A 1935 law that provided for old-age pensions, unemployment insurance, and aid to families with dependent children.

Wagner Act

A 1935 law that established workers' rights to organize and engage in collective bargaining.

Court-packing scheme

A failed legislative initiative by Franklin Roosevelt to increase the number of justices on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Neutrality Acts of 1935-1937

Laws aimed at preventing the United States from being drawn into foreign conflicts.

Cash and Carry

A policy allowing nations to purchase U.S. arms as long as they paid in cash and transported the goods themselves.

Selective Service Act

A law passed in 1940 that required men to register for the draft in preparation for World War II.

Appeasement

Policy of making concessions to an aggressor in order to avoid conflict.

Good Neighbor Policy

A diplomatic policy aimed at promoting friendly relations with Latin American countries.

Atlantic Charter

A statement issued in 1941 by the U.S. and U.K. outlining goals for post-war world order.

Lend Lease

A program that provided U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II.

D-Day

The Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, marking a significant turning point in World War II.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

34th President of the United States and a general during World War II.

Douglas MacArthur

U.S. Army General who played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II.

Island Hopping

A military strategy used in World War II to capture specific islands while bypassing others.

Battle of Midway

A crucial naval battle in June 1942 that turned the tide of the war in the Pacific in favor of the Allies.

Great Migration

The movement of over 6 million African Americans from the rural South to urban Northeast, Midwest, and West from 1916 to 1970.

Zoot Suit Riots

A series of clashes in 1943 in Los Angeles between U.S. servicemen and Mexican American youths.

Navajo Code Talkers

Native American soldiers who used their language to create an unbreakable code in the Pacific theater.

Double “V”

A campaign during WWII advocating for victory against fascism abroad and racial discrimination at home.

A. Philip Randolph

Labor leader and civil rights activist who organized the March on Washington in 1941.

Korematsu vs US

A landmark U.S. Supreme Court case upholding the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.