Key vocab APUSH unit 7

Yellow Journalism

emphasized sensationalism, exaggeration, and scandals over facts to boost circulation

(helped push Spanish-American War)

USS Maine

explosion in Havana harbor → blamed on Spain → war trigger

Spanish-American War (1898)

U.S. defeats Spain; becomes global power

Treaty of Paris (1898)

U.S. gets Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico

Philippine-American War

Filipino resistance to U.S. rule

Annexation of Hawaii

U.S. gains Pacific naval position

Open Door Policy

equal trade access in China

Boxer Rebellion

Chinese uprising against foreign influence

Roosevelt Corollary

U.S. can intervene in Latin America

Big Stick Diplomacy

Roosevelt’s foreign policy approach, speaking softly and carrying a big stick"—negotiating peacefully while simultaneously threatening the use of military force

Neutrality Proclamation

U.S. tries to stay out of WWI

Lusitania

British ship sunk by Germany (Americans die)

Zimmermann Telegram

Germany tries to ally with Mexico

Selective Service Act

draft for WWI

Schenck v. U.S

limits free speech in wartime (“clear and present danger”)

Fourteen Points (Wilson)

plan for peace after WWI

League of Nations

international peace organization (U.S. doesn’t join)

Treaty of Versailles

ends WWI, harsh on Germany, forced Germany to accept full responsibility for the war , pay massive financial reparations, disarm its military, and cede significant territory

Roaring Twenties

Harlem Renaissance

Black cultural explosion (literature, jazz)

Prohibition (18th Amendment)

ban on alcohol

Great Migration

Great Migration

KKK resurgence

nativism + racism rises

Scopes Trial

evolution vs creationism

Red Scare

fear of communism (Palmer Raids)

Stock Market Crash (1929)

triggers Depression— debt-fueled speculation and overvalued stocks

Hoovervilles

shantytowns of homeless

Dust Bowl

severe drought + migration from Plains

New Deal

Three Rs": Relief for the unemployed, Recovery of the economy, and Reform of the financial system

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

employed over 3 million young men during the Great Depression to perform massive environmental conservation work

Works Progress Administration (WPA

a massive federal relief program that employed over 8.5 million people to build public infrastructure and support arts,

Social Security Act

retirement + unemployment insurance

FDIC

protects bank deposits

Pearl Harbor

Japanese attack → U.S. enters war

Axis Powers

Germany, Italy, Japan

Allied Powers

U.S., Britain, Soviet Union

D-Day

Allied invasion of Normandy

Manhattan Project

development of atomic bomb

Internment Camps (Japanese Americans)

racial prejudice, wartime hysteria, and a failure of political leadership (Korematsu v. U.S.)

War Production Board

organizes wartime economy