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Yellow Journalism

Exaggerated news reports aimed at swaying public opinion, particularly prominent in the case of Cuba's independence from Spain.

Big Stick Policy

Roosevelt's foreign policy of using U.S. power to help other nations while maintaining a strong military presence.

Ostend Manifesto

A document advocating for U.S. acquisition of Cuba to maintain a balance between slave and free states.

McKinley

U.S. President who annexed Hawaii in 1898 as an expression of Manifest Destiny.

Dollar Diplomacy

Taft's policy of promoting U.S. trade and investments overseas, particularly in Latin America.

MAIN

Acronym for the causes of World War I: Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism.

Zimmermann Telegram

A secret German proposal to Mexico to join the war against the U.S., which swayed public opinion for war.

Committee on Public Information

Created by Wilson to generate public support for World War I through propaganda.

Prohibition

The legal ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol in the U.S., established by the 18th Amendment.

Flappers

Young women in the 1920s who defied traditional norms with styles and behaviors such as drinking and smoking.

Harlem Renaissance

A cultural movement centered in Harlem, NYC, celebrating African American arts and identity in the 1920s.

Eugenics Movement

Efforts in the early 20th century to improve the human gene pool, often used to justify discrimination.

New Deal

Franklin D. Roosevelt's series of programs and reforms to combat the Great Depression.

Dust Bowl

A severe drought in the 1930s that aggravated farming difficulties in the Great Plains.

Executive Order 9066

FDR's order that led to the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII.

Lend-Lease Act

U.S. policy allowing the transfer of military supplies to allies, indicating increased involvement in WWII.

Island Hopping

U.S. military strategy in the Pacific during WWII, focusing on capturing strategic islands.

Manhattan Project

Secret U.S. project to develop the atomic bomb during WWII.

Kamikaze Pilots

Japanese pilots who conducted suicide attacks by crashing their planes into enemy ships during WWII.

Battle of Midway

A pivotal 1942 naval battle in the Pacific, marking a turning point in favor of the Allies.

Sacco and Vanzetti Case

A high-profile trial that highlighted anti-immigrant sentiment, involving two Italian anarchists executed despite lack of evidence.