America and the World Test

Proxy War

A conflict where major countries support opposing sides without fighting each other directly

Nuclear proliferation

The spread of nuclear weapons or nuclear technology to more countries

Sanctions

Penalties, usually economic, used by one country to pressure another country to change its actions

Terrorism

The use of violence and fear against civilians to achieve political goals

Diplomacy

The practice of amnaging relationships and negotiations between countries

Preventative War

A war started to stop another country from becoming a future threat

JCPOA

The “Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action,” a 2015 agreement limiting Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for reduced sanctions

Abraham Accords

Agreements signed in 2020 to improve relations between Israel and several Arab nations

Tariff

A tax placed on imported goods

Isolation

A policy of avoiding involvement in foreign affairs or alliances

Neutrality

Staying out of conflicts or wars between other countries

Intervention

When a country becomes involved in another country’s affairs or alliances, often militarily or politically

Zimmerman Telegram

A secret 1917 message from Germany asking Mexico to ally against the United States during WWI

Scopes Monkey Trial

A 1925 court case about whether teaching evolution in schools was legal

Smoot Hawley Tariff Act

A 1930 law that raised U.S. tariffs on imports, worsening the Great Depression

Sacco and Vanzetti Trial

A controversial 1920’s trial in which two Italian immigrants were convicted of murder amid fears of radicalism and anti-immigrant prejudice

Flapper

A young woman of the 1920’s known for modern fashion and more independent behavior

Mass Media

Consumerism

Prohibition

Harlem Renaissance

Stock Market crash of 1929

Bonus Army

Hooverville

Dust Bowl

Dorothea Lange

Herbert Hoover

Franklin D. Roosevelt

New Deal

Pearl Harbor

Homefront

Propaganda

Total War

Rationing

Executive Order 9066

Japanese internment camps

Potsdam Conference

NATO

To what extent has American Exceptionalism since WWII shaped the way the United States views its role in world affairs?

How has the U.S. shifted from isolation to neutrality to intervention and back over the course of the 20th and 21st centuries?

How have tariffs been used in U.S. History? How have they impacted the economy?

What was the impact of WWI on the U.S.?

How did the 1920’s and 1930’s show changes to American society and economic policies?

How did the U.S. get involved in WWII? What were the major turning points regarding American involvement in the war?

What is NATO and why is it important? What impact does NATO have in the 21st century?