yuli history

Big Stick Policy

Roosevelt believed the United States should negotiate peacefully but have a strong military to back it up

Social Darwinism

The belief that the strongest businesses and people should succeed while the weak would fail

WWI disloyalty consequences

People suspected of disloyalty were arrested jailed fined or deported

Opposition to League of Nations

Senators feared it would limit US independence and force the US into foreign wars

19th Amendment

Gave women the right to vote

ACLU purpose

To protect civil liberties especially freedom of speech and individual rights

Palmer Raids reason

Fear of communism anarchism and radical political movements during the Red Scare

KKK rebirth in the 1920s

Nativism racism fear of immigrants and social change

Scopes Trial conflict

The debate over teaching evolution versus creationism in public schools

Result of Prohibition

Increased organized crime illegal alcohol and corruption

Dust Bowl region

The Great Plains especially Oklahoma Texas Kansas and Colorado

Federal Emergency Relief Administration

Provided direct aid and jobs to the unemployed during the Great Depression

FDIC purpose

Insured bank deposits to restore trust in the banking system

Espionage and Sedition Acts

Limited freedom of speech by punishing criticism of the government or war effort

Carnegie monopoly practices

Vertical integration horizontal integration and price fixing

Harlem Renaissance

A cultural movement celebrating African American art music literature and identity

Industrial boom causes

New technology natural resources and a growing labor force

Urban city problems

Poor housing pollution and overcrowding

Urbanization results

Growth of cities industrial jobs and cultural diversity

Dust Bowl period

The Great Depression era of the 1930s

Hoover response to Depression

Believed in limited government action and encouraged voluntary cooperation

Federal Emergency Relief Administration role

Gave money to states to help the unemployed and poor

FDIC function

Protected savings accounts and prevented bank failures