an idea that the best-run businesses led by the most capable people will survive and prosper

a law passed by Congress in 1917 to create a national draft

during the Roaring Twenties, a young woman who broke with traditional expectations for how women should dress and behave

a country taking part in war

a person who embraces new ideas, styles, and social trends

the canal built by the United States through the Isthmus of Panama to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans

the declaration by President James Monroe in 1823 warning European powers against future colonization in the Western Hemisphere or interference in Latin American republics

an unarmed British ocean liner whose sinking by a German U-boat on May 7, 1915, influenced the U.S. decision to enter World War I

October 29, 1929; the worst day of plunging stock market prices during the stock market crash that helped initiate the Great Depression

newspapers, magazines, and other methods of communicating to a mass audience

a peace treaty signed by the Allied powers and Germany on June 18, 1919, at the Paris peace conference

the first settlement house in Chicago, founded by Jane Addams

an organization formed during the Spanish-American War to oppose the establishment of U.S. colonies

buying stock by paying a percentage of a stock's price and borrowing the rest of the money from a broker, allowing one to make greater profits if the stock does well

a constitutional change ratified in 1919 prohibiting the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcoholic beverages; repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment in 1933

empire building

a constitutional change ratified in 1920 declaring that women have the right to vote in state and national elections

the exaggerated style of newspaper reporting during the 1890s that was sparked by the rivalry between two New York City newspapers and helped inflame public support for war with Spain

a dance that originated as an African American folk dance in the South and became popular throughout the United States and Europe during the Roaring Twenties

the set of guidelines and practices that a nation follows in its relations with other nations

provisions in the Cuban constitution, added as a condition for the withdrawal of U.S. troops in 1902, allowing the United States to intervene in Cuban affairs and to buy or lease land for naval bases

during World War I, a coded telegram that German foreign minister Arthur Zimmermann sent to the German minister in Mexico proposing that if the United States entered the war, Mexico and Germany should become allies

a battleship sunk in Havana harbor in 1898, an event that helped rouse public support for war with Spain

a person who has deep respect for long-held cultural and religious values

a criminal trial, held in Dayton, Ohio, in 1925, that tested the constitutionality of a Tennessee law that banned the teaching of Darwin's theory of evolution in schools