World Wars | The Progressive Age | FDR and the New Deal | The Roaring Twenties | Misc. |
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Isolationism
What was the position of the U.S.A. at the beginning of WWII? (Hint: they didn’t want to get involved)
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Muckrakers
Journalists who exposed problems within society.
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Social Security
This lasting legislation provides for assistance for retired workers and the disabled.
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the Flappers
Women who in the 1920s reveled in their "new" freedoms by cutting their hair, wearing short dresses, and danced, smoked, and imbibed.
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The Soviet Union or Britain (the U.K.)
Identify one of the U.S. allies during World War II.
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Fascism
This was a major cause of WWII, it is a political philosophy in which total power is given to a dictator and individual freedoms are denied.
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18th Amendment
This Progressive amendment made the sale and purchasing of alcohol illegal.
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Hoovervilles
These shantytowns built during the Great Depression by the homeless in the United States. They were named after Herbert Hoover, who was President of the United States during the onset of the Depression and was widely blamed for it.
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the 19th Amendment
This Progressive amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920.
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Manhattan Project
Name of the project to create an atomic bomb.
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WWI
What caused political instability and economic devastation in Europe, which was a major cause of WWII?
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To correct all of the problems caused by industrialization.
What was the goal of the Progressives?
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deficit spending
The New Deal tried to solve many problems of the Great Depression by spending beyond the amount of money the government had in order to create jobs and stimulate the economy. This type of spending is called -
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the Scopes trial
This trial in 1925 in Tennessee brought the debate between religion and science to the national spotlight.
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overfarming, severe drought
Identify ONE cause of the Dust Bowl on the plains during the 1930s.
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Nazi party
What was the name of Hitler’s party in Germany?
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17th Amendment
This Progressive Amendment allowed for citizens to vote directly for their state's senators.
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Over speculation of stocks, buying stocks on margin, widening gap between the rich and the poor, oversupply and overproduction of consumer goods, bank failures
Identify TWO factors that led to the Great Depression.
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the Great Migration
The movement of black people from the rural south to the urban north during the 1920s.
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Freedom rides, lunch counter sit-ins, boycotts, peaceful protest
Identify a nonviolent attempt to oppose segregation used by members of the Civil Rights Movement.
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Germany, Italy, and Japan
Identify ALL of the THREE major countries of the Axis powers.
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16th Amendment
This Progressive Amendment enacted a graduated income tax.
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Relief
Recovery Reform
What were the THREE overarching goals of FDR's New Deal (hint: 3 Rs)
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Harlem Renaissance
A period of great achievement by black writers, artists, musicians occurred first in a part of NYC.
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containment
America's policies toward communism after
World War II can best be summarized by this word. |