Presidents

Important People

Progressive Era

Imperialism and WWI

Boom to Bust (20s and 30s)

World War II

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Presidents Important People

Progressive Era Imperialism and WWI

20s and 30s WWII

Requested Gulf of Tonkin Resolution from Congress; Combat troops in Vietnam

Johnson

Made the decision to drop

the atomic bombs; Took

over after FDR

Truman

President during 50s; Allied commander in WWII

Eisenhower

Led U.S. through WWI

Woodrow Wilson

Conservative president of the 80s; increased military spending

Reagan

Led the Red Scare of the 1950s

Joseph McCarthy

Model T; Assembly line

Henry Ford

Executed for giving atomic secrets to the Soviets

Ethel and Julius Rosenberg

Commander in the Pacific during WWII; Commander during the Korean War; Fired for wanting to drop atomic weapons on China

Douglas McArthur

Wrote The Feminine Mystique, which brought to light the unhappy state of 50s housewives

Betty Freidan

What were muckrakers?

Journalists who exposed the problems of the time

What group of people did settlements houses help?

Urban poor

(Hull House – Jane Addams)

What was Teddy Roosevelt’s progressive reform agenda called?

Square Deal

What problems spurred the Progressive

Era?

Working conditions; living conditions; political corruption; inequality

What system was created during this time that regulated the money supply? (Part of Wilson’s New Freedom)

Federal Reserve System

What lands were gained during the Spanish American War?

Philippines; Guam; Puerto Rico

Why did the U.S. get involved in Panama during this era?

To build a canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

List the causes for the outbreak of WWI in Europe

Militarism

Alliance System

Imperialism

Nationalism

Assasination

What part of the Treaty of Versailles did Americans not like?

League of Nations; Wanted to go back to isolationism

Why did the Palmer Raids and First Red Scare happen after WWI?

Bolshevik (communist) takeover in Russia

What was the Harlem Renaissance?

African American cultural movement

What issue was highlighted by the Scopes trial?

Science v. Religion

What was buying on margin?

Buying stock on credit

What was the quota system?

System put in place to keep immigrants and radicals out of U.S. (limited the number of immigrants that could come to the U.S. from certain countries – reflected the nativist feelings of the time)

What were the three purposes of New Deal programs?

1. Pump priming (creating jobs)

2. Creating scarcity (lower production in hopes of raising prices)

3. Institutional reform (changing existing conditions)

Communism or Fascism:

-Extreme nationalism

-Inequality

-Nation over individual

Fascism

Tactic used by Hitler; stuck his opponents with lightening quickness

Blitzkrieg

Where did D-Day occur?

Normandy (Northern France)

What was the Manhattan Project?

Program to build the atomic bomb

What were the Lend-Lease/Cash-Carry acts?

Laws passed before the U.S. joined WWII that helped the Allies (provided them

with supplies and weapons)