APUSH- Period 7 (1890-1945)

individual who believes in a strict, literal interpretation of the Bible as the foundation of the Christian faith

A political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes.

Where FDR tried to add more members to the Supreme Court to pass his programs.

Foreign policy created under President Taft that had the U.S. exchanging financial support ($) for the right to "help" countries make decisions about trade and other commercial ventures. Basically it was exchanging money for political influence in Latin America and the Caribbean.

informal talks given by FDR over the radio; sat by White House fireplace; gained the confidence of the people

A foreign policy characterized by a nation's willingness to participate and intervene in international situations, including another country's affairs.

A policy of nonparticipation in international economic and political relations

A style of dance music popular in the 1920s

a work stoppage intended to force an employer to respond to demands

A political ideology that emphasizes the civil rights of citizens, representative government, and the protection of private property. This ideology, derived from the Enlightenment, was especially popular among the property-owning middle classes.

A series of reforms enacted by the Franklin Roosevelt administration between 1933 and 1942 with the goal of ending the Great Depression. (relief, recovery, reform)

Roosevelt's progressive political policy that favored heavy government intervention in order to assure social justice

the theory or practice of shielding a country's domestic industries from foreign competition by taxing imports.

Restricting the amount of food and other goods people may buy during wartime to assure adequate supplies for the military

Roosevelt's 1904 extension of the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the United States has the right to protect its economic interests in South And Central America by using military force

a system for the detection of objects under water and for measuring the water's depth by emitting sound pulses and detecting or measuring their return after being reflected.

TR's domestic program, called for control of the corporations, consumer protection, and the conservation of the United States' natural resources.

an outlying district of a city, especially a residential one.

fear of foreigners

journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration.

After many years of battles, and the surrenders of Germany and Italy, Japan was still fighting. After much deliberation, the U.S. decided to drop their newly developed atomic bomb on Hiroshima killing thousands. After Japan didn't surrender, the U.S. dropped another one a few days after on Nagasaki also killing thousands.

led to the liberation of France, denying Germany any further exploitation of that country's economic and manpower resources.

A nickname for the Great Plains regions hit by drought and dust storms in the early 1930s

widespread fear of Communism in the US during the 1920s after the revolution in Russia

A time of utter economic disaster; started in the United States in 1929.

A period in the 1920s when African-American achievements in art and music and literature flourished

code name for the secret United States project set up in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in World War II

A 1920 operation coordinated by Attorney General Mitchel Palmer in which federal marshals raided the homes of suspected radicals and the headquarters of radical organization in 32 cities

July 26, 1945 - Allied leaders Truman, Stalin and Churchill met in Germany to set up zones of control and to inform the Japanese that if they refused to surrender at once, they would face total destruction.

Prompted by labor unrest, personal liberties, and elected representatives, this political revolution occurred in 1917 when Czar Nicholas II was murdered and Vladimir Lenin sought control to implement his ideas of socialism.

Italian radicals who became symbols of the Red Scare of the 1920s; arrested (1920), tried and executed (1927) for a robbery/murder, they were believed by many to have been innocent but convicted because of their immigrant status and radical political beliefs.

1925, the trial that pitted the teaching of Darwin's theory of evolution against teaching Bible creationism

A German U-Boat sank the British passenger liner Lusitania (which was actually carrying ammunition) despite the American civilian passengers onboard.

In 1898, a conflict between the United States and Spain, in which the U.S. supported the Cubans' fight for independence

Unprecedentedly lethal influenza epidemic of 1918 that killed more than 22 million people worldwide.

A government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company in 1921

A war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the central powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918.

1945 Meeting with US president FDR, British Prime Minister(PM) Winston Churchill, and and Soviet Leader Stalin during WWII to plan for post-war

January 1917 the British intercepted a telegram from the German government to the Mexican government offering German support if Mexico declared war against the US; offered to return land Mexico lost the US

Alliance of Great Britain, Soviet Union, United States, and France during World War II.

About 2 million Americans went to France as members of this under General John J. Pershing. Included the regular army, the National Guard, and the new larger force of volunteers and draftees and they served as individuals

Alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II.

Thousands of World War I veterans, who insisted on immediate payment of their bonus certificates, marched on Washington in 1932; violence ensued when President Herbert Hoover ordered their tent villages cleared.

Became president when Harding died of pneumonia. He was known for practicing a rigid economy in money and words, and acquired the name "Silent Cal" for being so soft-spoken. He was a true republican and industrialist. Believed in the government supporting big business.

-Party critical of capitalism

wrote "Any Human to Another," "Color," and "The Ballad of the Brown Girl;" American Romantic poet; leading African-American poets of his time; associated with generation of poets of the Harlem Renaissance

Lost Generation writer, spent much of his life in France, Spain, and Cuba during WWI, notable works include A Farewell to Arms

America's great playwright of tragedy; author of "The Iceman Cometh," "Long Day's Journey into Night," and "Moon for the Misbegotten'

carefree young women with short, "bobbed" hair, heavy makeup, and short skirts. The flapper symbolized the new "liberated" woman of the 1920s. Many people saw the bold, boyish look and shocking behavior of flappers as a sign of changing morals. Though hardly typical of American women, the flapper image reinforced the idea that women now had more freedom.

reformer who worked to prohibit child labor and to improve conditions for female workers

President of the US during Great Depression and World War II

wrote The Great Gatsby

people who defied Prohibition laws and were leaders of America's urban underworld crime world during roaring twenties.

The 33rd U.S. president, who succeeded Franklin D. Roosevelt upon Roosevelt's death in April 1945. Truman, who led the country through the last few months of World War II, is best known for making the controversial decision to use two atomic bombs against Japan in August 1945. After the war, Truman was crucial in the implementation of the Marshall Plan, which greatly accelerated Western Europe's economic recovery.

Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he was a leader in the fight against participation in the League of Nations

Republican candidate who assumed the presidency in March 1929 promising the American people prosperity and attempted to first deal with the Depression by trying to restore public faith in the community.

As senator in 1932 of Washington preached his "Share Our Wealth" programs. It was a 100% tax on all annual incomes over $1 million and appropriation of all fortunes in excess of $5 million. With this money Long proposed to give every American family a comfortable income, etc

Leading muckraking journalist whose articles documented the Standard Oil Company's abuse of power

The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation who investigated and harassed alleged radicals.

1860-1935. Founder of Settlement House Movement. First American Woman to earn Nobel Peace Prize in 1931 as president of Women's Intenational League for Peace and Freedom.

English economist who advocated the use of government monetary and fiscal policy to maintain full employment without inflation (1883-1946)

He used yellow journalism in competition with Hearst to sell more newspapers. He also achieved the goal of becoming a leading national figure of the Democratic Party.

A leading poet of the Harlem Renaissance. He wrote "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" and "My People"

American leader of the movement to legalize birth control during the early 1900's. As a nurse in the poor sections of New York City, she had seen the suffering caused by unwanted pregnancy. Founded the first birth control clinic in the U.S. and the American Birth Control League, which later became Planned Parenthood.

A group of investigative reporters who pointed out the abuses of big business and the corruption of urban politics; included Frank Norris (The Octopus) Ida Tarbell (A history of the standard oil company) Lincoln Steffens (the shame of the cities) and Upton Sinclair (The Jungle)

America's oldest and largest civil rights organization.

Also known as the "Bull Moose Party", this political party was formed by Theodore Roosevelt in an attempt to advance progressive ideas and unseat President William Howard Taft in the election of 1912. After Taft won the Republican Party's nomination, Roosevelt ran on the Progressive party ticket.

A great debater and political leader who believed in libertarian reforms, he was a major leader of the Progressive movement from Wisconsin.

1858-1919. 26th President. Increased size of Navy, "Great White Fleet". Added Roosevelt Corollary to Monroe Doctrine. "Big Stick" policy. Received Nobel Peace Prize for mediation of end of Russo-Japanese war. Later arbitrated split of Morocco between Germany and France.

Signed between the Axis powers in 1940 (Italy, Germany and Japan) where they pledged to help the others in the event of an attack by the US

muckraker who shocked the nation when he published The Jungle, a novel that revealed gruesome details about the meat packing industry in Chicago. The book was fiction but based on the things Sinclair had seen.

president who called for a return to normalcy following WWI

fought for African American rights. Helped to found Niagra Movement in 1905 to fight for and establish equal rights. This movement later led to the establishment of the NAACP

27th president of the U.S.; he angered progressives by moving cautiously toward reforms and by supporting the Payne-Aldrich Tariff; he lost Roosevelt's support and was defeated for a second term.

A leading newspaperman of his times, he ran The New York Journal and helped create and propagate "yellow (sensationalist) journalism."

28th president of the United States, known for World War I leadership, created Federal Reserve, Federal Trade Commission, Clayton Antitrust Act, progressive income tax, lower tariffs, women's suffrage (reluctantly), Treaty of Versailles, sought 14 points post-war plan, League of Nations (but failed to win U.S. ratification), won Nobel Peace Prize

African American writer and folklore scholar who played a key role in the Harlem Renaissance

Depression shantytowns, named after the president whom many blamed for their financial distress

Settlement home designed as a welfare agency for needy families. It provided social and educational opportunities for working class people in the neighborhood as well as improving some of the conditions caused by poverty.

The forcible relocation of approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans to housing facilities called "War Relocation Camps", in the wake of Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.

a ship canal 40 miles long across the Isthmus of Panama built by the United States (1904-1914)

December 7, 1941; the base that the Japanese attacked in WWII that brought the US into the war

(1918) President Woodrow Wilson's plan for organizing post World War I Europe and for avoiding future wars.

Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages

Gave women the right to vote

a New Deal program that paid farmers a stipend not to grow crops in order to increase the price of agricultural products.

Declaration of principles issued by Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt in August 1941

Provided jobs for single males on conservation projects

law that weakened monopolies and upheld the rights of unions and farm organizations

put poorly managed banks under the control of the Treasury Department and granted government licenses to those that were solvent

A government legislation that limited the number of immigrants from Europe which was set at 3% of the nationality currently in the U.S. It greatly limited the number of immigrants who could move to the U.S. And it reflected the isolationist and anti-foreign feeling in America as well as the departure from traditional American ideals.

1938 act which provided for a minimum wage and restricted shipments of goods produced with child labor

The branch of the Department of Justice responsible for investigating violations of federal law.

the government agency that insures customer deposits if a bank fails

a 1913 law that set up a system of federal banks and gave government the power to control the money supply

a federal agency empowered to prevent persons or corporations from using unfair methods of competition in commerce

FDR's foreign policy of promoting better relations w/Latin America by using economic influence rater than military force in the region

charged a high tax for imports thereby leading to less trade between America and foreign countries along with some economic retaliation

(LBJ) Established new immigration system that allowed more immigrants into the U.S.