Global Power | World War I | Postwar America | Normalcy/Roaring 20's | Traditionalism/Mordernism |
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What is the Big Stick Policy?
Teddy Roosevelt's strong-arm approach to foreign policy
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What country's made up the Central Powers in WWI?
Germany and Austria-Hungary
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What were the Palmer Raids?
With little or no cause the arrest of 6,000 suspected radicals in the United States in 1919
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Who was Warren G. Harding?
Opened the White house to the public, reduced federal spending and was tarnished by the Teapot Dome Scandal
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What is buying on margin?
Borrowing 90% of the price to purchase stocks
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What is dollar diplomacy?
William Howard Taft's approach to foreign policy of protecting American trade in Latin America and Asia
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Who made up the Allied Powers?
Great Britain, France, Ottoman Empire and Russia
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What was the Red Scare?
A fear of communism in 1920's America
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Who were Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington?
Famous Jazz musicians of the 1920's
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What is overproduction?
When companies produce more than they can sell
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What is moral diplomacy?
Woodrow Wilson's approach to foreign policy in which the United States would promote democratic principles around the world
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What was the Lusitania?
The British ship sunk by a German u-boat in which 128 Americans were killed
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What was the quota system?
Limiting the number of immigrants from countries
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What was the Roaring 20's known for?
Speakeasies, flappers, and jazz
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What is under consumption?
When people are not purchasing consumer products
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What are spheres of influence?
Areas in which a single country controls trading rights in another country
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What was the Zimmerman note?
An offer by Germany to help Mexico get back land lost to the United States during the Mexican War
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Who were Sacco and Vanzetti?
Italian immigrants accused and found guilty of murder and robbery in Boston in 1921
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What was Prohibition?
The ban on the sale or manufacture of alcoholic beverages
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What is the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act?
The law that raised the price of foreign imports in 1930
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What was the Open Door Policy?
The American attempt to limit foreign control of trade in China and to maintain access to Chinese markets
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What was the Treaty of Versailles?
The agreement that blamed Germany for starting WWI
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What is a general strike?
When all workers refuse to work in a labor dispute
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Who were flappers?
Girls who wore bobbed haircuts, short skirts and make-up
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What is traditionalism?
The desire to have society maintain old values and customs
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