Unit 7 3

Platt Amendment

-blocked cuba from making a treaty with any other country except the US -Gave the US the right to intervene in Cuban affairs when needed

War Industries Board

-federal agency that directed military production

" To be sure, much of progressivism was exclusionary. Yet we can now recognize not a singular political persuasion, but rather a truly plural set of progressivisms, with workers, African Americans, women, and even native americans- along with diverse and contentious set of middle folk-taking up the language and ideas of what was once conceived of as an almost entirely white, male, middle-class movement" -Robert D. Johnston Which of the following Progressive reforms most directly promoted "active citizenship?

A) City manager laws B) Breaking up trusts C) The direct election of senators D) Regulatory commissions

" and now a great calamity has come upon us and seemingly no cause of our own has it swept away what little savings we have accumulated" -letter to FDR How did FDR combat the great depression?

A) Fair deal B)New Deal C) joining WWII D) National origins Act

" we cannot buy bread for our children, we have been out of work for months, it seems as though everything is getting worse and worse, never for the better" -annonymous on the great depression What President helped get America out of the Great depression?

A) Hoover B) kennedy C) Roosevelt D) FDR

"Worst of any, however, were the fertilizer men, and those who served in the cooking rooms. These people could not be shown to the visitor- for the odor of a fertilizer man would scare any ordinary visitor at a hundred yards" -Upton Sinclair The above excerpt is most closely associated with which sector of the Progressive movement?

A) Muckraker B) Trust-Bust C) Wisconsin Idea D) Square Deal

"The Jungle" directly contributed to the passage of the...?

A) National Labor Act B) Meat Inspector Act C) Eight-Hour day D) Federal Trade Commission

Which of the following interpretations of progressivism would most likely support this excerpt?

A) Progressives were mostly conservatives in disguise B) Progressives were almost entirely white, middle class, and urban C) Progressives were educated modernizers interested in efficiency D) Progressives were a diverse group who supported various reforms

" God give us men! the invisible Empire demands strong minds. great hearts, true faith and ready hands" -KKK What demonstrates this kind of Nativism?

A) the palmer raids b) NAtional Origins Act c) teller Amendment d) Scopes Trial

"I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being."-Jackie Robinson

Jackie Robison, first African American baseball player, stood as a success story of how a) people began to fight to get out of segregation b) a lucky chance changed his life c) this was a common act during this time d) people accepted jim crow laws

"to promote world peace general warfare, national interest, and foreign policy of the United States through economic, financial, and other measures" - Marshall Plan (1948)

The Marshall Plan gave $13 billion dollars to which continent: A) Africa B) Europe C) Asia D) South America

"a defeat of free institutions anywhere is a defeat everywhere."-Truman National Council

This ideal was in place in order to: a) protect america from allies of the Soviet Union b) protect the world from future attacks c) protect america from potential Soviet Union attacks d) to establish standards with other nations

U-2 plane spy

US spy plane over russia shot down USSR criticizes US for spying bad relationships develop breakdown of communication

Dollar Diplomacy

a term that dennounced loan guarantees and military intereventions

teller amendment

america would uphold democracy abroad as well as at home

Mass culture of 50's

come out of a common way of communicating and the pressure for society to conform and be similar. dramatic increase in number of TV's bought

Eisenhower's Domestic Policies

comes from FDR's new deal programs make little changes

Palmer raids

federal agents invaded homes and meeting halls in search of people affiliated with communism

National origins Act

regulated annual immigration into the us

Role of Women

take care of family and home (cult of domesticity) some in workplace were barred from jobs (mainly held clerical or secretarial jobs, or low paying)