Honors US History 2nd Semester Review Flashcards

These review cards were made to review for Mr. OC's 2nd Semester Honors US History Class

796073973	Constitutional amendments passed during the progressive era.	16 income tax, 17 direct election, 18 Prohibition, and 19 Women's suffrage
796073974	Purpose of initiatives, referendums, and recall elections during progressive era	to increase political participation by citizens
796073975	Goal of Progressives	Keep capitalism, yet, make it more stable, safer, and better for everyone
796073976	Imperialism	policy in which stronger nations extend their control over weaker territories
796073977	anti-imperialist	Point of view in opposition to the expansionist tendencies inspired by the success of the Spanish American War; anti-imperialist groups argued that acquisition of other territories would undermine democracy and the traditional American principles of isolationism and self-government, and united in 1899 as the American Anti-Imperialist League.
796073978	Schenck v United States	Supreme court decides that any actions taken that present a "clear and present danger" to the public or government isn't allowed, this can limit free speech
796073979	Great Migration	Movement of African Americans from the south to the north because of racial discrimination and job opportunities.
796080251	League of Nations	an international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations. The United States never joined because of fear of being drawn into European conflicts.
796104769	Treaty of Versailles	Ended World War I and led to World War II. Punished Germany by including war reparations and the war guilt clause.
796104770	Isolationism	a national policy of avoiding involvement in world affairs. United States foreign policy from World War I to World War II.
796104771	Why are 1920s called the Roaring 20s?	Because of the widespread social and economic change occuring
796104772	Consumerism	the steady acquisition of material possessions, often with the belief that happiness and fulfillment can thus be achieved. 1920s and 1950s credit culture
796104773	Two views on Prohibition	Prohibition was a progressive idea that raised the moral standard of all Americans. Prohibition was also an attempt by native white Anglo-Saxons Americans to control the immigrant population.
796104774	First Red Scarce	a wave of panic from fear of a communist revolution in the 1920s. Led to the suppression of civil liberties of some Americans best seen in the Sacco Vanzetti case.
796104775	Scopes Trial	1925, the trial that pitted the teaching of Darwin's theory of evolution against teaching Bible creationism. Demonstrates the clash of old vs new ideas during the 1920s
796104776	Flappers	young women of the 1920s that behaved and dressed in a radical fashion. Demonstrated the clash between new and old ideas during the 1920s.
796104777	New Deal	Franklin Roosevelt response to the Great Depression. Changed american's perspective on the role government plays.
796104778	Herbert Hoover	President from 1929 to 1933, called on businesses to help solve the situation rather than the government. Americans felt he did little to help them.
796104779	Social Security	federal program of disability and retirement benefits that covers most working people. Changed how Americans viewed the role of government.
796104780	Pearl Harbor	United States military base on Hawaii that was bombed by Japan, bringing the United States into World War II. Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941.
796104781	Marshall Plan	a United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe after World War II
796104782	Major cause of Japanese internment in the US during World War II	racial prejudices (think of the cartoons we saw in class)
796104783	United Nation	international organization established to provide diplomatic options for conflicts between nations
796104784	McCarthyism	became a synonym for public charges of disloyalty without sufficient regard for evidence during the second red scare of the 1950s.
796104785	Truman Doctrine	President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology
796136299	Martin Luther King's philosophy on civil rights	civil disobedience
796136300	Malcolm X's philosophy on civil rights	Black Nationalsim and any means necessary
796136301	Plessy vs Ferguson	separate but equal facilities is constitutional
796136302	Brown vs the Board of Education	separate but equal facilities is unconstitutional