Unit 7: Period 7: 1890–1945

________ initially opposed federal relief efforts, but later initiated a few programs and campaigned for works projects.

________ was fueled by the rise of household appliances and the advertising industry.

________ inspired many movies and television series.

The ________ was held in 1921- 1922 and resulted in a treaty that limited armaments and reaffirmed the Open Door Policy toward China.

________ made it illegal to try to prevent the sale of war bonds or speak disparagingly of the government, military, or Constitution.

Hoover had the ________ established to bail out large companies and banks.

________ (NIRA) consolidated businesses and coordinated activities to eliminate overproduction.

________ represented the US after Roosevelt's death.

________ signed Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, creating first peacetime draft in US history.

________ (AAA) provided payments to farmers in return for cutting production, funded by increased taxes on food processors.

________ (CCC) provided grants to states for their own PWA- like projects.

________ was arrested and convicted for violating the Espionage Act by printing and mailing leaflets urging men to resist the draft.

The ________ was a result of a powerful presidency and public confidence in Roosevelt.

The ________ was marked by the growth of theaters, cultural clubs, and newspapers.

Allies fought ________ primarily in Soviet Union and Mediterranean until D- Day invasion in France.

The automobile was a(n) ________ product in the 1920s and typified the new spirit of the nation.

________ poured money into the military and worked to assist the Allies within the limits of the neutrality acts.

The ________ revealed unethical activities by American arms manufacturers, leading to the passage of neutrality acts.

In 1928, 62 nations signed the ________, which condemned war as a means of foreign policy.

Treaty of Versailles punished ________, left humiliated and in economic ruin.

Depression had a calamitous effect on millions of Americans: job loss, savings loss, homeless and shantytowns, rural farmers struggled, drought and ________, agrarian unrest, Farmers Holiday Association.

Roosevelt's response to ________ was guided by Keynesian economics.

________ was popularized and became emblematic of the era, with Louis Armstrong as a major figure.

________ of 1942 was research and development effort for atomic bombs.

________ grew to over 5 million members.

The US occupied Cuba for 10 years (________), causing anti- American sentiments.

________ saw growth in movies, sports, and literature with world- class authors like F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway.

Progressive presidents: ________, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson.

________ affected almost every aspect of daily life and created new opportunities and tensions in American society.

The ________ allowed the president to reduce tariffs for foreign policy goals.

The ________ resulted in many reforms, including conservation, regulation of monopolies and trusts, and the establishment of federal standards in food and drug industries.

________ worsened the economy.

The ________ to the Monroe Doctrine, also known as the Big Stick Policy, was used to justify repeated military intervention in Latin America due to the assertion of a threat to American security.

The Banking Act of 1933 created the ________ (FDIC) to guarantee bank deposits.

________ (PWA) set aside $ 3 billion to create jobs building roads, sewers, public housing units, etc.

________ won the election of 1912 with a policy of neutrality, but it posed immediate problems due to close relationships with England and relatively distant relationship with Germany and Austria- Hungary.

________ prohibited interference with the war effort or draft through the U.S. mail system.

The US tried to adopt a(n) ________ in Latin America in 1934, but continued to promote American interests through economic coercion and support of pro- American leaders.

________ symbolized the millions of women who worked in war- related industrial jobs.

________ of 1943 allowed government takeover of businesses deemed necessary to national security.

________ held in February 1945 between Allies (US, UK, USSR) to discuss the fate of postwar Europe.

The ________ was a major cultural development in the largest Black neighborhood in New York City.

________ was an even more devout imperialist than McKinley, strongarming Cuba into accepting the Platt Amendment which committed Cuba to American control.

________ marked increasing involvement of federal government in daily life.

Europe's economy due to WWI and reparations, overproduction leading to lay offs and low market value, production outstripping ability to buy, concentration of wealth and power in a few businessmen, government laxity in regulation

job loss, savings loss, homeless and shantytowns, rural farmers struggled, drought and Dust Bowl, agrarian unrest, Farmers Holiday Association

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself-nameless, unreasoning, unjustified fear."