Part 1: US Expansion
1. How did the US aquire: Alaska, Hawaii, the Philippines, Puerto
Rico, Guam, and the Panama Canal Zone?
2. What arguments were made for and against imperialism?
3. What were the causes and results of the Spanish American War?
| The Maine | Open Door Policy | Josiah Strong |
| De Lome Letter | Roosevelt Corollary | Alfred T. Mahan |
| Yellow Journalism | Platt Amendment | Frederick Jackson Turner |
| Teller Resolution | Commonwealth | "Big Stick Policy" |
| Panama Canal |
Part 2: WW I
1. What was US policy at the beginning of WW I?
2. How/Why did the US get drawn into WW I?
3. What was the impact of WW I on : Women? Minorities? Civil Liberties?
4. What was Wilson's plan for Peace?
5. Why did the Senate oppose the Treaty of Versailles?
| Neutrality | Espionage Act | War Labor Board | 14 Points |
| Isolationism | Sedition Act | War Industries Board | Treaty of Versailles |
| Lusitania | Debs Case | Food Administration | League of Nations |
| Zimmerman Telegram | Schenck V. US | Article 10 of League of Nations Covenant | |
| Unrestricted Submarine Warfare | "Clear and Present Danger" | Senator Henry Cabot Lodge |
Part 3: The 1920's:
1. What was prohibition? Was it a success or a failure?
2. What were the main characteristics of "Coolidge Prosperity?"
3. What restrictions were placed on immigration in the '20's?
Why?
| "Coolidge Prosperity | Bootlegging | Langston Hughes | Scopes Trial |
| Prohibition | Speakeasy | Quota Acts (National Origins Acts) | Nativism |
| 18th Amendment | Flappers | Ku Klux Klan | Red Scare |
| 21st Amendment | Harlem Renaisance | Sacco and Vanzetti | Palmer Raids |
Part 4: The Great Depression and the New Deal:
1. What were the causes of the Great Depression?
2. How did Hoover respond to the Great Depression?
3. How did Roosevelt's response to the depression differ from
Hoover's?
4. What were the major components of the New Deal?
5. What criticisms were made of the New Deal?
6. What was the legacy of the New Deal?
| Underconsumption | Overproduction | Buying on Margin | Black Thursday & Black Tuesday |
| Hoovervilles | Bonus Army | "Trickle Down" Economics | Hawley-Smoot Tariff |
| Reconstruction Finance Corporation | New Deal | Brains Trust | "Pump Priming" |
| Hundred Days | "Relief, Recovery, and Reform" | Emergency Banking Relief Act | Agricultural Adjustment Act |
| Federal Dposit Insurance Corporation | Civilian Conservation Corps | Federal Emergency Relief Act | National Industrial Recovery Act |
| Public Works Administration | Tennessee Valley Authority | Schecter V. US | US V. Butler |
| Works Progress Administration | Federal Theater and Writers' Projects | Works Progress Administration | National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act) |
| Dustbowl | Cout Packing Plan |