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Unit 1 Study Guide: America- Boom and Bust

Terms and People
Muckrakers

Essential Questions
1. Progressive Movement
A. What was the goal of progressives?

B. Who were the progressives (what were their jobs/background?)

Alice Paul
C. Why were the progressives sure they could improve society?

D. What were the limitations of the Progressive Movement?

National Association of
the
Advanced of Colored
People (NAACP)

2. Describe the womens suffrage movement.

A. Seneca Falls Convention (1849):
B. Strategies:
C. Key People:

Queen Liliuokalani
D. Constitutional Results:
3. Who was Upton Sinclair and what was the impact of his novel The Jungle?
Upton Sinclair
Meat Inspection Act
Pure Food and Drug Act
Yellow Journalism

The Maine

4. Why is Teddy Roosevelt thought of as The Father of Conservation? Describe

his policies.

5. Define Imperialism and describe the three factors that influenced US

Dollar Diplomacy

imperialism.
a. Definition:
New Markets
(Overseas Markets)

Feeling of Superiority
(Anglo Saxonism)

Building a Modern
Navy (Military Bases)

Roosevelt Corollary

Selective Service

6. What imperialistic actions did the USA take in the following areas?
a. Hawaii
b. Philippines
c. Puerto Rico

Espionage and Sedition

Acts

7. How did Roosevelts Big Stick policy impact Latin America?

8. How did these events push the US into WWI?

a. Lusitania:
Armistice
b. Zimmerman Note:
c. U-boats:
Treaty of Versailles

9. How did WWI impact life on the home front?

Wartime Agencies
Workforce

Public Opinion

League of Nations
10. What changes and new roles in the military took place to ensure that the US
would have enough troops to serve in WWI?

11. What were the causes and effects of the Harlem Renaissance?

Harlem Renaissance

a. Causes:
b. Effects:
12. What caused the financial crisis for farmers?

Bank Run
13. What environmental factors caused the Dust Bowl and what impact did that have
on farmers?

14. Describe the 3 main causes of the Stock Market Crash?

Black Tuesday

15. Describe how the following factors led to the Great Depression.
Low Interest Rates
Overproduction
Herbert Hoover

Uneven Distribution of Wealth

High Tariffs

Public Works

Direct Relief

Foreclose

16. In what ways did the artists, writers, and musicians respond to society of the
1920s and 1930s. (Use specific individuals and their works as examples)
Roaring 1920s artists, writers, and Great Depression 1930s- artists,
musicians
writers, and musicians