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APUSH Period 7
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Muckrakers | Journalists who exposed corruption and social injustices to spur reform. |
| Pure Food and Drug Act (1906) | Law regulating food and medicine after public outcry over unsanitary practices. |
| Initiative | Reform allowing citizens to propose laws directly on the ballot. |
| Referendum | Process enabling voters to approve or reject laws passed by legislatures. |
| Recall | Procedure allowing voters to remove elected officials before their term ends. |
| Seventeenth Amendment (1913) | Established direct election of U.S. senators by the people. |
| Sixteenth Amendment (1913) | Authorized a federal income tax to fund government programs. |
| Nineteenth Amendment (1920) | Granted women the right to vote. |
| Federal Reserve Act (1913) | Created the Federal Reserve System to stabilize the banking industry. |
| National Park Service (1916) | Federal agency to manage national parks and monuments. |
| Prohibition | Movement to ban alcohol consumption. |
| Eighteenth Amendment (1919) | Banned manufacture, sale, and transport of alcohol nationwide. |
| Alfred Thayer Mahan | Naval historian who promoted strong navies for global power. |
| Annex | To incorporate new territory into an existing state or nation. |
| Spanish-American War (1898) | Conflict with Spain, mainly in Cuba, leading to U.S. territorial expansion. |
| Theodore Roosevelt | Rough Riders leader in the war; later a Progressive president. |
| Imperialism | Policy of acquiring and governing foreign territories. |
| Roosevelt Corollary | U.S. policy asserting intervention rights in Latin America. |
| Isolationism | U.S. stance of avoiding involvement in foreign affairs. |
| Central Powers | WWI alliance: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire. |
| Allied Powers | WWI alliance: Britain, France, Russia, later the U.S. |
| Zimmermann Telegram | German message urging Mexico to join war against U.S.; helped push U.S. into WWI. |
| Espionage and Sedition Acts | Laws suppressing dissent and criticism during WWI. |
| Fourteen Points | Wilson’s peace plan to prevent future wars. |
| League of Nations | International peacekeeping body proposed by Wilson; U.S. never joined. |
| Treaty of Versailles (1919) | Peace treaty ending WWI; rejected by U.S. Senate. |
| Flappers | Young women who defied norms with fashion and behavior. |
| Jazz | Improvisational music rooted in African American traditions. |
| Harlem Renaissance | Cultural movement celebrating African American art and literature. |
| Red Scare | Post-WWI fear of communism and radical politics. |
| Eugenics | Pseudoscientific belief in improving humanity through selective breeding. |
| Prohibition (1920–1933) | Period of nationwide alcohol ban under the Eighteenth Amendment. |
| Twenty-first Amendment (1933) | Repealed Prohibition, ending the alcohol ban. |
| Christian Fundamentalism | Belief in literal interpretation of the Bible. |
| Scopes Trial (1925) | Trial over teaching evolution; highlighted science vs. religion debate. |
| Great Migration | Movement of African Americans to northern cities for industrial jobs. |
| Teapot Dome Scandal | Political scandal involving bribery and oil leases under Harding. |
| Great Depression | Severe economic downturn beginning in 1929 and lasting through the 1930s. |
| Speculation | Risky investment in stocks with hopes of quick profit. |
| Bank Run | Mass withdrawals from banks due to panic, often leading to bank failures. |
| Hawley-Smoot Tariff (1930) | Raised tariffs to record levels, worsening global economic conditions. |
| Federal Reserve | U.S. central banking system that regulates monetary policy and money supply. |
| Dust Bowl | Environmental disaster caused by drought and poor farming practices in the 1930s. |
| New Deal | FDR’s series of programs and reforms to combat the Great Depression. |
| Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) | Paid farmers to reduce production to raise crop prices. |
| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) | Insures bank deposits to restore trust in the banking system. |
| Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) | Regulates the stock market to prevent fraud and risky practices. |
| Social Security Act (1935) | Established pensions, unemployment insurance, and aid for the disabled. |
| National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) | Mediates labor disputes and protects workers’ rights to unionize. |
| Fair Labor Standards Act (1938) | Set federal minimum wage and maximum working hours. |
| Works Progress Administration (WPA) | Largest New Deal program providing jobs through public works projects. |
| Court-Packing Plan | FDR’s failed proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court to support New Deal policies. |
| Fascism | Political ideology marked by extreme nationalism, militarism, and suppression of individual rights. |
| Axis Powers | WWII alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan. |
| Appeasement | Policy of conceding to aggressive nations to avoid conflict. |
| Allied Powers | WWII alliance of Britain, France, the U.S., Soviet Union, China, and others. |
| Pearl Harbor (Dec 7, 1941) | Surprise Japanese attack on a U.S. naval base, prompting U.S. entry into WWII. |
| War Production Board | Agency that converted U.S. industry to wartime production. |
| War Bonds | Government-issued certificates bought by citizens to help fund the war effort. |
| Tuskegee Airmen | First African American military aviators who served with distinction in WWII. |
| D-Day (June 6, 1944) | Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France, beginning the liberation of Western Europe. |
| Island Hopping | U.S. strategy of capturing key Pacific islands to reach Japan. |
| Concentration Camp | Nazi facilities where Jews and others were imprisoned and often killed. |
| Holocaust | Systematic genocide of six million Jews and millions of others by Nazi Germany. |
| V-E Day (May 8, 1945) | Victory in Europe Day; Germany’s surrender ended WWII in Europe. |
| Manhattan Project | Secret U.S. program to develop the atomic bomb. |
| V-J Day (Aug 14, 1945) | Victory over Japan Day; Japan’s surrender ended WWII. |
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