War Industries Board – Flashcards

United States government agency established on July 28, 1917, during World War I, to coordinate the purchase of war supplies

sale or lease of any product, service, equipment, etc. that will enable the purchaser-licensee to begin a business.

period during the early 20th-century history of the United States marked by a widespread fear of Bolshevism and anarchism

1906 novel written by the American journalist and novelist Upton Sinclair

federal legislation that protects American workers injured at sea. Also referred to as the Merchant Marine Act of 1920

cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in harlem between the end of World War I and the middle of the 1930s.

a member or adherent of a political party seeking to represent the interests of ordinary people.

broad philosophy based on the Idea of Progress, which asserts that advancement in science, technology, economic development, and social organization are vital to improve the human condition.

refer to either a branch of governmental service in which individuals are employed (hired) on the basis of professional merit as proven by competitive examinations

an addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt in his State of the Union address in 1904 after the Venezuela Crisis of 1902-03.

An international organization established after World War I under the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles. The League, the forerunner of the United Nations, brought about much international cooperation on health, labor problems, refugee affairs, and the like.

U.S. citizenship to America's indigenous peoples, called "Indians" in this Act.

formed by former President Theodore Roosevelt, after a split in the Republican Party between him and President William Howard Taft.

peace treaty signed on 3 March 1918 between Soviet Russia and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Ottoman Empire), that ended Russia's participation in World War I.

stipulated the conditions for U.S. intervention in Cuban affairs and permitted the United States to lease or buy lands for the purpose of the establishing naval bases

from the 1870s to about 1900. The term was coined by writer Mark Twain in The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873), which satirized an era of serious social problems masked by a thin gold gilding.

communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January, 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the event of the United States' entering World War I against Germany.

American Civil Liberties Union, to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States.

a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.

the right of women to vote and to stand for electoral office.

deprive (someone) of a right or privilege.

limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota. The quota provided immigration visas to two percent of the total number of people of each nationality in the United States as of the 1890 national census. It completely excluded immigrants from Asia.

prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States by declaring the production, transport, and sale of alcohol (though not the consumption or private possession) illegal.

established the popular election of United States Senators by the people of the states

U.S. writers who came of age during the war and established their literary reputations in the 1920s.

protest march by unemployed workers from the United States, led by Ohio businessman Jacob Coxey.

American birth control activist, sex educator, writer, and nurse. Popularized the term "birth control", opened the first birth control clinic in the United States

governing body of the Federal Reserve System. The seven members of the board of governors are appointed by the president, subject to confirmation by the Senate.

American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1902 to 1932

Capitalism that includes social welfare policies. Welfare capitalism is also the practice of businesses providing welfare services to their employees.

was a form of American foreign policy to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries.

the action of searching out and publicizing scandalous information about famous people in an underhanded way.

Germany, Austria-Hungary, and later the Ottoman Empire (Turkey).