WWI The 1920s The Great Depression WWII Random
100
What is the Lusitania?
This sinking of this passenger ship helped push the US into the war
100
Who are Sacco & Vanzetti?
Tried and convicted for robbery and murder (or being Italian Anarchists?)
100
What is the New Deal?
FDRs plan for fixing the nation
100
What is rationing?
During the war the government instituted a policy that restricted the public use of items that were deemed essential to the military like sugar, gasoline, coffee, etc.
100
Who is Rosie the Riveter?
Women who began working in traditionally male jobs during WWII were known by this name
200
What are the 14 points?
Wilson's plan for peace after WWI
200
What is Nativism?
Prejudice against foreign-born people that swept the nation in the 1920s
200
What is Black Tuesday?
The day the market crashed
200
What is D-Day?
The largest amphibious invasion in history on June 6, 1944
200
What is the Dust Bowl?
Due to over-farming and a prolonged drought a large portion of the mid-west could not grow crops
300
What is Schenck v. the US?
Supreme Court case that restricted freedom as speech (as shouting "FIRE" in a crowded theater)
300
Who is Henry Ford?
Didn't invent the automobile, but revolutionized the production to make them affordable for everyone
300
What the Bonus Army?
20,000 Veterans of WWI sought their due compensation by marching on the capital
300
What are the Neutrality Acts?
In an attempt to limit involvement in the European war, the US Congress passed a law limiting trade with countries at war
300
What is Social Security?
This New Deal reform included payments to elderly, unemployed, and disabled people.
400
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
Established the League of Nations, but also harshly punished Germany
400
What is the Scopes Trial?
The tension between modern science and traditional values faced off in the court room in this famous case about evolution in the classroom
400
What is Civilian Conservation Corps?
Sought to provide jobs in the wilderness for young men
400
What is the Arsenal of Democracy?
By creating Cash-and-carry and the Lend-Lease Act Roosevelt was attempting to make America into what he called the ___
400
What is 4?
The number of times Franklin Roosevelt was elected president
500
Who is Henry Cabot Lodge?
His criticism of the League of Nations kept the US from joining the international organization (and caused Wilson to die of a broken heart).
500
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
The renewal of African American cultural expression and creativity centered in New York City
500
What is the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation?
Established to reassure the public that money deposited in banks will be protected from loss
500
What is the Manhattan Project?
The secret project to develop a nuclear bomb
500
What is The Great Migration?
The movement of hundreds of thousands of African Americans from the rural South to cities in the North






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