Exploration/Construction
These two American men explored the jungles of Nicaragua together, made an unsuccessful attempt to reach the North Pole in 1892, and finally successfully reached the North Pole in 1909.
Who were Matthew Henson and Robert Peary?
This ancient empire was founded in 1290 and encompassed areas in Asia, Africa, and Europe.
What was the Ottoman Empire.
This partner dance originated in Argentina.
What is the Tango?
The group of countries shared between the Ottoman Empire and the Austria-Hungarian Empire, which were hotbeds for ethnic, religious, and nationalist strife.
What was the Balkan League?
This man ran for the office of President on an isolationist platform.
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
Hearing that Peary and Henson had reached the North Pole, this man headed to Antarctica and reached the South Pole in December of 1911.
Who was Roald Amundsen?
The leader of the Ottoman Empire opened Turkey to western investors, in order to improve his country's economy.
Who was Sultan Abdul-Hamid?
These 2 styles of music originated in the slave states and eventually produced jazz.
What is Ragtime and The Blues?
This empire was crumbling by the time WWI began.
What was the Ottoman Empire?
The name of these laws dictated segregation based on color, and became strongly enforced on a national level during Woodrow Wilson's administration.
What are the Jim Crow Laws?
This Englishman and his team reached the South Pole in January of 1912, only to find that Roald Amundsen had gotten there before them in December of 1911. They never reached home, but his journal praised his team for their courage, and asked his countrymen to care for their families.
Who was Captain Robert Falcon Scott?
This series of insurrections, overthrows, assassinations, and murders, beginning in 1884 and ending in 1920, even caused President Wilson to send U.S. troops after Pancho Villa.
What was the Mexican Revolution?
This commercial type of art became very common and is still sought after today.
What is early Advertising Art?
This nation believed it should be the leader of Europe, was looked to as the standard for an advanced and modern nation, and even increased the size of its navy to challenge Great Britain.
What was Germany?
William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer are known for this style of journalism that manipulates information in order to manipulate public opinion.
What is Yellow Journalism?
This famous toll road of the sea opened for business on August 14, 1914.
What is the Panama Canal?
Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia, once independent from the Ottoman Empire, formed this league.
What was the Balkan League?
Two very popular WWI songs.
What are The Caissons Go Rolling Along, and Over There?
This nation was known for the most modern and powerful navy in the world around 1910.
What was Great Britain?
The early decades of the 20th century were marked by a popular attitude, which when adopted by politicians, made them very popular with the public.
What is Progressivism?
The ship that "even God couldn't sink" set sail on April 10, 1912 and never reached New York.
What was the Titanic?
He was considered the Robin Hood of Mexico, but was in fact, an outlaw who was murdered a few years after being pardoned by the Mexican government.
Who was Pancho Villa?
A prolific songwriter, known for many patriotic songs which are still familiar today.
Who was George M. Cohan?
Africa and Asia were occupied for their resources by this continent/group of nations. This ism is called what?
What were the European nations? Colonialism.
Before the U.S. entered WWI, he had a fortuitous incident in which he repaired a stranded aircraft for Townsend F. Dodd, a man who later became General John J. Pershing's aviation officer and an important contact in his attempt to join air combat.
Who was Eddie Rickenbacker?