This, more than anything else, was responsible for opening the West to settlers.
What are railroads?
100
This is the major characteristic of the Progressive Era and what it was all about.
What is reform?
100
This led to the prosperity of the 1920s.
What are the assembly line, low taxes, and installment buying?
100
These two New Deal Programs are still used today.
What are the FDIC and Social Security Acts?
100
This was the result of the conflicts between the dictatorships and the democracies during the 1930s.
What is World War II?
200
The exploding of the U.S. Maine in Cuban waters led to its start in 1898.
What is the Spanish American War?
200
Its purpose was to ensure equality for all citizens and end racial discrimination.
What is the NAACP?
200
Immigration quotas and the rise of the Klu Klux Klan were a direct result of this attitude.
What are nativist attitudes?
200
One thought private charity was the answer, whereas the other believed government intervention was needed to create jobs.
What is the difference between Hoover and Roosevelt in the handling of the Great Depression?
200
During World War II this action assured that there was sufficient rubber, gasoline, and other critical materials available for the U.S. Military and the War effort.
What is rationing/ration books?
300
This policy was designed to leave Big Business free of government regulation, but made it hard for small businesses to compete with Big Business.
What is laissez-faire?
300
These two books were based on historical events.
What are "The Jungle" and "The Grapes of Wrath"?
300
This form of transportation changed the U.S. landscape and the way we lived during the 1920s.
What is the automobile?
300
They were the 3 primary causes of the Great Depression.
What are buying on credit, buying stocks on margin, and lack of bank regulation?
300
These 3 things showed patriotism and support of World War II's war effort.
What are planting Victory Gardens, joining the military and buying war bonds?
400
This makes it possible to change the constitution and keep it current.
What is the amendment process?
400
A place where people who could not afford food were fed.
What are breadlines/soup kitchens?
400
The movement of African Americans from the South to the North in search of better jobs and escape from racial tensions.
What is "The Great Migration"?
400
This program resulted in a tremendous growth in the power of the U.S. Government.
What is the New Deal?
400
This World War II department made propaganda posters and movies.
What is the office of war information?
500
He was naval commander against the Japanese in the Pacific during World War II.
Who was Chester Nimitz?
500
These were African American pilots during World War II
Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?
500
This created the internment camps for the Japanese during World War II.
What is Executive Order 9066?
500
These were the two principal causes of the Dust Bowl.
What are drought and over farming?
500
It was the forced march and death of many U.S. Troops following their defeat and surrender in the Philippines to the Japanese.