Unit 4:
Imperialism & WWI
Imperialism & WWI
Unit 5:
Roaring 20's & Jazz Age
Roaring 20's & Jazz Age
Unit 6:
The Great Depression
The Great Depression
Units 4-6:
Mystery
Mystery
Units 1-3:
Mystery
Mystery
100
What year did the Spanish-American War happen?
1898
100
__________ in the United States was a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages.
Prohibition
100
Prolonged drought and poor farming practices contributed to the _______________
Dust Bowl
100
Speeches given through the radio by Franklin Roosevelt were known as __________.
Fireside Chats
100
Provide one example of a civic responsibility
- Paying Taxes
- Obeying the law , Volunteering
- Voting
- Jury Duty
- Registering for the Draft
-Petitioning
200
During the Spanish American War and colonial expansion, where did U.S. spend most of its money?
The Navy
200
________ were formed all throughout major cities due to the prohibition of the sale of alcoholic beverages.
Speakeasies
200
List three main causes that led to the Great Depression.
1. Overproduction
2. Speculation in the Stock Market
3. Bank Failures
200
List four causes of the Spanish-American War
1. Yellow Journalism
2. Destruction of the USS Maine
3. De Lome Letter
4. Imperialism
200
1. What is this poster advertising?
2. Which era in U.S. history is would this poster be used?
1. This poster is advertising the joining of the National Child Labor Committee to end child labor
2.Progressive Era
300
Name at least three territories that were ceded to the United States at the time of the Spanish-American War.
Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines, Hawaii
300
In search for jobs and to escape the deep racism faced in the south many African Americans moved from the south and went north. This is known as the ______.
The Great Migration
300
________ was the name of President Roosevelts plan to get the U.S. out of the Great Depression.
The New Deal
300
Which two historical eras are characterized by the statements below:
a.) political, economic, and social reform through legislation
b.) installment plans, Prohibition, and flappers
a.) Progressive Era
b.) Roaring Twenties & Jazz Age
300
The ___a___ was the first law to enforce a restriction on immigration into the United States. Due to the decline in wages, this Act banned immigration on __b__ workers.
a.) Chinese Exclusion Act
b.) Chinese
400
What were the three reason the U.S. entered WWI
1. Sinking of the Lusitania
2. The Zimmerman Note
3. Sinking of ships by Germany (breaking of the Sussex Pledge)
400
1. What political scandal is being represented in the above political cartoon.
2.What is the significance of the scandal?
1.Teapot Dome Scandal
2. It led to public disappointment of government corruption
400
The below are programs called ____a____, that were created as part of the New Deal.
Explain the function and purpose for the below:
1.) Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
2.) Social Security Act
3.) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
a. ) alphabet agencies
1.) Gave jobs to young men to plant trees / clean up forests
2.) Unemployment insurance, Old age pensions
3.) People will not lose saving in the event of bank failure
4.)
400
1. What kind of effect did Roosevelt's New Deal have on the Governments role in the U.S economy.
2. What value was being challenged through the actions of the New Deal?
1. Government began to get more involved in the economy.
2. Laissez ~ Faire
400
List three goals of the NAACP.
a.) To ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of all citizens
b.) To eliminate race prejudice among the citizens of the United States
c.) To remove all barriers of racial discrimination
500
1. What is the significance of the Zimmerman Telegram?
2. What was the telegram about?
1. Influenced US entry into WWI
2. Revealed a proposed military alliance between Mexico and Germany.
500
Immigration quotas and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan were caused primarily by the attitudes of _______
Nativists
500
1.) Explain the significance of the below court case.
2.) What was the ruling?
Schechter V. US (1937)
Schechter Poultry Company was convicted of failing to obey the NIRA
They appealed their conviction claiming NIRA was unconstitutional
Even during a national crisis, Congress could not give the President more power than those granted in the Constitution.
500
The assembly line created by ___a___ led to ___b___. This allowed for products to sold at a more ___c___ price.
a. Henry Ford
b. mass production
c. affordable
500
Which constitutional amendment provided women's suffrage.
19th amendment
600
The United States is the world’s best hope, but.... if you tangle her in the intrigues of Europe, you will destroy her power for good, and endanger her very existence...
-Senator Henry Cabot Lodge
What is Senator Lodge opposing?
The US joining the League of Nations
600
The below statements are effects of what event?
* Increased geographic concentration of African Americans
* Increased popularity of venues featuring African American artists
The Harlem Renaissance
600
1.) Explain President Roosevelts' "Court Packing Scheme".
2.) How did it make him appear to the public
was a proposed plan that would allow the President to add new Justices to the Supreme Court in order to stop overruling.
- was widely viewed as an attempt to change/ alter the separation of powers.
600
Put these time periods in U.S. history into the correct chronological order:
Jazz Age, Gilded Age, Great Depression, Progressive Era
1. Gilded Age
2. Progressive Era
3. Jazz Age "Roaring 20's"
4. Great Depression
600
Which two(2) Acts were immediately enforced as a result of the disturbing practices discovered and exposed through Upton Sinclair's book, "The Jungle"?
1. Meat Inspection Act
2. Pure Food & Drug Act