This happened to the League of Nations.
a) President Wilson abandoned the idea
b) The Senate voted against joining it
c) It became powerful and helped prevent future wars
What is b) The Senate voted against joining it?
100
The Spanish American war started when Cuban rebels wanted to gain independence from this country.
What is Spain?
100
This guy used the mechanization and the assembly line to make cheaper automobiles quickly.
Who was Henry Ford?
100
Democratic nations (like the USA) who opposed Germany in World War II were known as the _______.
What is the Allies?
100
The ___ plan provided massive financial aid to rebuild European economies and prevent the spread of communism.
What is the Marshall Plan?
200
German U-Boats sank the ______ causing outrage in the United States, and eventually brought us into WWI.
a) Lusitania
b) USS Maine
c) Titanic
d) HMS Pinafore
What is the a) Lusitania?
200
As a result of the Spanish American War, the U.S. gained possession of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the ___________.
What are the Philippines?
200
African Americans moved to cities in the North
and Midwest in search of better employment
opportunities during the ____.
What is the Great Migration?
200
Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and Hideki Tojo were:
What are fascist dictators?
200
After WWII the US and Soviet Union became super powers. The US was democratic, and the Soviet Union was ____.
What is communist?
300
Name one country that was a "Central Power" (America's enemies) during WWI.
What is Germany, Austria-Hungary, or Ottoman Empire?
300
Exaggerated news is often called ____ Journalism.
What is Yellow Journalism?
300
Name one person involved with the Harlem Renaissance.
Who were Jacob Lawrence, Langston Hughes, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Bessie Smith?
300
World War II began in 1939 with Hitler's invasion of Poland. How did the U.S. respond?
What is they didn't? They remained neutral until they started providing aid to Great Britain.
300
The ____ was the state of tension without actual fighting between the United States and the Soviet Union.
What is the Cold War?
400
The telegram that was intercepted between Germany and Mexico that drew the United States into WWI was called the ____ Telegram.
What is Zimmerman?
400
_____ was responsible for the sinking of the U.S.S. Maine.
What is Unknown? It was blamed on Spain.
400
The ___ was a series of programs created by Franklin Roosevelt to get the United States out of the Great Depression.
What is the New Deal?
400
The turning point of the war in th Pacific (when the U.S. regained control) was:
What is Battle of Midway?
400
The breakup of the Soviet Union into independent countries in 1989 was symbolized by the ___ coming down.
What is the Berlin Wall?
500
At the end of World War I, President Wilson prepared a peace plan known as ______.
What is the 14 Points?
500
What future President led a platoon called the "Rough Riders" against Spanish forces in Cuba at the battle of San Juan Hill?
Who is Teddy Roosevelt?
500
This book was written by John Steinbeck, a novelist who portrayed the strength of poor migrant workers during the 1930's.
What is the "Grapes of Wrath?"
500
The hatred of, and discrimination against Jews is called _____.
What is Anti-semitism?
500
The ___ gave educational, housing, and employment benefits to veterans after WWII.