This invention produced a better, hardened steel that was cheaper to produce.
What is the Bessemer Process
100
This event sparked the Spanish-American War
What is the explosion aboard the U.S.S. Maine
100
The "Red Scare" of the 1920s resulted from a fear of what political belief?
What is Communism
100
He was elected President at the height of the Great Depression and conducted "fireside chats" on radio to calm the American public.
Who is Franklin Roosevelt
100
Germany invaded this country to officially start World War II.
What is Poland
200
These people exposed society's problems during the industrial era by writing articles and books, and taking photos.
Who are muckrakers.
200
This word refers to exaggerated, sensational, and sometimes untruthful journalism designed to sell newspapers...
What is Yellow Journalism
200
These people opposed all forms of government in the 1920s...
What are anarchists
200
This event was a symptom of troubled economy and came to symbolize the "bust" in the "boom to bust" of the Roaring Twenties".
What is the stock market crash of 1929.
200
This event caused the U.S. to enter World War II...
What is the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor.
300
This illegal practice occurs when one business eliminates all other competing businesses.
What is a monopoly
300
The U.S. annexed these South Pacific islands at the end of the Spanish-American war, after Americans maintained its residents were incapable of governing themselves.
What are the Philippine Islands.
300
This hate group saw the greatest increase in membership during the 1920s....
What is the K.K.K.
300
This is the term used to describe the region where wind storms destroyed and devastated farming in the Midwest during the Great Depression...
What is the Dust Bowl
300
These laws permitted allies fighting in Europe to obtain weapons from the U.S. without purchasing them, allowing the U.S. to officially maintain a position of non-involvement.
What are the Neutrality Acts
400
The term used to describe big business leaders who took advantage of their workers by paying them low wages and providing poor working conditions.
What is a Robber Baron
400
This series of policy statements by U.S. Secretary of State John Hay proposed that other nations share their trading rights in China -- opening up trade there for America.
What is the Open Door Notes.
400
This group of "dangerous" women in the 1920swore short skirts, make-up, and bobbed hair....
What are "flappers"
400
This was President Roosevelt's plan to help America out of the Great Depression...
What is the New Deal.
400
This event officially ended World War II...
What is the dropping of atomic bombs in Japan.
500
In the late 1800s, this suggested that only the "fittest" businesses would survive while others would fail.
What is Social Darwinism.
500
This policy presented by President Theodore Roosevelt warned that interference in Latin America by other countries might force the U.S. to use force to protect its economic interests there.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.
500
This group struggled economically in the 1920s as prices for their goods dropped dramatically due to post-war overproduction...
Who are the farmers
500
This event finally ended the Great Depression...
What is World War II
500
This legislation provided benefits to returning World War II veterans, providing educational support and other financial supports.