A Rip Roaring Time
Prohibition was a US experiment that banned which of the following things
Alcohol
Democratic/Populist Candidate for President in the Election of 1896
William Jennings Bryant
The Assassination of ___________ was the spark for The Great War (WWI).
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Who founded the idea of Missionary Diplomacy?
Woodrow Wilson
This man was known as an oil tycoon.
John D. Rockefeller
Young women known for their energetic freedom, embracing a lifestyle were known as what?
Flappers
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A bill originated by the people rather than lawmakers - on the ballot.
Initiative
The Panama Canal connected which of the following oceans?
Atlantic and Pacific
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What Two Presidential Candidates caused the split of the Republican Party in 1912?
William Howard Taft and Teddy Roosevelt
This man set up holding companies to expand his business empire.
J.P. Morgan
This trial was known for it's ruling on religious freedoms. But is also known for a particular primate that was put on the stand?
Scope's Monkey Trial
This term is used for an American capitalist of the latter part of the 19th century who became wealthy through exploitation
Robber Baron
Which treaty ended the Spanish American War?
Treaty of Paris
This term is used for a person who searches for and tries to expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or other wrongdoing, especially in politics.
Muckraker
This man revolutionized the railroad car industry
George M. Pullman
Warren Harding's Poker Playing cronies that populated his cabinet was called what?
The Ohio Gang
This act encouraged the industrial development of arid, previously un-farmable land.
National Reclamation Act
Which four countries were represented in the Paris Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles
United States
The United Kingdom
France
Italy
This populist governor of Wisconsin was known for his tough stance on business.
Robert Lafollette
"Fighting Bob"
This act prohibited transportation across state lines of goods produced with child labor.
Keating-Owen Act
Agents hunted down suspected Communists, Socialists, and anarchists during what event?
The Palmer Raids
What movie is the Election of 1896 compared to?
Wizard of Oz
Why was the appointment of General Valeriano Weyler considered controversial?
He hearded the Cuban Population into concentration camps?
The Seventeenth amendment did what
Made direct election of senators the law of the land.
Which of the following people used a steam engine to drill for oil which started an oil boom
Edwin Drake