Imperialism
The sinking of what ship, May 7th, 1915, starte to change Americans minds about WWI?
Lusitania
What state was Progressive governor senator Robert LaFollette from?
Wisconsin
Who was responsible of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago in 1929?
Al Capone
What percentage of US workers were unemployed when FDR took office?
25%
What fictional person became the symbol for women in the workforce during the war?
Rosie the Riveter
What literary character is a student at Hogwards?
Harry Potter
What incident, in FEb. 15 1898, in Havana harbor led directly to the Spanish-American warp?
Sinking of the USS Maine
What President brought more anti-trust lawsuits?
Taft
What two Italian Immigrants were executed after a much publicized trial?
Sacco and Vanzetti
Name 3 of the 6 states most directly hit by the soil erosion of the Dust Bowl.
Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska
What region of the country's where most Japanese interment camps during WWII?
The West
What is bamboo- a tree, grass, or shrub?
Grass
List or describe three of Wilson's 14 points
1. Open diplomacy without secret treaties
2. Economic free trade on the seas during war and peace
3. Equal trade conditions
4. Decrease armaments among all nations
5. Adjust colonial claims
6. Evacuation of all Central Powers from Russia and allow it to define its own independence
7. Belgium to be evacuated and restored
8. Return of Alsace-Lorraine region and all French territories
9. Readjust Italian borders
10. Austria-Hungary to be provided an opportunity for self-determination
11. Redraw the borders of the Balkan region creating Roumania, Serbia and Montenegro
12. Creation of a Turkish state with guaranteed free trade in the Dardanelles
13. Creation of an independent Polish state
14. Creation of the League of Nations
What tragic incident in NY city in 1911 led to further urban progressive reform- especially fire safety?
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
What attorney general led reaids to round up dissidents during the Red Scare of 1919-1920?
Palmer
Which New Deal program insured individuals savings deposits in banks?
FDIC
In what three years were the Neutrality Acts passed?
1935, 1936, 1937
What 10 year old began earning his bad reputation by throwing puppies off the kremlin walls in 1540?
Ivan the Terrible
which Amendment revised the earlier Teller Amendment, allowing the US to intervene in Cuba for security reasons adn to build a naval base there?
Platt amendment
What tariff, introduced by wilson in 1913, lowered rates to the lowest levels since before the Civil War?
Underwood
What city was national headquarters for the KKK in the 1920s?
Indianapolis
Who was the first woman appointed to a cabinet level position by FDR?
Frances Perkins
How many destroyers did the US give to Great Britain in exchange for 8 GB Naval bases?
50
A group of cats is called this
Clowder
TR won the nobel prize for negotiating the Portsmouth treaty in 1905 between which 2 nations?
Russia and Japan
Name one act of Congress designed to regulate the Railroad industry.
Hepburn or Elkins Acts
The 1st radio broadcast by station KDKA sent a weak signal to what city in 1920?
Pittsburgh
Hoover was seen as powerless regarding the depression and worse yet his lame duck session lasted four months, so this was passed changing the date to January 20th.
20th Amendment
Which international monetary conference did FDR not attend or send delegates because he wanted to take the US off the Gold Standard? (Name the city)
London
On "The Office" This characters first name was the same as another so they decided to call her by her middle name "Erin" what is her first name?
Kelly