Progressive Era
World War I
The 1920s
The 1930s
World War II
100
Upton Sinclair was the muckraker who wrote this book which exposed the meatpacking industry and the troubles associated with it.  

The Jungle

100
Great Britain, France and Italy.  We entered the war with the intention of helping them.  
The Allied Powers
100

The Amendment that prohibited the sale of alcohol

18th Amendment

100
A group of almost 20,000 WWI veterans marched to Washington DC because they needed help from the Great Depression and they wanted their government payout they had earned during the war 
Bonus Army
100
Japan bombed this US naval and air force base.  The US responded by declaring war on Japan and officially entering WWI on the side of the Allies.
Pearl Harbor
200
Civil Rights leader known for encouraging the African American community to "cast down their buckets" in his "Atlanta Compromise" Speech.
Booker T Washington
200
The British passenger ship destroyed by a German u-boat submarine.  This event contributed to Americans wanting to get involved in WWI.  
The Lusitania
200

A challenge to society's female norms, woman danced, drank and wore boxy shorter dresses

Flappers

200
The informal radio talks President FDR had with Americans during the Great Depression
Fireside Chats
200
Symbol of the American female factory worker who went to work during WWII.  
Rosie the Riveter
300
This Progressive Era reformer opened the Hull House in Chicago to provide social services to immigrants.  
Jane Addams
300
The discovery of this disclosed Germany's promise to help Mexico attack the US if the US declared war on Germany.
Zimmerman Telegram
300
This was triggered by the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia.  Americans were very paranoid and scared that Communism would overtake America.  
The Red Scare
300
Most important law passed during the New Deal.  Provides help to the elderly, unemployed, disabled.  Changed the role of the federal government to where the government is now expected to help those in need.  
Social Security Act
300
The name given to the creation of the atomic bombs that were dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki 
The Manhattan Project
400

The direct election of Senators was enacted by this Amendment.

The 17th Amendment

400

The Foreign Policy adopted after the end of World War 1

Isolationism

400
The trial of a high school teacher in Tennessee for teaching the theory of evolution in violation of state law.  The teacher was found guilty and the trial was closely followed by the public.    
The Scopes "Monkey" Trial
400

Storms that swept the south during a severe dry period.

The Dust Bowl

400
Provided WWII veterans with low interest mortgages, college tuition, and vocational training.  
GI Bill
500

Economic idea that FDR embraced during the Great Depression, which had the government increase spending and lowering taxes to stimulate economic growth.

Keynesian Economic

500
This Supreme Court decision declared that the federal government could limit the 1st Amendment right of "freedom of speech" in time of war and if there was a "clear and present danger."
Schenck v. US
500
Italian immigrants charged with murder and robbery.  Convicted on circumstantial evidence, many believed they had been framed for the crime because of their anarchist and pro-union activities.  
Sacco and Vanzetti
500
This employed about 3 million men to work on projects that benefitted the public.  Was a part of FDR's New Deal.  
Civilian Conservation Corps
500
Supreme Court decision that said Japanese internment during WWII was in fact constitutional because it was during a time of war.  
Korematsu v. US
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