World War I
Roaring 20's
Depressing 30's
World War II
Random
100
Name one cause of WWI?
What is "M.A.I.N."
100
Why did African Americans move North during the Great Migration after WWI?
What is "more job opportunities in factories/industry"
100
Over-farming and a severe drought caused the Midwest to experience what?
What is the "Dust Bowl"
100
Who was the leader of Germany during WWII?
Who is "Hitler"
100
Which doctrine required Europeans to stay out of our hemisphere?
What is "the Monroe Doctrine"
200
What is unrestricted submarine warfare?
What is "Germany attacked out ships without provocation."
200
African American created great works of art and literature during what period?
What is "the Harlem Renaissance"
200
What economic factor led to the Great Depression?
What is "buying stocks on margin/credit" and losing money on them
200
Where did the Japanese attack the US that caused his to enter the war?
What is "Pearl Harbor"
200
Which movement advocated reforms to help people deal with the problems of industrialism?
What is "the Progressive Movement"
300
Which ship did the German's sink that led us to enter WWI?
What is "the Lusitania"
300
Why did the number of presidential votes rise during the 1920's (name the specific amendment and what it is)?
What is "the 19th Amendment- Granted women's suffrage"
300
How did Americans feel about Herbert Hoover? Give specific examples.
What is "Americans blamed him for their troubles and named their shanty towns hoovervilles to disparage him."
300
What is the Manhattan Project?
What is "the development of the atomic bomb"
300
What is it called when one country, such as Great Britain, controls the economy and takes raw materials from its colonies, such as the American colonies?
What is "mercantilism"
400
This telegram was intercepted before it could ask this country to go to war against the USA.
What is "Zimmerman Note, Mexico"
400
What happened during the Harlem Renaissance?
What is "African Americans created notable literary and artistic works."
400
Who created the New Deal and what is it?
What is "FDR created the New Deal, a series of economic programs, to help citizens lives and bring us out of the Great Depression."
400
Why were Japanese-Americans put into internment camps during WWII?
What is "people were suspicious of them after the bombing of pearl harbor and were worried that they might be spies"
400
Why is Eleanor Roosevelt significant?
What is "she is a symbol of women's progress and social activism"
500
What plan tried to prevent international tensions from leading to another world war?
What is "Wilson's 14 Point Plan"
500
Who are Langston Hughes and Louis Armstrong and why are they important?
What is "Langston Hughes was an author during the Harlem Renaissance, and Louis Armstrong contributed to the rise of jazz."
500
Name one program of the New Deal and tell what it did.
What is "Example: Social Security Act to provide Americans with income after retirement"
500
Where did D-Day take place?
What is "the Normandy coast in France"
500
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
What is "It is an addition to the Monroe Doctrine that said we could intervene in the affairs of others in the western hemisphere and basically act as the world's police"
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