Rise of a World Power
The Roaring Twenties
Great Depression and New Deal
World War II
Potpourri
100
He was an isolationist who was opposed to the U.S. joining the League of Nations.
Who was Henry Cabot Lodge?
100
The traditional roles of women changed in the 1920s as was seen with the rise of this style of fashion.
What were the flappers?
100
This New Deal program was created to help with insuring the deposits of customers at their local bank to prevent future bank failures.
What was the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation?
100
This event caused the U.S. to declare war and enter World War 2.
What was the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?
100
The President of the United States during World War 1 and author of the Fourteen Points.
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
200
A new military innovation during World War I that was used to cross the "no-mans land" between the dangerous trenches.
What were tanks?
200
This amendment outlawed the sale of alcoholic beverages.
What was the 18th Amendment?
200
He was the President that helped lead the United States out of the Great Depression and during World War II.
Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt?
200
He was the leader of Allied forces in Europe during World War 2.
Who was General Dwight D. Eisenhower?
200
Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders' victory at San Juan Hill was a battle in this war.
What was the Spanish-American War?
300
He helped lead the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe during World War I.
Who was General John J. Pershing?
300
This was the growth of African American art and culture in the 1920s.
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
300
The use of these led to a decrease in U.S. international trade, which has been seen as one of the causes of the Great Depression.
What were tariffs?
300
The U.S. government used these forms of messages to encourage Americans to enlist into the military, plant Victory Gardens, and to purchase war bonds.
What were propaganda posters?
300
Issue that arose during President Harding's administration involving bribery and government-owned land.
What was the Teapot Dome Scandal?
400
His efforts helped contribute to the U.S. annexation of Hawaii.
Who was Sanford B. Dole?
400
Attorney General Palmer's raids in the 1920s focused on the fear of the rise of this philosophy.
What was communism?
400
This area of the United States experienced the "Dust Bowl" in the 1930s causing millions of Americans to move west.
What was the Great Plains?
400
The United States had placed trade sanctions on this country, causing them economic issues and increased their desire to retaliate with force.
Who was Japan?
400
The invasion by Allied Forces on June 6, 1944, otherwise known as D-Day, took place here.
Where is Normandy, France?
500
This was created with the help of President Theodore Roosevelt's administration to help connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
What was the Panama Canal?
500
The Scopes Monkey Trial focused on whether this theory should be taught in Tennessee public schools.
What was the theory of evolution?
500
President Franklin Roosevelt wanted to increase the number of these in order to make sure his New Deal programs stayed in effect.
What were Supreme Court Justices?
500
The atomic bombs dropped on these two Japanese cities ended World War 2.
What was Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
500
This New Deal program helped regulate the stock market.
What was the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)?