VIPs
Dates
Civil Liberties Movement
The Great Depression
Misc
100
This person was elected president because of his ability to get the US out of World War One
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
100
1914-1918 Marks the time span of this important event
What is World War One?
100
The text cites this decade as the birth of the civil liberties movement
When is 1910
100
This decade marks the starting point of the Great Depression
What is the 1920s
100
John D. Rockefeller was in charge of this company
What is the oil company
200
In 1924 this man became president
Who is Coolidge?
200
1919-1920 marks the span of the postwar support for this event
What is the "Red Scare"
200
Aside from African American labor activists, these groups also supported equality among races. (name 2 of 3)
Who are white progressives, labor leaders, and political radicals
200
This is known as the "bubble" burst
What is panicked sellers, willing to sell at any price, drove down the prices of assets, and bankers called in the loans they had made
200
This was the first federal agency intended to regulate economic activity, and ensure that railroad rates were reasonable, and favoritism was avoided.
What is the Interstate Commerce Commission
300
This person established the Niagara Movement and the NAACP
Who is W.E.B. DuBois?
300
This important document was completed in 1823 and amended in 1904
What is the Monroe Doctrine
300
"American must be kept American" was said by this VIP about this important document
Who is President Coolidge and what is the 1924 Immigration Law
300
investment geared toward short-term profit is the definition of this critical problem and resulted in the stock market crash and a financial crisis
What is unregulated speculative investment
300
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: This person was the Progressive-era mayor of Toledo who founded night schools, built new parks, established kindergartens, and supported the right of workers to unionize
Who was Samuel "golden Rule" Jones
400
The third party progressive campaign was led by this man.
Who is Robert La Follette's
400
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!! This policy, created by a VIP, allowed trade between countries when it was passed
What is the "Open Door" policy in 1899 by John Hay
400
These decisions, made by the supreme court, really hurt the progress of the civil liberties campaign (3 things)
What is the upholding of Espionage Act (Schenck case); Oliver Wendell Holmes's "clear and present danger" doctrine, and Eugene V. Debs conviction
400
The problem of unequal distribution of income and wealth cause these additional problems... (name 3)
What are low wages, a lack of savings, limited purchasing power of the working-class, lagging consumer demand, lay off workers.
400
President Theodore Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize for helping to negotiate a settlement of this problem
What is the Russo-Japanese War of 1905
500
This man won the 1932 election against Herbert Hoover because of this plan (2 answers)
Who is FDR and What is the "New Deal"
500
The Fair Labor Standards Act, passed in this year, helped workers in these important ways (year and 3 points of law)
When is 1938, and what is established a federal minimum wage, banned child labor, and mandated overtime pay for many workers
500
The philosophies of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois are conflicting because of these reasons
What is Booker T. Washington's desire to for African Americans to blend in and W.E.B. DuBois's desire for the "talented tenth" of the African-American community to step forward and take the lead in education and training to challenge inequality faced by black Americans
500
The extreme increase in unemployment led to Hoover's losing the 1932 because of these laws (3 things)
What are raising tariff prices to protect US goods, raising taxes to cover the debt, and refusing to give monetary relief handouts to the unemployed.
500
These countries ______ were referred to as _______ during World War 1
What are Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman empire were called The Central Powers
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