The first of two atomic bombs dropped in Japan to end World War II
What is HIroshima?
100
This act was HOW returning veterans were given opportunities to go back to school or obtain low-interest home loans
What is the GI Bill?
100
Her refusal to move from her seat on a bus sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the larger Civil Rights Movement
Who is Rosa Parks?
100
Cities grew rapidly in the late 1800s, a phenomenon known as this
What is Urbanization?
100
This was a famous jazz musician from the 1920s, exemplifying a rise in common pop culture.
Who is Louis Armstrong/Duke Ellington?
200
The 18th Amendment effectively enacted this...
What is ProHIbition?
200
This was HOW the US used the age of imperialism to create a "shortcut" from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
What is the Panama Canal?
200
This "Jacob" took pictures of slum like conditions in the city during the Gilded Age to expose just how bad things were for those living in poverty
Who is Riis?
200
This author of The Jungle attempted to expose the nasty conditions of the meat packing industry
What is Upton Sinclair?
200
This famous political cartoonist attempted to expose the corruption of the Gilded Age, including that of Boss Tweed.
Who is Thomas Nast?
300
Although HI cannot be found directly in this state's name, it is the abbreviation for the state that was annexed in 1898 with the overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani.
What is HawaIi?
300
This event was HOW many African-Americans registered to vote in the South during the Civil Rights Movement era
What is Freedom Summer?
300
This couple was accused of being Soviet spies during the Second Red Scare. They were subsequently sentenced to death.
Who are the Rosenbergs?
300
The explosion of this American ship led the country into the Spanish-American War
What is the USS Maine?
300
This US president was assassinated, paving the way for the passage of the Pendleton Act.
Who is (James) Garfield?
400
This act, passed in 1882, sought to limit the number of workers from East Asia who were coming to the United States during the late 1800s.
What is the CHInese Exclusion Act?
400
The passage of the 19th Amendment was HOW the state of Tennessee gained this nickname during the Progressive Era
What is the Perfect 36?
400
This was the "pick yourself up by your bootstraps and get back to work" approach incorporated by President Herbert Hoover during the Great Depression
What is Rugged Individualism?
400
This Supreme Court case limited the presidents extent of executive privilege and forced President Nixon to release the tapes in the Watergate scandal
What is US v Nixon?
400
This decorated war hero from World War I was from Tennessee and was known for insane numbers of "kills" and captures
Who is Alvin C York?
500
This 1875 scandal under President Ulysses S Grant involved alcohol distributors and political leaders making a shady profit off excise taxes
What is WHIskey Ring
500
This was HOW many Mexican-Americans came to the US during World War II on labor contracts
What is the Bracero Program?
500
She wrote Silent Spring, an environmental text focusing on the negative impacts of DDT on the environment
Who is Rachel Carson?
500
This act under Woodrow Wilson lowered tariffs and eliminated duties on most raw materials?
What is the Underwood Tariff?
500
This Tennessee politician famously changed his vote at the last minute and led to the passage of the 19th Amendment in Tennessee and, consequently, across the rest of the country