Westward Expansion / Gilded Age
Amendments
World Wars
Mystery Box
Cold War/Civil Rights
100
What advancement allowed people to travel from New York to San Francisco in just 7 days and led to the settling of the frontier
Transcontinental Railroad
100
This amendment to the US Constitution gave women the right to vote
19th Amendment
100
What is the spark that caused WWI?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
100
This was built to provide a faster and safer route for ships to pass from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans
The Panama Canal
100
U.S. objective to stop communism from spreading
Containment
200
This act, passed in 1887, was an attempt by the American Government to encourage Native Americans to give up their traditional cultures
The Dawes Act
200
This amendment to the US Constitution prohibited the production, transport, and sale of alcohol
18th Amendment
200
What development led to stalemates during WWI?
Trench Warfare
200
What did prohibition lead to?
a rise in organized crime
200
This Supreme Court case overturned Plessy v Ferguson formally ending 'separate but equal'
Brown v Board of Education
300
This act, passed in 1862, gave any adult male citizen who had never borne arms against the U.S. government 160 acres of surveyed government land to live and improve on
The Homestead Act
300
This amendment to the US Constitution abolished slavery
13th Amendment
300
What event caused the United States to immediately enter into World War II?
The attack on Pearl Harbor
300
Which movement at the turn of the 20th century brought reform efforts into the economic, political, and social arenas of America
Progressive Movement
300
intergovernmental military alliance of Allied nations formed in 1949 to join forces and combat the spread of communism.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
400
What factors led to tenement buildings like this became common in cities
Urbanization - population growth - immigration - overcrowding
400
This amendment to the US Constitution protects citizens from unreasonable search and seizure
4th Amendment
400
The Spanish-American War, which resulted in the U.S. acquisition of Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico, ultimately marked the beginning of the -
United States becoming an imperial power
400
Political Machines became popular to fix issues brought on by-
Rapid growth in cities / overcrowding
400
Huey Newton led this organization whose philosophy was to use all necessary means to defend the community and provide for their needs
Black Panther Party
500
What is the strong dislike and mis-trust of foreigners?
*This group strongly supported the passing of the Chinese Exclusion Act
Nativism / Nativists
500
This amendment to the US Constitution lowered the voting age to 18
26th Amendment
500
**DOUBLE JEOPARDY**
Where did the Japanese surrender to the United States?
On the deck of the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay
500
How did Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle have an important impact on the United States?
passage of legislation (Pure Food and Drug Act & Meat Inspection Act) requiring federal inspection of meat
500
This government agency began investigating the political ideology and actions of many people in Hollywood
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)