Several failed compromises were made over this issue before the the Civil War begans?
What is slavery?
100
Progressives at the beginning of the 20th century were responding to the big issues of this age, one of great riches but underlying problems.
What is the Gilded Age?
100
The Japanese forced the US entrance into World War II over fears the US would stop Japan from becoming this.
What is an Imperial power?/Economically independent?
100
The reforms of this president's Great Society led to the creation of longstanding programs like Medicare and Medicaid.
Who is Lyndon Johnson?
100
Activism from this group led to the creation of the Equal Rights Amendment, which was never passed.
Who are Women?
200
These were the advantages that the North had over the South that ultimately let to a Northern victory.
-Higher population
-Industrial production
200
The US began the Spanish American War and pressured China with its Open Door Policy in efforts to acquire new these.
What are markets?
200
These laws involved the US in WWII economically long before it was part of it militarily
Lend-Lease Act/Neutrality Act/Battleships for Bases.
200
Early events like this over missiles led to increased nuclear threats between the US and Soviet Union.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
200
The combination of the war in Vietnam and this political scandal led many Americans to develop a significant distrust in government.
What is Watergate?
300
Even with the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments after the Civil War, the failure of Reconstruction was the creation of these anti-black laws in the South?
What are Jim Crow/segregation Laws?
300
These types of attacks along with the Zimmerman Telegram were enough to push the US into World War I.
What are U-Boat attacks?
300
The Cold War begins after WWII when Stalin extends communist influence over this region of Europe, after promising he wouldn't.
What is Eastern Europe?
300
These two significant leaders of the Civil Rights Movement differed on their desired approach to achieving new rights for African Americans.
Who are MLK and Malcolm X?
300
The combination of decreased manufacturing due to automation and high energy costs led to this new economic issue in the 1970's.
What is stagflation?
400
Innovations in steel and energy, as well as the creation of the corporation led to these people creating large monopolies.
Who are Robber Barons/Any of their names.
400
Prohibition and the attitude around breaking laws and social norms led to these types of women who expressed themselves more in dress and dance.
Who were Flappers?
400
The spread of this item, along with developments like the Interstate Highway System led to the suburbanization of a large part of the US population.
What is the car/automobile?
400
The US involvement in Vietnam largely stems from the acceptance of this political theory about the spread of communism.
What is the Domino Theory?
400
A push from many who felt left behind by the social liberalism of the 60's and 70's ultimately led to the election of this conservative president.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
500
This is what political bosses in big cities asked for in exchange for services for new immigrants. It kept the bosses in power.
What are votes?
500
The programs of the New Deal were intended to fight this problem caused by low consumer spending and bank failures.
What is unemployment?
500
This committee led by Joseph McCarthy was largely responsible for the fears of communism after World War II in the US.
What is HUAC?
500
Much of the battle over civil rights in the 1960's was in an effort to get the South to enforce this famous SCOTUS ruling.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
500
The invention and spread of this item in the 1980's has changed how most aspects of life are done in some way, especially when connected to the internet in the 90's.