The Rise of Industrialization
Famous Faces
African American History
Constitutional Amendments
Culture and Arts
100

His book "The Jungle" published in 1906, shocked the U.S. with its vivid descriptions of the Chicago meat-packing industry.

Who is Upton Sinclair?

100

He was president during World War I, bringing his 14 points to the peace conference at Versailles, and proposing the League of Nations.

Who is Woodrow Wilson?

100

These forced poor Southerners (usually black) to pay to cast their vote.

What are poll taxes?

100

13.

What is the abolition of slavery?

100

His invention of the telephone changed the way our culture communicates.

Who is Alexander Graham Bell?

200

As monopolies like Rockefeller's Standard Oil grew in power, these laws were passed to fight their domination in the marketplace. 

What are anti-trust laws?

200

Once serving as the head of the Food Administration during World War I, he would go on to serve as President during some very difficult years.

Who is Herbert Hoover?

200

This organization was founded to promote the rights of African Americans, and did lots to prevent lynchings in the South during the 1920s. W.E.B. Du Bois co-founded it!

What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)?

200

19.

What is women's right to vote?

200
Most popular musical genre of the 1920s.

What is Jazz?

300

In no small part, we owe the construction of the Eastern portions of the Transcontinental Railroad to this group of immigrants.

Who are Irish Immigrants?

300

Snubbed by Theodore Roosevelt who came out of political retirement to challenge him, this one term president was noted for his "dollar" diplomacy approach.

Who is William Howard Taft?

300

He was a close ally of the political establishment, and argued for African Americans to accept segregation and attempt to prove their worth through hard work.

Who is Booker T. Washington?

300

15.

What is African American men's right to vote?

300

Following in T. Roosevelt's footsteps, Wilson established this organization to protect the natural beauty of America.

What is the National Parks Service?

400

This photographer gained fame for exposing how the other half (poor immigrant laborers) lived in tenement housing in New York City.

Who is Jacob Riis?

400

She was the first female millionaire, creating a line of beauty products aimed at African American women.

Who is Madame C.J. Walker?

400

This Supreme Court case established the "separate but equal" doctrine, paving the way for a segregated South.

What is Plessy v. Ferguson?

400

17.

What is direct election of senators?

400

These developed, especially in major cities like New York and San Francisco, due to the extreme differences in immigrant cultures.

What are ethnic clusters (or enclaves)?

500

Without this act, scandals like that of the Credit Mobilier or Whiskey Ring may still dominate our federal government.

What is the Pendleton Civil Service Act?

500

She directed the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) in a hard fought campaign for the passage of the 19th Amendment.

Who is Carrie Chapman Catt?

500

This unit was the longest serving, and most decorated African American unit of World War I.

What are the Harlem Hellfighters?

500

16.

What is income tax?

500

This is the plane Charles Lindbergh flew non-stop from New York to Paris.

What is the Spirit of St. Louis?

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