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100

What are Jim Crow Laws?

Laws put in place in the American South that segregated African Americans as well keep African Americans from voting

100

What was the powder keg that launched the world into the great war?

the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand 

100

This was a young women who behaved in a new way. This was also seen as an icon more than a lifestyle.

Flapper

100

During WWII why did the American government use rationing?

provide more resources to the military 

100

This policy was meant to stop the domino effect

Containment 

200

Andrew Carnegie was the robber baron of what industry? 

Steel 

200

What is credited to be the main cause of World War 1

Nationalism 

200

this event forced many Americans to move out west to California

The Dust Bowl

200

This was the turning point of the European theater during WWII

D-Day, or the invasion of Normandy France. THE LARGEST INVASION FORCE IN HISTORY! bonus if you can name all 5 landing zones?!

200

This bill provided education opportunities to veterans after WWII 

GI Bill

300

Name an example of an ethnic cluster?

Chinatown

300

This amendment gave women the right to vote

19th amendment 

300

When was the stock market crash that caused the great depression?

1929

300

This was the turning point of the Pacific theater during WWII.

Battle of Midway
300

This was a "chemical herbicide" used in Vietnam. Often caused birth defects   

Agent Orange 

400

What is a muckraker and give an example of one and what they did

a reporter who shifts through the muck to uncover the truth. Jacob Riis photographer who wrote how the other side lives

400

this was established by Roosevelt in order to conserve land and wildlife

National Park System

400
This style of government means hands off

Laissez-faire  

400

The forced march of US prisoners of war over 60 miles to what City in the Philippines 

Bataan 

400

This was the first African American supreme court justice. 

Thurgood Marshall 

500

Describe what a political machine is and give the name of the most famous political boss from this era

a political machine is winning votes by providing favors to their constituents. The most famous is Boss Tweed.  
500

What was the main reason so many countries got pulled into World War I

The web of alliances

500

Explain how the 1928 election and the 1932 election are similar. Also who was running in each?

They were both a landslide victory. In 1928 Hoover beat Smith. In 1932 FDR beat Hoover

500

The group that was responsible for creating a communication system that could not be broken by the Japanese

Navajo Code Talkers

500

This Nixon policy aimed to ease tensions between the US and USSR

Détente

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