The name for the economic system of the United States.
What is
CAPITALISM
100
The assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand by the terrorist group the Black Hand was the immediate cause of this.
What is
World War I
100
This was made illegal during the time period know as Prohibition.
What is
ALCOHOL
100
The completion of this in 1869, helped settle the western parts of the United States, and connected markets on both coasts.
What is the
TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
100
During the Progressive Era, the name given to a person who exposed problems such as corruption in government or unsanitary working conditions.
What is a
MUCKRAKER
200
Selling these allows corporations to raise a lot of money quickly, and allows the purchaser to own a piece of the corporation.
What are
STOCKS
200
The United States Foreign Policy at the start of both WWI and WWII
What is
ISOLATIONISM
200
This event is credited with starting the Great Depression.
What is
STOCK MARKET CRASH
200
This is the belief that America had a "God given right" to settle westward.
What is
MANIFEST DESTINY
200
The name given to women during the 1920s who pushed the limits by wearing short skirts, smoking, and drinking.
Who were
FLAPPERS
300
The term for rapid Industrialization leading to the shift of population from rural areas of the country to cities.
What is
URBANIZATION
300
The sinking of the Lusitania, unrestricted submarine warfare, the Zimmerman telegram are reasons the United States joined the war.
What is
WORLD WAR I
300
FDR's plan for getting America out of the Great Depression.
What is the
NEW DEAL
300
During then 1930s, this environmental disaster caused by poor farming and drought that ravaged the Great Plains with devastating storms was given this name.
What is the
DUST BOWL
300
This event is considered the closest the United States ever came to nuclear war.
What is
THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
400
Ownership of business in a free-enterprise system must be by these or it cannot be considered a "free-enterprise system".
What is
PEOPLE
400
This event was the start of World War II.
What is
GERMAN INVASION OF POLAND
400
The "official" end of the Cold War was when this broke up.
What is the
USSR or SOVIET UNION
400
Many new immigrant tended to settled in these so they could be near those who had similar cultural background to their own.
What is
ETHNIC NEIGHBORHOOD
400
The name of the scandal when Richard Nixon resigned rather than face impeachment for lying under oath.
What is
WATERGATE
500
The Sherman and Clayton Anti-Trust Acts were passed in reaction to these businesses eliminating their competition.
What are
MONOPOLIES AND TRUSTS
500
"A date that will live in infamy", FDR is referring to this event.
What is
JAPANESE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR
500
These were convened to hold those responsible for the Holocaust accountable for their actions during wartime.
What were the
NUREMBERG TRIALS
500
Sod Houses, barbed wire, cow chips, and creepy children were associated with this region of the United States.
What is the
GREAT PLAINS
500
This Supreme Court case found that "separate but equal" was UNCONSTITUTIONAL.