WW1
The assassination of this Archduke of Austria-Hungary in Sarajevo sparked the beginning of World War 1.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Industrialist who became known as the "Steel King" and changed the steel industry with the Bessemer process.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
Was the U.S president that initiated many progressive reforms and helped break up monopolies.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
What event, which began in 1929, marked the beginning of the Great Depression?
What is the Stock Market Crash?
The cultural movement centered in Harlem that celebrated African American culture in the 1920's.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
This alliance, made up of France, Russia, and the United Kingdom, opposed the Central Powers during World War I.
What is the Triple Entente?
This man became the wealthiest American of the Gilded Age by creating the Standard Oil Company.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
This woman was a key leader in the women's suffrage movement, helping to secure the right to vote for women in 1920?
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
program, created by Franklin D. Roosevelt, provided financial assistance to the elderly and unemployed, during the Great Depression.
What is Social Security?
Was the name of the trial that questioned the teaching of evolution in schools in 1925. A teacher got fired for trying to teach it.
What is the Scope's Trial?
This 1917 event saw the U.S. enter the war after Germany resumed unrestricted submarine warfare and attempted to form an alliance with Mexico.
What is the Zimmermann Telegram?
A politcal machine, led by William "Boss Tweed, which controlled much of New York City's government during this time, and was notorious for its corruption
What is Tammany Hall?
The 1919 amendment to the U.S Constitution giving women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
This Environmental disaster in the Midwest during the 1930's that caused severe dust storms and agriculture to be destroyed.
What is the Dust Bowl?
This amendment to the U.S Constitution made alcohol illegal in the United States.
What is the 18th Amendment?
This military strategy, most famously used on the Western Front, involved soldiers fighting from long, fortified ditches, leading to a stalemate for much of the war.
What is Trench Warfare?
This refers to businesses buying out other businesses in which their competing with to control the industry around them.
What is a Monopoly?
This person was a muckraking journalist who exposed the unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry by writing a book "The Jungle".
Who is Upton Sinclair?
The name of the group that of government programs that aimed to provide relief, recovery, and reform during the Great Depression.
What is the New Deal?
The name of the event that involved the government accepting bribes for oil drilling rights during the Harding Administration.
What is the Teapot Dome Scandal?
This treaty, signed in 1919, officially ended World War I and imposed harsh penalties and territorial losses on Germany.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This 1890 law, intended to curb monopolies and restore competition, was the first federal attempt to regulate big business practices and prevent trusts that stifled competition in industries like railroads and oil.
What is the Sherman Anti-trust Act?
This movement aimed to make government more accountable to the people and reduce corruption.
What is the Progressive Movement?
Term usedd to describe President Herbert Hoover's belief that the government should not intervene in the economy during the early years of the Great Depression.
What is Laissez-faire?
This term refers to the young women of the 1920s known for their unconventional style, bobbed hair, and love of jazz music, challenging traditional societal norms.
What are flappers?