Great Depression
This major event kicked off the Great Depression in 1929.
Stock Market Crash; Black Tuesday/Thursday
This act passed in 1882 was the first piece of legislation to target a specific ethnic group.
Chinese Exclusion Act
This anti-trust act passed in the late 19th century was designed to break up corporate monopolies. It got very little use until Teddy Roosevelt became president.
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
This aesthetic and identity was mostly adopted by young women seeking to explore their independence through challenging social gender norms
Flapper
This young man working in service of the Serbian group the "Black Hand," assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie in June of 1914, kicking off a chain of events that led to WWI. He later died a tragic death from tuberculosis in prison.
Gavril Princip
A Laissez Faire president, when the depression set in, he simply stated, "This too shall pass."
Herbert Hoover
Passed in 1907, this "agreement" limited immigrant laborers from Japan but made exceptions for families of existing residents, students, and professionals.
Gentleman's Agreement
People writing exposes about poor living and working conditions and corruption during the progressive era were called what?
Muckrakers
18th
The sinking of the RMS Lusitania by a German submarine in 1915 killed roughly how many Americans?
128
A man made climate crisis, the Dust Bowl wreaked havoc on farmers particularly in the midwest. What was its primary cause?
At it's peak in 1920s America, the newly rebranded KKK had roughly how many members across the United States?
3-4 million; 3-4,000,000
What "age" that lasted from 1870 to roughly 1900 gave rise to the progressive era?
Gilded Age
Tulsa Massacre
Germany's "Zimmerman Telegram" intercepted by British intelligence in early 1917 announced Germany's intent to resume what?
Unrestricted submarine warfare
This 1930 act is an example of US protectionist tariffs gone wrong. It actually did more damage than good, as impacted countries imposed retaliatory tarrifs.
Smoot-Hawley Act
What pivotal Supreme Court case ushered in the era of Jim Crow segregation in the late 19th century?
Plessy v. Fergason
What did the 16th amendment do?
Authorized a federal income tax on individuals
Women gained the right to vote nationwide when the 19th amendment was signed in what year and by which president?
1920; Woodrow Wilson
This pandemic that began towards the end of WWI killed roughly 50 million people worldwide. Who was most susceptible to the virus?
Young, otherwise healthy people
At it's highest point, how many people were unemployed during the Great Depression?
thirteen million; 13,000,000
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
This 1929 Blease Act criminalized illegal entry and re-entry across the Souther border. What was the punishment for both illegal entry and illegal re-entry?
Illegal entry (misdemeanor)
Illegal re-entry (felony)
In the election of 1912, Teddy Roosevelt ran as an independent drawing support away from the incumbent president, William Taft. What was the name of the candidate that swooped in and won the election?
Woodrow Wilson
DAILY DOUBLE!
The prosecution and subsequent execution of Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti took place during as a result of what heightened period of fear in the 1920s?
Red Scare
The 1917 Espionage Act criminalized anti-war activities, such as interfering with draft or mishandling defense information. Which 1919 court case upheld charges against a socialist for passing out flyers urging young men to evade the draft?
Schenk v. United States