Progressive Era
A "muckraker" is known as this
journalist who would exposes corruption, scandal, or other wrongs
OR
journalist who raked up the "bad stuff" of society
President McKinley was the President who was:
A. Assassinated
B. Impeached
C. Died in a Bathtub
A. Assassinated
Who was the President at the start of the Great Depression?
Herbert Hoover
Who were the Allied Powers?
France
Russia
Great Britain
United States
The Japanese attacked the United States here, which pulled the U.S. into WWII
Attacked at Pearl Harbor
Who is Upton Sinclair?
This man wrote the book "Urban Jungle" when he tried to expose the bad working conditions of meat factories, instead he turned people's stomachs and helped bring the Food and Drug Administration.
During the 1920s, the neighborhood of Harlem gave black artists and performers a place to show their talents. Important people were Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Louis Armstrong. What is this period called?
The Harlem Renaissance
what were some of the things people did to get food during this time?
Bread lines, soup kitchens, rationing their own food, begging
(any one is an acceptable answer)
What was the attitude of the United States at the beginning of the War?
Isolationism
Which political ideology ruled in Germany during WWII?
Nazism
What did the Pure Food and Drug Act do?
Created regulations for food and medicines, all food had to have safe ingredients and proper regulations so that it was safe for customer consumption. (Consumer protection law)
The Roaring Twenties is also known as the...
The Jazz Age
What was the dust Bowl? What could it do to a person?
Dust storms/Suffocation or Choking
A devastating drought in the great plains region of the United States, this drought caused large swirling dust storms that hurt crops and choked out livestock.
People suffered with dust pneumonia, where they could get so much dust in their lungs that they could not breathe
This was a telegram, or note (that was discovered by British spies) that tried to convince Mexico to join Germany against the U.S. in World War I
Zimmerman Note
How did President Harry S. Truman justify the use of the Atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
He claimed it was in self-defense for the United States and to get "payback" for the attack on Pearl Harbor
Which President is remembered for conservation and the creation of national forests?
Theodore Roosevelt (Teddy)
DAILY DOUBLE
3 People from each group have 1 minute to answer this question, so grab a piece of paper and a pen. Write down your answer and a bid number of points.
Why did Prohibition fail?
(looking for two answers)
Need any two of the following:
failed to decrease the consumption of alcohol (only criminalized it)
increased corrupt activity within the government
increased criminal activity overall
failed to decrease tax burdens on taxpayers
DAILY DOUBLE QUESTION
3 People from each group have 1 minute to answer this question, so grab a piece of paper and a pen. Write down your answer and a bid number of points.
Name the causes of the Great Depression
(I'm looking for three)
Overproduction of goods
Overspeculation
Stock Market Crash of 1929
Espionage and Sedition Acts
reduced free speech of Americans during WWI (could not say anything against
Sedition Act made it a crime for an American to "print, utter, or publish...any false, scandalous, and malicious writing" about the government
Espionage Act outlawed false statements against the military operations (recruitment, encouraging insubordination, etc.)
Who was Rosie the Riveter?
A symbol of the female workforce in WWII, meant to encourage the "fight on the home front" for women in the weapons industries.
What was the 19th Amendment
Women's suffrage / Women's right to vote
What was the Red Scare a result of?
It was the result of paranoia and general fear of communism, especially after the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 that overthrew the Czar of Russia and replaced the monarchy with a communist government.
What were some main ideas from Franklin D. Roosevelt's "New Deal"?
(hint: three R's)
Relief
Reform
Recovery
DAILY DOUBLE
At the end of World War I, Germany had to pay reparations...what were some of these reparations?
Whichever group gets the most, receives the points:
Germany had to give up almost all of its army and navy.
Demilitarization of the Rhineland.
Germany had to give up all territory they had gained during the War.
Germany had to accept all responsibility for the war (War Guilt Clause).
What was rationing and how did it help the war effort?
Rationing was the deliberate limiting of particular foods in high demand. These foods would often be reserved and sent as resources meant for troops overseas.