I became famous as leader of the Rough Riders in 1898.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
100
In 1910 this began as a mass movement of African Americans from the South to the North. It peaked during World War I.
What is the Great Migration?
100
In 1867, America acquired this northern region from Russia which eventually became our 49th state.
What is Alaska?
100
American troops fought along a series of trenches in a region of France known as this.
What is the Western Front?
100
Portable machine guns and these flying machines were new weapons used in WWI.
What are airplanes?
200
I was president during World War I.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
200
At the end of this conflict, an influenza outbreak killed millions across the world.
What is World War I?
200
Despite a three year bloody uprising from 1899-1902, the US controlled this group of Asian islands until 1946.
What is the Philippines?
200
He betrayed his 1916 campaign slogan "he kept us out of war".
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
200
The American civil liberty of free speech was attacked by this 1918 law which made it illegal to criticize the War or the government.
What is the Espionage and Sedition Act?
300
I was the general in charge of America's army during World War I.
Who is John Pershing?
300
Sanford Dole and various American farmers overthrew Hawaii's monarchy during this decade.
What is the 1890s?
300
This 1900 policy kept China open to trade from all nations.
What is the Open Door Policy?
300
Wilson's primary goal in WWI was this.
What is to make the world safe for democracy and/or create a lasting peace through the League of Nations?
300
Because the Senate refused to approve the Treaty of Versailles, America followed this foreign policy in the 1920s and 30s.
What is isolationism?
400
I am one of the two suffragettes who demanded the vote for women in response to their work during World War I.
Who is Carrie Chapman Catt or Alice Paul?
400
In February 1898, an explosion on board this ship sitting in Cuba led directly to the start of the Spanish American War.
What is the Battleship Maine?
400
William Randolph Hearst and other newspaper editors jump started the age of empire building through the use of this style of journalism which uses false information.
What is yellow journalism?
400
As a result of WWI, African Americans and this group of people gained employment in factories building weapons.
What is women?
400
America's empire was largely centered around this body of salt water.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
500
I am a forgotten admiral who led America's navy against the Spanish fleet in the Philippines in May 1898.
Who is George Dewey?
500
In 1904, the Roosevelt Corollary gave the US the power to police (or watch over) this region of the world.
What is Latin America or the Western Hemisphere?
500
This was built NOT as a result of the Spanish American War but as a need to protect our Empire.
What is the Panama Canal?
500
Unrestricted _______ warfare directly led to America's entry into WWI.
What is submarine or U-boat?
500
The election of 1912 pitted Wilson against these two individuals, a former and current president.