Famous Figures
Known as the "Trust Buster", he was President of the United States from 1901 to 1909.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
President of the United States from 1913 to 1921, he initially ran on a campaign of keeping the U.S. out of war.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
Ratified January 1919, this Amendment created a federal prohibition of alcohol.
What is the 18th Amendment?
NAACP
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?
One of the great American composers, he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and contributed to the Great American Songbook. Not bad, considering he wasn't born in the United States.
Who is Irving Berlin?
The sinking of this ship in 1915 by a German U-Boat was one of the factors that led the U.S. to enter World War I.
What is the Lusitania?
This scandal involved Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall leasing federal oil reserves to private companies in 1922. After the investigation, he became the first cabinet secretary to go to prison. I guess they needed a "fall" guy.
What is the Teapot Dome Scandal?
CCC
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps?
A philosopher and author from Illinois, she was a leading figure in the women's suffrage movement and a founding member of the American Civil Liberties Union in 1920.
Who is Jane Addams?
Celebrated in November, this holiday marks the ending of World War I at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918.
What is Armistice Day?
This movement in the 1920's was an intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, and scholarship.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
WPA
What is the Works Progress Administration?
A progressive Governor from Wisconsin and presidential candidate, "Fighting Bob" was ironically against U.S. involvement in World War I.
Who is Robert La Follette?
Officially ending the war in 1919, this treaty set the terms of peace and called for the founding of the League of Nations.
The Treaty of Versailles.
In July 1925, this trial drew attention to the teaching of evolution in classrooms and if it was legal.
What is the Scopes Monkey Trial?
TVA
What is the Tennessee Valley Authority?
Nicknamed "The Kingfish", this left-wing governor of Louisiana openly criticized Franklin Delano Roosevelt for not being radical enough in his social reforms before his assassination in 1935.
Who is Huey Long?
This nation received the Zimmerman Telegram in 1917, asking them to invade the United States to prevent them from fighting in Europe.
What is Mexico?
Coined by Warren G. Harding, this term is what the United States would strive for in the post-war society.
What is Normalcy?
NRA
What is the National Recovery Administration?