The Industrial Revolution
This invention by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876 revolutionized communication by allowing people to speak to each other over long distances.
What is the telephone
Which amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920?
What is the 19th Amendment
This island nation was annexed by the United States in 1898.
What is Hawaii
This alliance system included Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire.
What are the Central Powers
This constitutional amendment, ratified in 1919, banned the manufacture and sale of alcohol in the United States.
What is the 18th Amendment
Rapid industrial growth and job demand caused many people to move to cities, leading to this major change in population patterns.
What is urbanization?
This reformer used photography and writing to expose poor urban living conditions. Hint: He wrote How the Other Half Lives
Purchased from Russia in 1867, this territory was called “Seward’s Folly” before gold and oil were discovered.
What is Alaska
This new style of fighting, marked by long trenches and stalemates, dominated the Western Front.
What is trench warfare
Illegal bars during Prohibition were known by this secretive name.
What are speakeasies
These poor, crowded living and working conditions in cities sparked calls for reform in the late 1800s.
What are tenements and sweatshops?
Theses people exposed corruption in society.
Who are muckrakers
The U.S. defeated Spain in this 1898 war, gaining control of the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico.
What is the Spanish-American War
The United States entered World War I in 1917 largely due to unrestricted submarine warfare and this intercepted telegram.
What is the Zimmermann Telegram
This music genre, popularized by artists like Louis Armstrong, became the soundtrack of the Roaring Twenties.
What is jazz
Where did immigrants from Europe arrive?
What is Ellis Island
This practice, common in the 19th century, involved giving government jobs to political supporters and friends rather than qualified candidates.
What is the spoils system
Reporting by newspapers, known as this, helped push the U.S. toward war with Spain.
What is yellow journalism?
This 1919 treaty officially ended World War I and placed heavy penalties on Germany.
What is the Treaty of Versailles
This silent film star and director was one of the biggest celebrities of the Roaring Twenties.
Who is Charlie Chaplin
This group formed in response to unsafe factory working conditions and low pay.
What are labor unions?
This 1906 novel by Upton Sinclair exposed unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry, leading to new food safety laws.
What is The Jungle?
The U.S. built this waterway after supporting a rebellion in Panama, increasing trade and military movement between oceans.
What is the Panama Canal
This assassination triggered the outbreak of World War I
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
This notorious Chicago gangster made millions through bootlegging during Prohibition and was eventually imprisoned for tax evasion.
Who is Al Capone