A time of economic downfall in the United States. So much of a downfall the unemployment rate plumeted and the amount of homeless people reached a new high.
What is The Great Depression?
100
This woman wa a prominant leader for women's sufferage and feminist who played a huge role in getting the 19th Amendment passed.
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
100
The Gilded Age attracted millions of ___________ into the U.S. from Europe.
What is immigrants?
100
The country that the Americas were assisting to gain their independence.
What is Cuba?
100
This football team won the 48th Super Bowl.
What is the Seattle Seahawks?
200
The era that focused on reform and moving forward as a nation.
What is The Progressive Era?
200
This woman was a leading muckraker during the progressive era. She is most famous for her book, "The History of the Standard Oil Company" written in 1904.
Who is Ida Tarbell?
200
A practice where a political party, after winning an election, gives government jobs to its supporters, friends and relatives.
What is a spoil system?
200
This document was negotiated on terms favorable to the U.S. to end the Spanish-American War.
What is the 1898 Treaty of Paris?
200
This Academy Award winning actor was found dead in his New York apartment on Sunday.
Who is Philip Seymour Hoffman?
300
A time after World War I that pushed America's CULTURE to a new edge.
What is the Roaring 20s?
300
This woman was an American social activist, abolitionist, and leading figure of the early women's rights movement. She focused on other aspects of women's rights other than voting.
Who is Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
300
A political organization in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses, who receive rewards for their efforts.
What is a political machine?
300
This territory is still a territory of the U.S. as a result of the Spanish American War.
What is Puerto Rico?
300
In this capital city a school shooting took place, killing two people. A school shooting is not common at all in this region of the world. (Asking for the name of the city and country)
What is Moscow, Russia?
400
The age where corruption and big business ran the nation.
What is the Gilded Age?
400
This woman was once a first lady of the United States who spoke out for not only women's right, but for human rights in general. She later became a delegate for the United Nations.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
400
This Era mobilized millions of private citizens to vote against the machines.
What is the Progressive Era?
400
This is the counrty that Cuba was rebelling against during the Spanish American War.
What is Spain?
400
This pop sensation was recently deported back to Canada.
Who is Justin Bieber?
500
This aided the United States in getting out of the Great Depression. It is not exactly an era or a specific age, but more of an event that drastically put our country on the map.
What is World War II?
500
She was the first woman to be appointed into the the U.S. Cabinet. She was the Secretary of Labor.
Who is Frances Perkins?
500
Many women were very disappointed that the voting rights in the ____________ Amendment was not extended to them even after they helped to get it ratified.
What is the Fifteenth Amendment?
500
This sinking of this ship is a big contributing factor in the U.S. getting into the Spanish American War.
What is The USS Maine?
500
This smart phone game has recently caused a maddening effect of many teens across the nation.