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100

These were the years that World War I started and ended

What is 1914 and 1918?

100

These were the years that World War II started and ended

What is 1939 and 1945?

100

This 1913 amendment allowed for the direct election of U.S. Senators by the people rather than by state legislatures

What is the 17th Amendment?
100

This day, marked by a massive stock market crash, is often considered the start of the Great Depression

What is Black Tuesday?

100

This U.S. battleship exploded in Havana Harbor in 1898, leading to the Spanish-American War

What is the USS Maine?

200

This American president led the United States during World War I and proposed the Fourteen Points for peace

Who is Woodrow Wilson?

200

This surprise Japanese attack on a US navy base resulted in the US joining World War II

What is Pearl Harbor?

200

This term describes journalists who exposed corruption and injustice during the Progressive Era

What are Muckrakers?

200

Roosevelt's New Deal focused on these 3 "R's" (Must have in order)

What is Relief, Recovery, Reform?

200

After the Spanish-American War, the United States got control over these three territories.

What are the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam?

300

This is the emperor of the German reich during between 1888 and 1918, leading Germany through WWI.

Who is Kaiser Wilhelm II?

300

This battle in the Soviet Union was a turning point on the Eastern Front, ending in a Soviet victory

What is the Battle of Stalingrad?

300

This 1906 book by Upton Sinclair exposed unsanitary conditions in workplace, leading to federal food safety laws.

What is "The Jungle?"

300

This public works program funded the construction of roads, schools, and other infrastructure projects to combat unemployment

What is the WPA?

300

This naval battle in the Philippines resulted in a victory for the United States and the end of Spanish colonial rule in that region.

What is the Battle of Manila Bay

400

This communication from Germany to Mexico tried to create an alliance against the United States during WWI, ended up being intercepted

What is Zimmermann Telegram?

400

This 1941 policy allowed the United States to supply Allied nations with war materials before entering the war

What is the Lend-Lease Act?

400

This 1911 fire in a New York City factory resulted in the deaths of 146 workers and led to reforms in labor laws and workplace safety standards

What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire?

400

This New Deal program was created in 1933 to provide jobs for young men in environmental projects, such as planting trees and building parks

What is the Civilian Conservation Corps?

400

This 1898 amendment to the U.S. Constitution said that the United States did not mean to annex Cuba but only to help it get independence from Spain

What is the Teller Amendment?

500

This 1917 act gave the U.S. federal government the power to draft men into military service

What is the Selective Service Act?

500

This 1942 act signed by FDR placed over 120,000 Japanese Americans into internment camps

What is Executive Order 9066?

500

This naturalist founded the Sierra Club in 1892 and helped establish national parks like Yosemite

Who is John Muir?

500

This New Deal legislation established the FDIC to protect bank deposits and restore trust in the banking system

What is the Glass-Steagall Act?

500

This style of journalism often had false stories helped gain support for the Spanish-American War.

What is Yellow Journalism

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