Imperialism & WWI
The US declared war on Spain after this ship exploded in Havana Harbor
What is the USS Maine?
This trial symbolized the conflict between modernism and traditionalism in the 1920s.
What is the Scopes Trial?
The stock market crash of this year marked the start of the Great Depression.
What is 1929?
This attack led the US to enter WWII.
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
The University of Georgia.
This document was used by President Wilson to outline his peace plan after WWI
What are the Fourteen Points?
The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement celebrating this group's identity
Who are African Americans?
FDR addressed the American public with these informal radio talks
What are Fireside Chats?
These were temporary detention centers for Japanese Americans during WWII.
What are internment camps?
What sport did Ms. Gilbert play in high school?
Tennis
This 1917 law made it illegal to criticize the government during WWI.
What is the Espionage & Sedition Acts?
This amendment established Prohibition
What is the 18th Amendment?
This act created a system of old-age pensions and unemployment insurance
What is the Social Security Act?
What is the Lend-Lease Act?
What is Ms. Gilbert's favorite color?
Blue
This international organization, proposed by Wilson, was rejected by the US Senate
What is the League of Nations?
This group experienced a major resurgence during the 1920s, targeting immigrants, Catholics, and African Americans.
Who are the Ku Klux Klan?
What is the Works Progress Administration (WPA)?
This 1944 Supreme Court case upheld the government's internment policy.
What is Korematsu v. United States?
What is Ms. Gilbert's hometown?
Augusta, GA
The US acquired these three territories following the Spanish-American War.
What are the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico?
This policy aimed to reduce immigration from southern and eastern Europe
What is the National Origins Act of 1924?
This was FDR's plan to add more justices to Supreme Court to help gain favor for his New Deal Programs.
What is courtpacking?
This conference between Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin set plans for post-war Europe.
What is the Yalta Conference?
What year did Ms. Gilbert graduate high school?
2019