Post Civil War
Inventions
Pre-WWI
Jazz Age
Great Depression
100
The first cattle trail that went from Northern Texas to Abilene, Kansas was called…
What is Chisholm Trail
100
Which inventor(s) is known for imagining and creating the telephone?
What is Alexander Graham Bell
100
What U.S. ship was sank by the Spanish in the Havana, Cuba Harbor?
What is the Maine
100
What famous African American wrote famous plays, poems, and novels during the early 20th century?
What is Langston Hughes
100
The area where dust caused severe problems during the Depression years is called the…
What is Dust Bowl
200
Which trail took a westerly route from Texas up to the Northern Territories?
What is Great Western Trail
200
Which inventor(s) is known for the first powered flight in an airplane?
What is Wright Brothers
200
Land that was set aside for Native American use was called…..
What is a reservation
200
An era when African American artists and writers expressed their talents was called…
What is Harlem Renaissance
200
Who was president during the Stock Market Crash of 1929?
What is Herbert Hoover
300
Why did the cattle trails come to an end at the end of the 1800’s?
What is railroads expanded
300
Which inventor(s) is known for coming up with the first light bulb and electricity?
What is Thomas Edison
300
The sinking of what ship led the U.S. into WWI?
What is Lusitania
300
Who was the famous hitter for the New York Yankees during the Roaring Twenties?
What is Babe Ruth
300
Which president came up with a plan to use government programs to help the nation recover from the Depression?
What is Franklin D. Roosevelt
400
What made life hard on the cattle trails?
What is disease, indian attacks, and accidents
400
Which inventor(s) is known for using agriculture (peanuts/sweet potatoes) to make products such as plastics, medicines, and flour?
What is George Washington Carver
400
Who was Louis Armstrong?
What is jazz musician
400
What person began using the assembly line to mass produce automobiles?
What is Henry Ford
400
The longest period of unemployment and low economic activity in modern times is known as
What is Great Depression
500
The link between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in Central America is called the what?
What is Panama Canal
500
A style of journalism that uses news stories sensationally or unethically to attract readers is called..
What is yellow journalism
500
Which New Deal program built dams in a seven-state region?
What is TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)
500
Who was the first man to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in his aircraft, “Spirit of St. Louis?”
What is Charles Lindbergh
500
The Roaring Twenties is also sometimes called…
What is Jazz Age
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