Progressive Era
US Becomes World Power
World War I
20's/Depression
World War II
100
John Muir
Who was an early environmentalist?
100
2 Cents per acre
What is Alaska?
100
Archduke killed
What started WWI?
100
First radio station in US
What is KDKA Pittsgurgh?
100
Japanese citizens sent here.
What are internment camps?
200
Upton Sinclair
Who wrote about filthy meat packing?
200
Queen Lil
Who was the ruler of Hawaii?
200
Machine guns and poison gas
What were new weapons in WWI?
200
First solo flight across Atlantic Ocean
Who is Charles Lindbergh?
200
US ships destroyed by Japanese.
What is Pearl Harbor?
300
Andrew Carnegie
Who started the steel industry?
300
Blowing this up got US into the Spanish/American War.
What is the USS Maine?
300
Type of fighting used in WWI
What is Trench Warfare?
300
Chicago gangster during prohibition
Who is Al Capone?
300
Millions of innocent people killed in concentration camps.
What is the holocaust?
400
Trust Buster
Who was Teddy Roosevelt?
400
Rough Riders
What was Teddy Roosevelt's fighting unit in Cuba?
400
The sinking of this passenger ship got the US into WWI.
What is the Lusitania?
400
Depression shanty towns
What are Hoovervilles?
400
Code name for developing the A-Bomb
What is the Manhattan Project?
500
Alice Paul
Who fought for women's rights?
500
Building this saved time and money.
What is the Panama Canal?
500
He wrote the 14 points for peace.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
500
Provided jobs during the depression
What is the WPA or CCC?
500
She symbolized women workers in WWII.
Who is Rosey the Riviter?
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