World War I
The Jazz Age
The Great Depression
World War II
100
This President ran on a campaign of peace in 1916, bragging that he kept America out of the war. (After reelection, in 1917, he then asked Congress to declare war.)
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
100
This classic novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald best captures the essence of the Jazz Age.
What is The Great Gatsby?
100
Dubbed "Black Thursday" considered the major catalyst for the Great Depression, what crash started on October 24, 1929?
What is the Stock Market? (Specifically the Dow Jones Industrial Average)
100
This is the ideology most often associated with Adolf Hitler and Hideki Tojo?
What is fascism?
200
In his state of the union address in 1918, President Wilson outlined this series of proposals that would end World War I.
What are the Fourteen Points?
200
Prohibited by this constitutional Amendment, America went dry on January 17, 1920.
What is the Eighteenth Amendment?
200
A jab at the President for his inability to solve the Great Depression, these makeshift shanty towns popped up all across America in the 1930s.
What are Hoovervilles?
200
The NAACP prompted this campaign with the slogan, "victory at home and victory abroad"
What is the Double V campaign?
300
In an effort to promote 100% Americanism at home during the war, this food was renamed Liberty Cabbage.
What is sauerkraut?
300
This term is descriptive of a style in the 1920s for women. More than just fashion (short skirts and bobbed hair), it was a style of attitude, as women rejected norms and expectations.
What is a flapper?
300
Taking office in 1933, This president proclaimed that "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself" implying that Americans should not let anxiety over the Great Depression consume them.
Who was Franklin Roosevelt?
300
Atomic bombs were dropped on these two cities in August 1945.
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
400
In 1919, world leaders met in France to negotiate this treaty ending World War I.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
400
Indicative of America's ambivalence towards change and reluctance to let go of old values, this 1925 court case became more about the pulse of America than the teaching of evolution.
What was the Scopes Monkey Trial? (Tennessee v. Scopes)
400
Signed into law in 1935, this Act guaranteed income to retired workers. This provided a safety net for the old and allowed more jobs to open up for the young.
What is the Social Security Act?
400
On June 6, 1944, D Day, Allied Troops landed here. This is considered the most significant turning point in the war on the European front.
What is Normandy, France?
500
The Supreme Court ruled in this case that wartime authority justified restricting freedoms. The Court established the "clear and present danger" test.
What is Shenck v. United States (1919)?
500
On December 26, 1919, this baseball team chose to trade George Herman "Babe" Ruth to the New York Yankees. This trade is seen as the flourishing of his career and the start of the nadir for the team that traded him.
Who are the Boston Red Sox?
500
This event ended the Great Depression.
What was World War II?
500
This executive order created military relocation centers across America. The result was the internment of American citizens because of their racial ancestry.
What is Executive Order 9066?