Workers formed these to negotiate pay, hours and working conditions
What is Labor Unions
100
This sinking of this British ship with Americans on board outraged American citizens and eventually led to the U.S. entering WWI
What is the Lusitania
100
Japanese suicide fighter pilots
Who were kamikazes?
100
This man is responsible for the term "McCarthyism"
What is Senator Joseph McCarthy
200
This man invented the electric light bulb
What is Thomas Edison
200
This was the movement of people from the countryside to towns and cities
What is urbanization
200
Policy which separated the U.S. from other countries' affairs
What is Isolationism
200
This regulated the amount of goods that a consumer could obtain
What is rationing
200
Two areas of study that were the main focus during the Cold War
What is Math and Science
300
This railroad led to increasing expansion westward
What is Transcontinental Railroad
300
President Lincoln signed this act which stated any citizens meeting certain requirements could occupy 160 acres of government land
What is Homestead Act (1862)
300
This mans goal was to build a car that everyone could afford. Started to produce the Model T in 1905
What is Henry Ford
300
This was the forced march of American prisoners of war in the Philippines by the Japanese
What is the Bataan Death March
300
This amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18
What is the 26th Amendment
400
This made the production of steel more economical
What is Bessemer Process (Henry Bessemer)
400
This allows the people to remove elected officials from office prior to the next scheduled election
What is Recall
400
Survival of the Fittest
What is Social Darwinism
400
This battle of the turning point in the Pacific in favor of the allied forces
What is the Battle of Midway
400
This was created by President Nixon in order to better protect the environment
What is Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
500
This man was the author of the Mein Kampf and responsible for extermination of 6 million Jews in Germany.
Who is Adolf Hitler?
500
Theodore Roosevelt raised this volunteer force to fight in the Spanish-American War
What is the Rough Riders
500
This man wrote the "Grapes of Wrath," which was based on which era in U.S. history
What is the Great Depression
500
By the creation of this organization, each member pledged to defend every other member in attacked. The Soviet Union created the Warsaw Pact in response
What is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
500
This presidents radio addresses known as "Fireside Chats" were used to explain his policies and create optimism in order to restore confidence of the American public