1870s-1880s
On March 31, 1877, President Rutherford B. Hayes allegedly agreed to the Compromise of 1877, removing soldiers from Southern states and effectively ending this era of United States History.
What is Reconstruction?
In 1890, the Sherman Antitrust Act was passed, specifically targeting the growth of this, when one company has complete control of an industry.
What is a monopoly?
On August 26th, 1920, the 19th Amendment was passed, giving this demographic of people the right to vote.
What are women?
In 1932, this Governor of New York beat Herbert Hoover in the Presidential Election. He would serve for another 13 years, the only president to ever do so.
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)?
According to the Warren Commission, on November 22nd, 1963, this President was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald.
Who is John F. Kennedy (JFK)?
After Reconstruction, laws that were purposefully discriminatory against black people in the United States were known as these types of laws, named for a character in minstrel shows.
What are Jim Crow Laws?
On September 14th, 1901, President William McKinley was assassinated and was replaced by this vice president, the namesake for the Teddy Bear.
Who is Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt?
The Sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman Telegram led to the United States joining WWI, specifically against this European nation.
What is Germany?
During the Great Depression, run-down neighborhoods were called these-villes, named for the President who was given most of the blame for the Great Depression.
Who is Hoover?
This movement, spearheaded by people such as Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X, was called this.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
During the 1870s, many believed that the United States was destined to expand westward. This belief was known as this.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This era, starting in the 1890s, was marked by the belief that reform could bring about more social justice (think about Flo from that insurance company).
What is the Progressive Era?
On October 24th, 1929, the Stock Market crashed, an event known as Black Tuesday; it would lead to this world-wide economic collapse.
What is the Great Depression?
On December 7th, 1941, this Hawaiian naval based was bombed Japan, prompting the United States to join WWII.
What is Pearl Harbor?
What is Communism?
Coined by Mark Twain, this era of United States History is considered to have lasted from the late 1870s to the 1900s and was characterized by exaggerated fantasies of prosperity.
What is the Gilded Age?
In 1906, Upton Sinclair published The Jungle, which showcased the horrors of this industry. The Food and Drug Administration would be created the same year.
What is meatpacking/food?
On June 28, 1914, this Archduke was assassinated in Sarajevo, kick-starting WWI (if you like the song Take Me Out, you should know this guy).
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
The United States officially joined WWII on December 11th, 1941, joining these three countries in the Allied Powers.
What are The United Kingdom, France, and China?
Growing tensions between Russia and the United States led to this "war" that featured no battles and lasted well through the 1990s.
What is the Cold War?
In 1872, Horace Greeley lost the Presidential Election to this man, who is now featured on the $50 bill. Greeley would die one month later.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
The S in NAWSA stands for this, which means the right to vote, and in this case, the right for women to vote.
What is suffrage?
This president proposed a League of Nations through his 14 Points, but Congress decided against joining it.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
After FDR's death in April of 1945, this man would assume the presidency and authorize the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
The United States' involvement in the war in this South Asian escalated in 1965 with Lyndon B. Johnson's approval of Operation Rolling Thunder.
What is Vietnam?