Reconstruction
This amendment abolished slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
Coined by Teddy Roosevelt, this term is used to describe journalists and authors who "dug up dirt" on issues of the era.
What is muckraking?
The "new woman" of the 1920s, known for bobbed hair, makeup, short skirts, and alleged promiscuity.
What is a flapper?
This President enacted the "New Deal" for Americans in the 1930s.
Who is FDR?
Following the end of slavery, southern plantation owners switched over to a system where they "rented" out parts of their land to newly-freed slaves. The rent? often times all of the crops they grew.
What is sharecropping?
This man served as President after Abraham Lincoln. Tough footsteps to follow, as he found out (he wasn't very well-liked)
Who is Andrew Johnson?
This titan of industry from Pittsburgh (via Scotland) dominated the steel industry for decades. Today, he has libraries, colleges, and even a New York music venue named after him.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
What is Chicago?
This is one of the nine new countries in Europe that resulted from the Treaty of Versailles.
What is...
Finland, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, or Hungary?
John D. Rockefeller's company, where he made his fortune.
What is Standard Oil Co.?
Allegedly due to his large mouth, famed jazz musician Louis Armstrong earned this nickname from his peers.
What is Satchmo?