Reconstruction/Moving West
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 "spark" that started WWI was the assassination of this man.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
The "new woman" of the 1920s, known for bobbed hair, makeup, short skirts, and alleged promiscuity.
What is a flapper?
A share of a company one can purchase on a certain market.
What is a stock?
Founded by Confederate General Nathaniel Bedford Forrest, this group reigned terror upon anyone not white or Protestant throughout the American South.
What is the Ku Klux Klan (or KKK/Klan)?
Members of this movement were victorious with the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920, but there was still (and probably is) more work to be done.
What is Women's Suffrage?
The four main causes of World War I.
What are militarism, alliances, industrialism, and nationalism.
This borough of New York, New York, was home of a rebirth of African American culture in the 1920s.
What is Harlem?
This President promised a "New Deal" for Americans in the 1930s.
Who is FDR?
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?
Immigrants from this country came to the United States in droves during the 19th century, settling in places like Milwaukee and St. Louis, where they brewed beer. Prost!
What is Germany?
Despite being a major part of the war, this country found itself uninvited to post-war peace talks with the "Big Four."
What is Russia?
Two Italian anarchists who were accused of murder and sentenced to death in Massachusetts. They may have actually done it, but at the time, there was not enough evidence for a fair trial.
Who are Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti?
October 29th, the single worst day of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, is better known by what "colorful" day?
What is Black Tuesday?
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 "robber baron" owned several railroads like the New York Central Railroad, and even some mansions right here in Newport. Today, a Nashville-based university proudly bears his last name.
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?
The sinking of this ship by German U-boats in 1915 prompted some Americans to call for entering into the war.
What is the RMS Lusitania?
Economic system favored by Calvin Coolidge and Republicans before him, meant a hands off approach. Maybe it didn't hurt people, but it definitely didn't help.
What is Laissez-faire?
These taxes on foreign goods entering the country were nothing new, but President Herbert Hoover's heavy use of them may have been one of the factors contributing to the Great Depression.
What is a tariff?
George Armstrong Custer led his men to into battle at this site in present-day Montana. It would prove to be a fateful decision.
What is Little Bighorn?
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?
A telegram sent to this man, the German ambassador to Mexico, was intercepted and leaked to the American press, helping sparking enough outrage for Congress and the President to take action.
What is the Teapot Dome scandal?
The "Three R's" of the First New Deal. Basic descriptors for the various programs introduced in the early 1930s.
What are relief, recovery, and reform?
This 1887 Act removed Native Americans from their lands, pushing them West and taking away their culture under the guise of helping them assimilate.
What is the Dawes Act of 1887
What is Chicago?
These are three 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?
Allegedly due to his large mouth, this famous jazz musician was known by the nickname "Satchmo" by many of his peers.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt suffered from this disease, leaving his legs permanently paralyzed.
What is polio?