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?
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 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?
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?
October 29th, 1929, known as "Black Tuesday," indicates the start of this.
What is the Wall Street Crash of 1929?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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 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?
What is Chicago?
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?
Economic system favored by Herbert Hoover 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?
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
This "robber baron" owned several railroads like the New York Central Railroad, and even some mansions right here in Newport. Today, a Tennessee university proudly bears his last name.
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?
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?
Allegedly due to his large mouth, famed jazz musician Louis Armstrong earned this nickname from his peers.
What is Satchmo?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt suffered from this disease, leaving his legs permanently paralyzed.
What is polio?