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100

What happened on July 4th, 1776?

Independence Day. On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress unanimously adopted the Declaration of Independence, announcing the colonies' separation from Great Britain.

100

What was the Industrial Revolution?

The Industrial Revolution was the transition from creating goods by hand to using machines. Its start and end are widely debated by scholars, but the period generally spanned from about 1760 to 1840.

100

What was Hiroshima and Nagasaki

When the US used atomic bombs to end WW2 with Japan.

100

What is communism?

a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.


100

What is the meaning of providing inexpensive housing outside the city?

Growth of Suburbs.
200

What is the Declaration of Independence?

The Declaration of Independence is one of the most important documents in the history of the United States. It was an official act taken by all 13 American colonies in declaring independence from British rule.
200

What were muckrakers?

A person who searches for and tries to expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or other wrongdoing, especially in politics:The original muckrakers were the journalists who exposed child labor, sweatshops, poor living and working conditions, and government inefficiency in the early 20th century.



200

What was the Big Stick Policy

The idea is negotiating peacefully but also having strength in case things go wrong. Simultaneously threatening with the "big stick", or the military, ties in heavily with the idea of Realpolitik, which implies a pursuit of political power that resembles Machiavellian ideals.



200

the worst economic downturn in US history. It began in 1929 and did not abate until the end of the 1930s. The stock market crash of October 1929. By 1933, unemployment was at 25 percent and more than 5,000 banks had gone out of business.

The Great Depression.

200

What caused the baby boom?

This generation of "baby boomers" was the result of a strong postwar economy, in which Americans felt confident they would be able to support a larger number of children.
300

What are the bill of rights?

The Bill of Rights is the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution. It spells out Americans' rights in relation to their government. It guarantees civil rights and liberties to the individual.
300

What was urbanization?

Cities grew because industrial factories required large workforces and workers and their families needed places to live near their jobs. Factories and cities attracted millions of immigrants looking for work and a better life in the United States.

300

Maine was a United States Navy ship that sank in Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898, contributing to the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in April. U.S. newspapers, engaging in yellow journalism to boost circulation, claimed that the Spanish were responsible for the ship's destruction.

U.S.S. Maine.

300

What was buying on margin.

The practice of buying an asset where the buyer pays only a percentage of the asset's value and borrows the rest from the bank or a broker.

300

A revolutionary organization with an ideology of Black nationalism, socialism, and armed self-defense, particularly against police brutality. 

The Black Panther Group.

400

What was Shay's Rebellion? 

Shays' Rebellion was a series of violent attacks on courthouses and other government properties in Massachusetts that began in 1786 and led to a full-blown military confrontation in 1787.
400

What were the knights of labor?

The Knights of Labor was a union founded in 1869. The Knights pressed for the eight-hour work day for laborers, and embraced a vision of a society in which workers, not capitalists, would own the industries in which they labored. The Knights also sought to end child labor and convict labor.
400

What was Executive Order 9066?

Executive Order 9066 was signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942. The order led to the incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II.

400

What were Hoovervilles

A "Hooverville" was a shanty town built during the Great Depression by the homeless in the United States.

400

What is civil disobedience?

The refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines, as a peaceful form of political protest.

500

What was the Social Contract?

Social contract theory says that people live together in society in accordance with an agreement that establishes moral and political rules of behavior. Some people believe that if we live according to a social contract, we can live morally by our own choice and not because a divine being requires it.
500

What were tenant housing?

A tenement is a type of building shared by multiple dwellings, typically with flats or apartments on each floor and with shared entrance stairway access. They are common on the British Isles, particularly in Scotland.
500

What were victory gardens?

First promoted during World War I, war gardening, or victory gardens, provided American citizens an opportunity to assist with the war effort. Americans were encouraged to produce their own food, planting vegetable gardens in their backyards, churchyards, city parks, and playgrounds.

500

What was the Harlem Renaissance.

The Harlem Renaissance was a period of rich cross-disciplinary artistic and cultural activity among African Americans between the end of World War I (1917) and the onset of the Great Depression and lead up to World War II (the 1930s).

500

What act authorized the building of highways throughout the nation?

The Interstate Highway Act of 1956.

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