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A fire in 1871 destroyed this city
What is Chicago?
The Populist Party promoted the free coinage of
What is silver?
The first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
Who is Charles Lindbergh?
The lawyer that won the Scopes Trial
Who is William Jennings Bryan?
The act which further opened the Great Plains for settlement
What is the Homestead Act?
His assassination led to the beginning of WWI
Who is (Archduke) Franz Ferdinand?
The country which left WWI after signing the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
What is Russia?
The act which created a government fund for unemployment and old-age insurance
What is the Social Security Act?
Served two non-consecutive terms
Who is Grover Cleveland?
Promoted dollar diplomacy
Who is William H. Taft?
Remembered for the Teapot Dome Scandal
Who is Warren G. Harding?
Organized the first successful national labor union
Who is Samuel Gompers?
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A company that has complete control over a market
What is a monopoly?
Founded the NAACP
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
The practice of buying risky investments for the chance of making quick profit
What is speculation?
Invented the first incandescent light bulb
Who is Thomas Edison?
The author of Wealth of Nations
Who is Adam Smith?
A rapid increase in prices due to an increase in the amount of money in circulation
What is inflation?
The first battle of the Spanish-American War was fought here
Where is the Philippines?
The idea which promotes a utopian classless society where government is unnecessary
What is Communism?
The name which was given to the countries that sided with Germany in WWI
What is Central Powers?
The treaty that ended WWI was signed here
Where is Versailles?
The profits that are earned on stocks
What are dividends?
The government project which brought hydroelectric power to the mid-South
What is the Tennessee Valley Authority?
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President Hoover's belief regarding the best way to help those in need during the Great Depression
What is families, churches, charities, and neighbors should help the needy?
Investigated Communist activities in America
Who is J. Edgar Hoover?
Lectured against evolution in colleges and universities
Who is Harry Rimmer?
The first transcontinental railroad was completed at
Where is Promontory Summit, Utah?
Developed an inexpensive method for tuning iron ore into steel
Who is Sir Henry Bessemer?
The law which required all men from twenty-one to thirty years old to register with a draft board
What is the Selective Service Act?
The famous baseball player who became an evangelist
Who is Billy Sunday?
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The socialist economist in Great Britain who influenced the "brain trust"
Who is John Maynard Keynes?