Progressive Era
He was the Progressive president behind the "Square Deal", aimed at protecting consumers, regulating big business, and conserving natural resources.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
This 1898 war marked America’s emergence as an imperial power.
What is the Spanish-American War?
This new technology brought music, news, and sports into American homes in the 1920s.
What is the radio?
This president believed in voluntary cooperation and did little federal intervention during the Depression.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
This president launched the "New Deal" to address the Great Depression.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This amendment granted women the right to vote in 1920.
What is the 19th Amendment?
This sensationalist news style exaggerated events to stir public support for war. in the late 19th century.
What is yellow journalism?
This economic practice let Americans buy stocks with borrowed money in the 1920s.
What is buying on margin?
These makeshift towns for the homeless were named to criticize President Hoover.
What are Hoovervilles? (Will also accept Shantytowns)
After FDR won 4 straight elections (though he died during his 4th term) congress passed this amendment, which limits U.S. presidents to two terms in office.
What is the 22nd Amendment?
This animal was nearly driven to extinction as part of local and corporate efforts to weaken Native American tribes.
What is the buffalo?
This volunteer cavalry unit, led by Theodore Roosevelt, became famous for their charge up San Juan Hill.
Who are the Rough Riders?
This mass-production innovation by Henry Ford revolutionized manufacturing.
What is the assembly line?
This environmental disaster hit the Great Plains during the 1930s due to windstorms and poor farming practices
What is the Dust Bowl?
This agency was created to regulate the stock market and prevent abuses that led to the crash.
What is the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)?
These schools aimed to erase Native American culture and force assimilation.
What are Native American boarding schools? (will also accept boarding schools)
These three territories were gained by the United States as a result of victory in the Spanish-American War.
What are the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam?
This event marked the start of the Great Depression in 1929.
What is the Stock Market Crash?
This group of World War I veterans marched on Washington to demand early bonus payments.
Who is the Bonus Army?
This program provided retirement pensions and unemployment insurance for Americans.
What is Social Security?
This act divided tribal land and tried to force Native Americans to farm individually.
What is the Dawes Act?
This explosion of a U.S. battleship in Havana Harbor was a major trigger for the war.
What is the sinking of the USS Maine?
This economic condition, where production exceeds demand, led to declining prices and profits before the crash.
What is overproduction?
This event on Tuesday, October 29, 1929, marked the beginning of the Great Depression as the stock market officially crashed.
What is Black Tuesday?
This government agency was created in 1933 to insure individual bank deposits and restore trust in the U.S. banking system.
What is the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)?