Geography
Gilded Age/Progressive Era
Imperialism and World Wars
1920s and Great Depression
Cold War and Politics
Random History
100
This 20th Century nation was actually a conglomeration of 15 different nations and the main opponent of the U.S. during the Cold War
USSR/Soviet Union
100
This Law forbade the immigration of Chinese immigrants...
Chinese Exclusion Act
100
This nasty infection was caused by wet and muddy conditions during the WWI
Trenchfoot
100
The 18th Amendment, and 21st Amendment, focused on...
Prohibition
100
This event nearly annihilated life as we know it...
The Cuban Missile Crisis
100
A bloody conflict led by John Brown between abolitionists and pro-slavery voters
Bloody Kansas
200
This island is where the Spanish-American war was primarily fought
Cuba!
200
Name 1 labor strike from this era
Answers will vary. Pullman Strike, Haymarket Riot, etc.
200
The Zimmerman Telegram was sent to this country by Germany...
Mexico
200
In order to combat the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt created this: a plan that consisted of social programs to help people recover from the Depression
The New Deal
200
This act guaranteed every person's right to freedom from discrimination...
The Civil Rights Act of 1964!
200
This side of the Civil War has a better trained military due to the abundance of military colleges
The South
300
This is the most dangerous border in the world known as the DMZ and 38th parallel divides these 2 countries.
North-South Korea
300
Robert M. La Follette, Sr., oversaw the creation of this amendment, which was the direct election of senators to prevent Presidents from putting unqualified friends into leadership positions.
17th Amendment
300
This independent nation was annexed by the U.S. in 1898 after pineapple farmers overthrew the queen
Hawaii!
300
Prior to the Harlem Renaissance, African Americans moved from the South to the North in great numbers in an event known as
The Great Migration
300
This was the name of the first artificial satellite and a cause of a major U.S. panic over a space-born nuclear assault...
Sputnik!
300
Originally named the Strategic Defense Initiative , this Reagan administration plan wanted to put satellites in space with fricken laser beams on their heads. It was nicknamed...
The Star Wars Project
400
These places became U.S. territories after the Spanish-American War.
Guam, Philippines, Puerto Rico
400
The Granger Movement was essentially a labor movement for this group of workers...
Farmers
400
Name 1 type of new technology used in WWI
Tanks, Machine guns, Planes, etc.
400
Name one acronym from FDR's alphabet soup (New Deal)
TVA, FDIC, SEC, AAA, etc.
400
Nixon's smoothing over of relations with the Soviet Union and China
Detente
400
JFKs failed invasion of Cuba is known as this:
HINT: There is an animal in the name
Bay of Pigs
500
As part of domino theory to prevent the spread of communism, the United States participated in wars against North Korea, and this other southeast Asian country
Vietnam
500
The Meat Inspection Act and the destruction of Standard Oil were caused by this group of journalists who exposed corruption in business
Muckrakers
500
Identify the reasons why the U.S. sought more land during the era of Imperialism
New resources & military bases (Navy)
500
The Black Star Line and the Back to Africa Movement were created by this man...
Marcus Garvey!
500
Jimmy Carter's peace agreement with Israel and Egypt
Camp David Accords
500
Bill Clinton is the only President in modern U.S. history to successfully to do this with the economy
Decrease the Debt Deficit/Balance the Budget
1000
The Reagan Administration sold weapons to this country illegally in an event known as
Iran Contra Affair
1000
These bought votes by offering immigrants jobs in the service sector in exchange for voting for their candidate
Political Machines
1000
The Gentlemen's Agreement was an informal agreement between the United States and this country
Japan
1000
The fear of communism, that brought about events such as the Immigration Quote Act, was known as
The Red Scare
1000
The 24th Amendment finally ended this unfair practice...
Poll Taxes!
1000
A trade agreement between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada
NAFTA