Amendments
Freedom of: Religion, Assembly, Petition, Press, and Speech
What is the 1st Amendment?
Muckraker who wrote The Jungle.
Who is Upton Sinclair?
New type of warfare that involved digging maze-like ditches. Ultimately, this type of warfare was ended by the advancements of tanks and airplanes in military conflict.
What is trench warfare?
The Allied invasion of Normandy, France. The largest amphibious invasion in history and a big turning point in the war because of the successful penetration of Axis forces in Northern Europe.
The main cause of the Dust Bowl.
What is drought?
No Double-Jeopardy, the right to remain silent, and Eminent Domain.
The 5th Amendment
Woman who created the Hull House, a settlement house for immigrants.
Who is Jane Addams?
The name of the British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-boat that killed over 1,500 people, 128 of which were American.
What is the Lusitania?
Conserving resources on the home-front so that precious food and materials could be sent to troops fighting overseas.
What is rationing?
What year did the Stock Market crash?
Made the sale, the distribution, and consumption of alcohol illegal.
What is the 18th Amendment?
Trust-Busting President who went after monopolies in America.
Who is Teddy Roosevelt?
This law created the draft/military conscription.
Secret mission to create the world's first nuclear weapon.
Part of FDR's New Deal, this program created a retirement pension for workers and also provided healthcare for the elderly.
What is the Social Security Act?
**DAILY DOUBLE** Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18
What is the 26th Amendment?
Populist party candidate who ran for president as a democrat in 1892 and 1896. His famous cross of gold speech urged America to print more silver coinage.
Who is William Jennings Bryan?
This treaty ended WWI. Made Germany assume responsibility for the war in the War Guilt Clause. Also, forced Germany to pay reparations for damages caused in the war.
What is the office of war information?
**DAILY DOUBLE** Part of the New Deal, this program was enacted to insure bank deposits. Thus, building back trust within our banking systems.
What is the FDIC?
What is the 17th Amendment?
Founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
In Wilson's 14 points he urged America to join THIS global peace organization that was intended to stop world wars from happening again. Americans refused to join.
The League of Nations
The supreme commander of American forces in Europe. He would later become president of the United States in the 1950s.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
What is the SEC? Securities and Exchange Commission