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Cold War
100
This was the British liner that was sunk in 1915, which was a major reason for the United States becoming involved in World War One.
What is the Lusitania?
100
This 1954 Supreme Court case struck down segregation in public schools, and reversed the "Plessy v. Ferguson" decision.
What is "Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas" or "seperate but equal?"
100
When William Randolph Hearst told his reporter in Cuba: "You supply the pictures, I'll furnish the war," he was using this technique to encourage involvement in the Spanish-American War.
What is "yellow journalism"?
100

What is the law that forced American Indians to "act American"?

What is Assimilation or the Dawes General Allotment Act. 

100
Named after the Wisconsin Senator, this political trend was characterized by the use of false accusation of communism.
What is "McCarthyism"?
200
Muckraking journalist Upton Sinclair wrote this novel in 1906, which horrified readers as they learned about the unsanitary practices of the US meat packing industry.
What is "The Jungle"?
200
This amendment guarantees free and equal protection under the law.
What is the 14th Amendment?
200
This time period resulted from a reaction to corrupt business and poor conditions for the poor and working classes in the United States and sought to make conditions better.
What is the "Progressive Era?"
200

The Civil Rights Act of 1957, CR Act 1946, Voting Rights Act 1965, 15th amendment, 19th amendment, and poll tax all concern what issue?

voting rights

200
This international organization was founded after World War II, and was designed to promote peace and cooperation among nations.
What is the United Nations?
300

Who passed the Affordable Healthcare Act?

Pres. Obama

300
The rise of nativism led to this Act in 1882, which prohibited these immigrants from legally coming to the US, despite the fact that they played a major role in the construction of the nation's railroads.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
300
In 1973, President Nixon declared "Well, I am not a crook, I've earned everything I got." What event was he refering to?
Watergate Scandal.
300
What was a major cause of the Great Depression
What is buying on the margin or over-speculation on the stock market?
300
This US initiative was designed to provide financial aid to war-torn European countries after WWII.
What is the Marshall Plan?
400
This strategy, used by the US during WWII, was the practice of seizing islands in the Pacific, and eventually led to our victory over Japan.
What is "Island Hopping"?
400
These types of laws are focused on regulating business and limiting the power of businesses to control the market.
What are "anti-trust laws?"
400
During WWII, "Rosie the Riveter" became a symbol for what new social change in America?
Women working in factories
400
This modern economic policy involves cutting taxes on producers, which increases employment and production, which results in a trickle-down effect that benefits everyone.
What is "Reaganomics?"
400
This is the idea that if one nation falls to communism, its neighboring countries will fall also. This idea led to the US becoming involved in the Vietnam War.
What is "the domino theory"?
500
This explosion in 1898 triggered a war between the US and Spain.
What is the USS Maine?
500
Civil liberties were threatened during WWI, as this right was silenced by the court case Schenk vs United States.
What is free speech?
500

What are some things that were included in the Great Society (LBJ).

What is Headstart, Medicaid/Care, end poverty, CRM

500
This severe drought in the midwest during the 1930s added to the hardship of farmers and other workers during the Great Depression years.
What is the "dust bowl"?
500
Launched by the Soviets in 1957, it began the space race between the US and the Soviet Union.
What is Sputnik?
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