Gilded Age/Progressive Era
This item that should be in your backpack became popular in the United States during this time because you could talk to anyone that also had one of these.
What is a telephone?
In 1898, the United States went to war with this European country after the explosion of the USS Maine (hint: it rhymes)
What is Spain?
The sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman telegram caused the United States to declare war on this country, officially joining WWI.
What is Germany?
In January of 1920, the 18th Amendment brought prohibition into effect, which was the ban of the sale and consumption of this.
What is alcohol?
On October 29th, 1929, the Great Depression started with the crash of the NYSE, which stood for New York ______ Exchange.
What is stock?
During the 1870s, many believed that the United States was destined by God to expand westward. This belief was known as this.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This President, who was portrayed by Robin Williams in Night at the Museum, famously prescribed to the adage, "speak softly and carry a big stick."
Who is Teddy Roosevelt?
Name one member of the Allied Powers during WWI.
What are the US, France, Britain, Italy, Japan, or Russia?
Black artists in the New Orleans area, such as Louis Armstrong, brought this music genre to the forefront during the 1920s.
What is jazz?
This color, often connected with negative feelings, was given to the days Tuesday and Thursday that are closely associated with the Depression.
What is black?
After Reconstruction, laws that were purposefully discriminatory against black people in the United States were known as these types of laws, named for a character in minstrel shows.
What are Jim Crow laws?
Believers of Social ________ believed in "survival of the fittest."
What is Darwinism?
Name one member of the Central Powers during WWI.
What is Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, or Bulgaria?
This hate and terrorist organization reached its peak membership count during the 1920s, preaching prejudice against African Americans, Jews, Catholics, Communists, immigrants, and people who lived in cities.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
The act named for Reed Smoot and Willis C. Hawley raised these, a tax on imported goods, which made the Depression worse.
What is a tariff?
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
Name one of the territories the United States gained after the Spanish-American War.
What are Puerto Rico, Guam, or the Philippines?
The Treaty that ended WWI was signed in this French Chateau, the former home of Marie Antoinette.
What is Versailles?
This ideology caused a "Red Scare" in the United States from 1919-1920, with many believing that believers in this ideology would overthrow the government.
What is communism?
After Hoover's efforts to stop the Depression failed, this wheelchair bound man and cousin of another president became President of the United States and served for four terms.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Coined by Mark Twain, this era of United States History is considered to have lasted from the late 1870s to the 1900s and was characterized by exaggerated fantasies of prosperity. It's also a show on Amazon Prime about the same time period.
What is the Gilded Age?
"Seward's Folly" was the nickname given to the acquisition of this US State from Russia.
What is Alaska?
This man was the President during World War I.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
This pandemic started 101 years before coronavirus, but it would wind up taking between 50 and 100 million lives in the years after World War I.
What is influenza/The Spanish Flu?
Every month, a part of Mr. Ogden's paycheck goes towards this, a New Deal initiative that sends money to senior citizens. He'll appreciate it more when he's 65.
What is Social Security?