Progressive Era
Great Depression
World War II
Civil Rights
Miscellany
100
This piece of legislation was a response to Upton Sinclair's famous muckraking book, "The Jungle."
What is the Meat Inspection Act.
100
This agency was dedicated to employing young men in the conservation of America's forests.
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps.
100
This US foreign policy aided allied nations without having to transport goods.
What is Cash and Carry.
100
These laws limited black voters beginning in 1890.
What are Jim Crow Laws.
100
Transient camps during the Great Depression were given this presidential nickname.
What is Hooverville.
200
This President endorsed "dollar diplomacy" as a means of settling US foreign affairs.
Who is William Taft.
200
This tariff raised the price of European goods and negatively impacted the American economy.
What is the Hawley-Smoot Tariff.
200
This agency was responsible for drumming up public support for World War II.
What is the Office of War Information.
200
This famous 19th century ruling enforced "separate but equal."
What is Plessy v. Ferguson.
200
This downturn challenged the economic uptick taking place during the New Deal.
What is the Recession of 1937.
300
Theodore Roosevelt introduced this domestic program as a way to restore faith in the financial system and conserve natural resources.
What is the Square Deal.
300
This president proposed "Rugged Individualism" as a cure-all for the economic woes of the Great Depression.
Who is Herbert Hoover.
300
This UN agreement lowered tariffs internationally in the aftermath of World War II.
What is the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
300
This Chief Justice was a member of the Supreme Court that struck down separate but equal facilities in Brown v. Board of Education.
Who is Earl Warren.
300
This Dutch commodity introduced us to the first economic bubble in modern history.
What is the tulip.
400
The Roosevelt Corollary expanded the meaning of this 1823 foreign policy.
What is the Monroe Doctrine.
400
Many Americans bought goods using this modern economic means, bringing about the stock market crash.
What is credit.
400
This physicist was responsible for overseeing the construction of the atomic bomb.
Who is J. Robert Oppenheimer.
400
This student organization played a major role in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's.
What is SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee).
400
This program brought migrant workers in to the underpopulated rural United States.
What is the bracero program.
500
This piece of Progressive legislation gave the US government greater control over shipping and transportation of goods.
What is the Hepburn Act.
500
The day the crash occurred has taken on this ominous nickname.
What is Black Tuesday.
500
This commander of forces in North Africa became famous for his brusque and rugged attitude.
Who is General Patton.
500
This term came to describe segregation by custom.
What is de facto segregation.
500
This constitutional amendment introduced prohibition of alcoholic beverages.
What is the 21st amendment.
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