1890-1900
1900-1921
1921-1935
1935-1950
100

This war led to the annexation of Guam, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Cuba by the US.

The Spanish American War

100

The 1920 addition to the US Constitution that gave women the right to vote.

What is the 19th Amendment?

100

In 1928, the U.S. and other nations signed what, renouncing war and promising to peacefully resolve disputes.

The Kellogg-Briand Pact

100
A "war" between the US and its allies and the Soviet Union and its allies that was fought with threats and spies
What is the Cold War
200

Triggered the Spanish American War

USS Maine Exploded

200
This illness killed over 100 million people following World War I.
What is the Spanish Influenza?
200
This 1929 event triggered the Great Depression.
What is the Stock Market Crash?
200
The two cities on which atomic bombs were dropped during WWII.
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki
300
In 1896, the Supreme Court declared this phrase to accurately express public policy on the segregation of Blacks and Whites.
What is Separate but Equal?
300
The sinking of this ship brought the US into WWI.
What is the Lusitania?
300

When was the first Neutrality Act was passed by Congress?

August 31, 1935

300
The amount of Japanese ethnicity a US citizen had to have to be put in concentration camps during WWII.
What is 1/8?
400

Who was elected president in 1896 and re-elected in 1900?

Republican William McKinley

400

In 1917, what did the US enact to make it more difficult for people to enter the country?

 

Literacy Tests

400

Which Act raised tariffs  - it also authorized the president to raise or lower a given tariff rate by 50% in order to even out foreign and domestic production costs.

Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act

400
Three groups that were persecuted during WWII.
What are Jews, Roma, homosexuals, disabled, Japanese, Jehovah's Witnesses, blacks?
500

Hunted to near extinction by 1890

Bison

500

What limited the number of immigrants to 357,000 per year.

Emergency Quota Act of 1921

500

Which Act was a law passed in 1930 that raised import duties on foreign goods to protect American businesses and farmers

Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act

500
The radio play performed by Orson Welles that led to panic among some citizens in the US.
What is The War of the Worlds?
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