This location was desirable to the United States due to its sugar plantations and its location in the Pacific Ocean
What is Hawaii
100
This is the year the stock market crashed
What is 1929
100
This is another name given for "oil".
What is black gold
100
This expression "YOU'RE KILLING ME, SMALLS!" is a frequently used expression by Ms. Todesco as well as this famous movie
What is the Sandlot
200
This is a change of production from hand craftsmanship to machine manufacturing
What is industrialism
200
This is the year the United States entered WWI
What is 1917
200
This is an involvement in risky business transactions in an effort to make a quick or large profit.
What is speculation
200
This war was characterized by sensational headlines and newspaper articles.
What is the Spanish American War
200
This man is known as the Sultan of Swat and the Great Bambino
Who is Babe Ruth
300
This name describes a big business leader who became wealthy by unethical means, such as shutting down competitors through dishonest tactics
What is a robber baron
300
This man emphasized the importance of a strong navy for American greatness
Who is Alfred T. Mahan
300
This was the American president before Franklin D. Roosevelt
Who is Herbert Hoover
300
This ultimately led to the end of the Great Depression
What is WWII
300
This is the name of one of the stocks we played with in our Stock Market Game.
What is Mammoth Oil, Kansas & Pacific, Tel-tone, Durant Motors, Kroger, Radio Corporation, Gotham Bank, or Midland Utilities
400
This best describes the United States' economic policy during the era of big business
What is laissez-faire capitalism
400
This is the year the Spanish-American War started and ended
What is 1898
400
This program was designed to alleviate the problems of the Great Depression, focusing on relief for the needy, economic recovery, and financial reform.
What is the New Deal
400
This describes the economic and social philosophy—supposedly based on the biologist Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection—holding that a system of unrestrained competition will ensure the survival of the fittest.
What is Social Darwinism
400
This 1920s slang expression describes "an excellent person or thing"
What is the bee's knees!
500
Rockefeller controlled this percentage of the oil industry
What is 90%
500
The phrase "the world must be safe for democracy" was stated by this American president
Who is Woodrow Wilson
500
This agency, established as part of the New Deal, put young unemployed men to work building roads, developing parks, planting trees, and helping in erosion-control and flood-control projects.
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps
500
This is the period, lasting from 1929 to 1940, in which the U.S. economy was in severe decline and millions of Americans were unemployed.