Early America, Gilded and Progressive Age
Growing World Powers
Roaring 20’s, Great Depression, New Deal
WWII, Dictators, Cold War
60’s, Civil Rights, Vietnam
70’s, 80’s, 90’s, & Today
Final Jeopardy
100
Period from 1870 to 1900 where entrepreneurs were able to reap huge profits for themselves. It was a period of new innovations, rise of new industries, and production.
What is Gilded Age?
100
My assassination was "The Spark" that started WWI.
Who was Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
100
CULTURAL MOVEMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICANS MAINLY IN ART AND LITERATURE
WHAT IS THE HARLEM RENIASSANCE?
100
This is the spark that started WWII
What is the invasion of Poland?
100
Prominent voice of the Civil Rights movement, and the leader of the SCLC
Who was Martin Luther King Jr. ?
100
This major war started in the 1960s and ended in 1975
What is The Vietnam War?
100
Culture
Culture
200
Wrote “The Jungle”, resulting in the government regulating the safety of food products, FDA
Who is Upton Sinclair?
200
This describes President Woodrow Wilson's stance both before and after WWI.
What is isolationism?
200
DROUGHT, WIND, OVERFARMING
WHAT ARE CAUSES OF THE DUST BOWL?
200
The U.S. joined WWII because of what event?
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
200
As a result of this failed mission, the Soviet Union placed offensive nuclear weapons in Cuba in 1963.
What is the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
200
Year the Berlin Wall fell
What is 1989?
200
MAKE YOUR WAGER - From $0 to your maximum score.
MAKE YOUR WAGER - From $0 to your maximum score.
300
Investigative journalists during the Progressive Era (1890s–1920s) who shone a light on corrupt business and government leaders as well as major social problems like racism.
Muckrakers
300
What does M.A.N.I.A. stand for in regards to the reasons why WWI happened?
Militarism–Alliances – Nationalism–Imperialism - Assassination
300
CREATED TO PROVIDE PAYMENTS FOR PEOPLE OVER 65
WHAT IS SOCIAL SECURITY?
300
The type of Totalitarian government Hitler ran
What is Fascist?
300
This was President Nixon's plan to gradually withdraw American soldiers from the conflict in Vietnam and bring "peace with honor."
What was Vietnamization?
300
The End of Cold War and Oklahoma City Bombing (terrorist attack) happened in this Decade.
What is the 90’s?
300
These photographs are of the same student at Carlisle Indian School during the late nineteenth century:
This is the reason
for the change
400
The first ten amendments are called _________.
What is the Bill of Rights?
400
This is the policy of extending a nation's power by gaining political and economic control over other countries.
What is imperialism?
400
HOOVER REMOVED THE GROUP THAT CAMPED OUT IN D.C. WANTING THEIR PENSIONS
What is the BONUS ARMY?
400
Which two superpowers were facing off during the Cold War?
What is the United States and Soviet Union?
400
This Supreme Court decision called for integration of public schools, and overturned Plessy vs Ferguson
What was Brown v Board of Education?
400
North Korea Nuclear Testing is this...
What is an important political event happening today?
400
ANSWER:
What is Assimilation?
500
limits the power of the federal government by separation of powers and checks and balances
What is Principles of the Constitution?
500
This is the devotion to a national or ethnic identity, including the desire for independence from rule by foreign countries.
What is nationalism?
500
CORRUPTION OF GOVERNMENT OIL LAND BEING SOLD TO PRIVATE BUSINESS
WHAT IS THE TEAPOT DOME SCANDAL?
500
The cold war is the competition between what two government ideas?
What is communism vs. democracy?
500
Passed by Congress at the request of President Johnson, allowed American soldiers to defend themselves against the enemy in South Vietnam.
What was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolutions?
500
9/11 - War in Afghanistan & Iraq - Osama Bin Laden killed
What are important events of the 2000’s?