The Great Depression
This day marked the catastrophic stock market crash of 1929, leading to widespread financial loss for individuals, investors, and businesses, and ushering in the Great Depression.
What is Black Tuesday?
Headlines of the early 1920s blared about a nationwide wave of strikes, rising worker unrest due to inflation, targeted bombings including one aimed at Attorney General Palmer, and triumphs in Russia, all fueling this pervasive fear.
What is the Red Scare?
With this word you'll be able to remember the causes of World War I.
(extra 300 points if you can name what it means)
What is MANIA?
Militarism, Alliance, Nationalism, Militarism, Assassination
This Cuban revolutionary, poet, and journalist was the main organizer of Cuba’s war against Spain. Exiled from his homeland, he raised funds in Ybor City and other cities in Florida to organize a new revolt against Spanish rule in Cuba.
Who is Jose Marti?
Passed shortly after the September 11 attacks, this 2001 Act expanded U.S. law enforcement’s abilities to surveil, prevent, and investigate terrorism-related acts.
What is The USA Patriot Act?
In March 1933, this term was used to describe the period when President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered all banks to close to prevent bank runs and restore trust in the financial system.
What are Bank Holidays?
This conference saw major powers agree to limit naval armaments and marked a significant step towards disarmament and peace after WWI.
What is the Washington Naval Conference?
Most common form of fighting in World War after 1914 as the armies tried to build new defenses across France.
What is Trench Warfare?
This term refers to the sensationalist and often unverified reporting style that contributed to the American public’s fervor for the Spanish-American War, particularly after the mysterious explosion of this U.S. Navy ship in Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898.
What is Yellow Journalism?
In the summer of 2023, this blendword became a cultural phenomenon when two blockbuster movies shared a release date and aimed to shatter box office records.
What is Barbenheimer?
Implemented in 1935 as part of the Second New Deal, this U.S. federal program was created to provide financial assistance to retirees, the unemployed, and people with disabilities.
What is the Social Security Act?
This term describes the process that led to economic challenges, including difficulty for returning soldiers to find employment, contributing to a post-war economic slump
What is demobilization?
This person was the heir to the Austria-Hungary throne, and was assassinated by a member of a Serbian secret nationalist group.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
This policy, initiated by the United States in 1899 and 1900, aimed to ensure equal trading rights for all nations and to maintain China’s territorial and administrative integrity.
What is the Open Door Policy?
Born in 1989, this artist released ‘The Tortured Poets Department,’ their 11th studio album, on April 19, 2024.
(Hint: the person reading this would like to be home listening to it)
Who is Taylor Swift?
This 1930s environmental catastrophe, caused by severe drought and poor farming practices, devastated the American Midwest and prompted a mass migration to California.
What is the Dust Bowl?
In the aftermath of WWI, the U.S. said ‘no’ to the League of Nations, raised tariffs with the Fordney-McCumber Act, and set immigration limits with the Emergency Quota Act, all part of this overarching foreign policy approach.
What is Isolationism?
This British ocean liner met its tragic fate during World War I when it was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat on May 7, 1915. This attack resulted in the deaths of 1,198 people, including 128 U.S. citizens, and played a significant role in turning public opinion against Germany.
What is The Lusitania?
In 1898, this city was thrust ‘on the map’ when it served as the military port for U.S. soldiers and the supply point for food, ammunition, and medical supplies destined for Cuba during the Spanish-American War.
What is Tampa Bay?
This Broadway musical, composed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, not only revolutionized the theater world with its hip-hop infused score but also reinvigorated interest in one of America’s Founding Fathers, who was the first Secretary of the Treasury and a key author of the Federalist Papers.
What is Hamilton?
This controversial 1937 proposal by President Franklin D. Roosevelt sought to increase the number of U.S. Supreme Court justices, apparently to improve efficiency but widely interpreted as a way to secure favorable rulings for New Deal legislation.
What is the Court-Packing Plan?
This scholar believed that the ‘talented tenth’ of African Americans would lead the way to equality through education and leadership, as he stated that the educated have always led the masses.
Who is W.E.B. DuBois?
Formulated by President Woodrow Wilson and announced to the U.S. Congress on January 8, 1918, this statement of principles aimed to establish a new international order based on peace and cooperation among nations in the event of victory in World War I
What are The Fourteen Points?
Multiply your score by answering: What is the 14th point?
This 1898 treaty marked the end of the Spanish-American War and gave the United States the opportunity to annex Puerto Rico and Guam, as well as to purchase the Philippines for $20 million, significantly expanding American territorial holdings.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
This phrase, coined by Rudyard Kipling, was used to justify European imperialism, suggesting it was the duty of white colonizers to govern and impart their culture to non-white indigenous populations, often under the guise of a benevolent obligation.
What is the White Man's Burden?