Imperialism and Expansionism
This 1867 purchase, initially mocked as "Seward’s Folly," significantly expanded U.S. territory.
What is Alaska?
This 1915 event, where a German U-boat sank a British ocean liner, shifted American public opinion toward entering World War I.
What is the Lusitania sinking?
This early 20th-century movement aimed to address the social, economic, and political inequalities brought by industrialization.
What is the Progressive Movement?
DAILY DOUBLE
This 1929 event marked the beginning of the Great Depression, with massive losses on Wall Street.
What is the Stock Market Crash?
This cultural movement, centered in Harlem, celebrated African American culture and produced icons like Langston Hughes and Duke Ellington.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
This 1893 event in Hawaii led to the overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani, with American settlers pushing for U.S. annexation.
What is the Hawaiian coup?
This act required all men aged 21-30 (later 18-45) to register for the draft during World War I.
What is the Selective Service Act?
This 1906 book by Upton Sinclair exposed the horrors of the meatpacking industry, leading to federal food safety laws.
What is "The Jungle"?
This 1930 tariff raised import taxes to record levels, worsening the global depression.
What is the Hawley-Smoot Tariff?
This 1925 trial highlighted the conflict between science and religion by challenging a Tennessee law banning the teaching of evolution.
What is the Scopes "Monkey" Trial?
This doctrine, first established in the 1820s, was used by the U.S. to justify intervention in Latin America, particularly during the Venezuela Crisis.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This 1917 note from Germany to Mexico proposed a military alliance, promising U.S. territories in return.
What is the Zimmermann Telegram?
This reform allowed U.S. voters to directly elect their senators, reducing the influence of political machines.
What is the 17th Amendment?
This 1932 act created the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, providing emergency loans to banks and businesses.
What is the Emergency Relief and Construction Act?
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This 1920 constitutional amendment prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transport of alcohol in the United States.
What is the 18th Amendment?
This 1899 policy, proposed by Secretary of State John Hay, aimed to ensure equal trading rights in China.
What is the Open Door Policy?
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This 1918 campaign, led by American forces, helped push back German lines and was a key factor in the war's end.
What is the Meuse-Argonne Offensive?
This woman led the National American Woman Suffrage Association and helped secure the passage of the 19th Amendment.
Who is Carrie Chapman Catt?
This region of the U.S. was devastated by drought and poor farming practices, leading to mass migration during the 1930s.
What is the Dust Bowl?
This 1933 amendment ended Prohibition, making alcohol legal again in the U.S.
What is the 21st Amendment?
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This amendment, attached to the U.S. declaration of war against Spain in 1898, promised Cuban independence after the war.
What is the Teller Amendment?
This 1917 law and its 1918 counterpart criminalized anti-war speech and dissent during World War I, leading to significant civil rights cases.
What are the Espionage and Sedition Acts?
This 1911 industrial disaster in New York led to stricter workplace safety laws and labor reforms.
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire?
This federal program, part of FDR’s New Deal, provided jobs through large-scale public works projects.
What is the Works Progress Administration (WPA)?
This 1920s law used quotas to drastically reduce immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe and banned Asian immigrants altogether.
What is the Immigration Act of 1924 (National Origins Act)?