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Government's Role in Society
Civil Rights Movement
Foreign Relations
Great Depression
Trivia
100
U.S. Amendment banning the production and distribution of alcohol.
What is the Prohibition?
100
A miscarriage of justice consisting of an all-Caucasian jury, rushed trials, poor legal representation, and attempted mob.
What is the Scottsboro Boys trial?
100
President Roosevelt's attempt to unite the countries and resolve international conflicts. (Yesterday's first quiz question. You can't get this wrong.)
What is the League of Nations?
100
Relief Recovery Reform
What are the 3 R's?
100
Decade in which flapper dresses were in style.
What is 1920's?
200
True/False: During the Jazz Age, America was the richest country in the world.
What is true?
200
Another name for the Women's Rights Movement.
What is Women's Suffrage?
200
A significant event that occurred during WWII. (multiple answers)
What is: 1. The Holocaust 2. The Japanese internment 3. The first use of nuclear weapons
200
October 29, 1929
When was "Black Tuesday"?
200
Famous cartoon published/released in the 1920's. (two answers)
What is: 1. Winnie the Pooh 2. Mickey Mouse
300
The government's intervention in providing jobs for the poor.
What is the Second New Deal?
300
Granted women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
300
Unsuccessful treaty which attempted to resolve the growing turmoil in Europe and Asia.
What are the Neutrality Acts?
300
The president who lead the United States through the Great Depression.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
300
Popular dance in the 1920's.
What is Charleston?
400
The bad consequences of the Prohibition. (multiple answers)
What is: 1. Illegal distribution of alcohol 2. High crime levels 3. Al Capone
400
The Scottsboro Boys were accused of ________.
What is rape of two caucasian females?
400
A treaty supported by many Americans because of its anti-war sentiment.
What is the Kellogg Briand Pact?
400
13-15 million
What is the number of Americans unemployed during the height of the Great Depression?
400
The solar system's ninth "planet" discovered in 1930.
What is Pluto?
500
Difference(s) between the first and second New Deal. (must include names of organizations/what they did)
What is: 1. Public Works Administration - building dams, paying commodity farmers, granting factory workers the right to unionize 2. Works Progress Administration - providing jobs for the unemployed, construction of schools, highways, etc., fair treatment for workers, Social Security Act
500
The results of one the groups of the Scottsboro Boys' trial? (hints: multiple answers and you must give the number out of nine sentenced to this [ex. __/9 were ____________])
1. Charges dropped on four defendants 2. One excused for young age 3. One shot in prison 4. Two escaped prison and were sent back 5. One escaped death sentence and lived in hiding
500
The four major Allied forces.
What is Great Britain, France, Russia, United States
500
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHOO! Wager your points, if you get it right you gain ___ points, get it wrong... lol sorry.
What is "Migrant Mother"?
500
The popular and iconic American sandwich created in 1934.
What is the Cheeseburger?