The Gilded Age
This metal revolutionized industry during the Gilded Age
What is steel?
Now a popular grilling day in the early fall, this American holiday was created as a result of the Pullman Strike
What is Labor Day?
The term used to describe the sudden opening of a gap in the German line
What is "The Miracle of the Marne"?
Thanks to the widespread arrival of electricity, this new invention became a popular form of home entertainment
What is radio?
The Italian political journalist who created the Fascist style of government
Who is Benito Mussolini?
The Gilded Age was ended by this crisis
What is the Great Panic of 1893
The ship sent to Cuba by the U.S. government to protect Americans in the region
What is the USS Maine?
The number of Russian soldiers killed during the Brusilov Offensive
What is 1,440,000?
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
Widely cited as the beginning of the Holocaust, the name of this event translates to English as "The night of the broken glass"
What is Kristallnacht?
A major industrial undertaking, this project revolutionized the western United States
What is the Transcontinental Railroad
Although a significant location during the Spanish-American war, this pacific region was NOT annexed from Spain by the United States
What is Hawai'i?
The group that overthrew the Russian Provisional Government in October of 1917
Who are the Bolsheviks?
Franklin D. Roosevelt's plan to handle the Great Depression
What is the New Deal?
This monicker was given to the group of untrained German soldiers, including Adolf Hitler, who were thrown into battle at Ypres, Belgium, in 1914.
What is "The Innocents"?
Written by Alfred Thayer Mahan, this book revolutionized military theory
What is The Influence of Sea Power Upon History?
This philosopher described progress as "A move away from barbarism and toward civilization"
Who is Immanuel Kant?
A shocking proposal from Germany to Mexico attempting to form an alliance against the United States
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
The substitute science teacher who was put on trial in Tennessee for teaching Darwinian Evolution
Who is John Scopes
The Japanese government philosophy that was very similar to Italian Fascism
What is Showa Statism?
Once a popular minstrel show, this musical performance is now known for giving its name to the racial laws that dominated the South during the Gilded Age
What is "Jump Jim Crow"?
A proponent of the silver standard, this notable politician lost the Presidential Election of 1896 to William McKinley
Who is William Jennings Bryan?
This term, first used by Woodrow Wilson in April of 1917, is now used to describe the First World War in general
What is "A war to end all wars"?
The group of American veterans who swarmed Washington D.C. during the Great Depression
What is the Bonus Army?
The dictator who took control of Spain following the Spanish Civil War
Who is Fransisco Franco?