The Times, They Are A Changin'
Look at All the People
Saturday in the Park
Working 9-5! (6-7)
Little Boxes
100
The vast majority of immigrants who came over in the 19th century were these TWO religions.
Who are Jews and Catholics?
100
The passage of the 17th amendment now allowed these lawmakers to be directly voted by the people.
Who are Senators?
100
With (some) scheduled days off of work, people invented/found new ways to entertain themselves, such as baseball, basketball and bicycling.
What are leisure activities?
100
People who organized and came together to discuss and negotiate wages, health concerns, and working hours with their bosses were known as this...
What is a labor union?
100
These organized crime gangs (including Al Capone) ran illegal alcohol smuggling operations during Prohibition--and made millions.
What is the mafia?
200
This terrorist group experienced a revival and expanded their focus to Jews, Catholics, immigrants and African Americans, and didn't hide it.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
200
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony were two of the most famous examples of this type of person, who championed women's rights.
Who is a suffragist?
200
Andrew Carnegie donated millions to allow people to freely access books--provided they had a card, that is.
What is a library?
200
The assembly line was an extension of this concept, made possible during the Industrial Revolution. With it, the sheer number of goods produced made prices go down as more were sold on the market.
What is mass production?
200
DAILY DOUBLE
Speaking of Prohibition, this ended in 1933 with the passage of this amendment, making several people quite happy.
300
This amendment finally allowed women to vote. Votes for women!
What is the 19th amendment?
300
Shalom! Anti-Semitism is the specific discrimination against this type of person.
Who are the Jews?
300
DAILY DOUBLE
Woah! Did you hear that? This 1927 invention allowed movie goers to hear the actors speak or sing for the first time.
300
Many Americans, most often sweatshop workers, lived crammed together in multi-family apartments in poor, run-down neighborhoods, sharing one bathroom for the entire building. Hopefully they were okay with sharing.
What are the slums?
300
This is a special voting session where voters can accept or reject local laws/initiatives.
What is a referendum?
400
This law, a win for the Temperance movement, made alcohol sales and consumption completely illegal in America.
What is the 18th amendment?
400
Ida B. Wells was one example of this type of journalist who investigated corrupt or unfair industries to enact change.
Who is a muckraker?
400
President Teddy Roosevelt set aside millions of acres of land to protect unique landforms and precious resources for future generations to enjoy.
What is a national park? What are national forests?
400
Fearful of their growing influence, nativists and other people vowed never to do this with Catholic immigrants as a form of discrimination.
What are hire them or vote for them?
400
Although standardized testing would not be mainstream for several more years, children were no longer allowed to spend their childhood working, instead spending their days here.
What is school?
500
These people saw immigrants, particularly from Eastern and Southern Europe, as threats to the American way of life.
What is a nativist/nativism?
500
Contrary to Progressives, these people wanted the government to own all major industries/businesses to regulate prices and business practices.
Who are Socialists?
500
Thomas Edison came up with this invention in 1880, and revolutionized the way we saw the world.
What is a moving picture?
500
Began under President Roosevelt during a nasty coal miner's strike. A third party was brought in to negotiate a fair deal to both sides.
What is arbitration?
500
Hoping to become a US citizen? Let's hope you weren't Japanese under Theodore Roosevelt's presidency, since this law prevented you from immigrating to the US.
What is the Gentleman's Agreement of 1907?