Westward Expansion & Native Displacement
This 1862 law encouraged western settlement by offering land to farmers.
What is the Homestead Act?
This 1901 corporation symbolized the rise of billion-dollar monopolies.
What is U.S. Steel?
This treaty formally ended World War I in 1919.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
The stock market crash that helped trigger the Great Depression occurred in this year.
What is 1929?
The surprise Japanese attack that brought the U.S. into WWII.
What is Pearl Harbor?
The forced relocation of Cherokee and other tribes in the 1830s is known as this.
What is the Trail of Tears?
Overcrowded, poorly built urban housing for workers in the late 19th century.
What are tenements?
President during most of World War I and advocate of the League of Nations.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
Peak unemployment during the Great Depression reached this percentage.
What is 25%?
Women who worked in wartime factories were symbolized by this cultural icon.
Who is Rosie the Riveter?
The 1876 battle in which Native Americans defeated U.S. troops led by Custer.
What is the Battle of Little Bighorn?
Immigrants arriving at this New York location were processed from 1892 to 1954.
What is Ellis Island?
This amendment prohibited alcohol during the 1920s.
What is the 18th Amendment?
New Deal program providing jobs to young men planting trees and building parks.
What is the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)?
This program allowed the U.S. to lend or lease war supplies to Allies before joining the war.
What is the Lend-Lease Act?
The 1887 law aimed at assimilating Native Americans by dividing tribal lands.
What is the Dawes Act?
This speech by William Jennings Bryan promoted bimetallism to aid farmers.
What is the “Cross of Gold” speech?
This cultural and economic boom characterized the 1920s.
What is the Roaring Twenties?
This New Deal act aimed to regulate banking and restore public confidence.
What is the Banking Act / FDIC?
The U.S. and Allies launched this massive invasion on June 6, 1944.
What is D-Day?
Native American leader who played a key role in resisting U.S. expansion in the Great Plains.
Who is Sitting Bull?
First city with a modern skyscraper, the Home Insurance Building.
What is Chicago?
The 1925 trial that highlighted the clash between modern science and religion.
What is the Scopes “Monkey” Trial?
This act provided pensions and unemployment insurance to Americans.
What is the Social Security Act?
Internment of Japanese Americans during WWII was justified by fear of this.
What is espionage or loyalty concerns?