This partly false incident resulted in the gradual escalation in Vietnam.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Incidents
100
Nonviolent Civil Rights activist assassinated in 1968
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
100
Rockefeller is to Oil as ________ is to Steel.
Who is Carnegie
100
This thing began the credability gap that widened with the Pentagon Papers and Watergate.
What is the Tet Offensive
100
This was a promise made by FDR and included alphabet agencies (like the CCC, AAA, SSA etc.) in an effort to recover and reform the American economy.
What is the New Deal
200
This incident kicked off the first world war.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
200
Led a boycott to earn better working and living conditions for farm workers.
Who is Cesar Chavez.
200
JP Morgan is to banking as ________ is to transportation.
Who is Vanderbilt
200
Violence at the ____________, when a group of anarchist detonated a bomb and killed several police officers, gave labor unions a bad name in the late 1800s.
What is the Haymarket Riot
200
This was Teddy Roosevelt's policy that included reclamation of forest land (national parks) regulation of certain industries and trusts (the FDA etc.).
What is the Square Deal
300
This incident woke the sleeping giant (America) and got the US involved in the fight of World War II.
What is Pearl Harbor
300
Did not want the United States to be "crucified on a cross of gold" and advocated for bimetallism.
Who is William Jennings Bryan
300
FDR is to the New Deal as LBJ is to the _________
What is Great Society
300
Jingoism, nationalism and a desire to spread democracy around the world caused American ___________ which in turn led to the Spanish-American War and the Annexation of Hawaii among other things.
What is imperialism.
300
This was Kennedy's optimistic view of America that included expansion of welfare programs and a war on poverty. Unfortunately he did not live long enough to complete it.
What is the New Frontier
400
This incident got the US embroiled in a war with Spain around the turn of the Century and made us an imperial power.
What is the sinking of the USS Maine
400
Wrote about women wanting more in life than the Cult of Domesticity setting off a wave of feminism in the 1960s.
Who is Betty Freidan
400
Woodrow Wilson was to WWI as _____ was to the War on Terror.
Who is George W. Bush
400
This tragic event led to several changes in the work environment as well as local fire departments to ensure the safety of employees.
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
400
This was Nixon's policy of deregulation. Too bad his actions reflected his idea of the Imperial Presidency.
What is New Federalism
500
This incident resulted in the War on Terror.
What is 9/11
500
Responsible for enlightening the masses concerning the plight of the poor in New York with his magic picture show and his expose "How the Other Half Lives"
Who is Jacob Riis
500
Hoover was to Keynesian Economics as ___________ was to Trickle Down Economics
Who is Reagan
500
_________________ was caused by little government regulation of the economy, easy credit, consumerism and a bull market.
What is the Great Depression.
500
This was the policy of the Gilded Age presidents and the Presidents of the 1920s. It was a great policy for economic growth and wealth concentration as it meant the government didn't regulate big business or the economy very well.