World War I
This event on June 28, 1914, sparked the beginning of World War I.
What is the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand?
This slogan was the main theme of Warren G. Harding’s presidential campaign.
What is "a return to normalcy"?
This term refers to illegal bars that operated during Prohibition.
What are speakeasies?
This term refers to purchasing stock by paying part of the price in cash and borrowing the rest.
What is buying on margin?
This program created a safety net for retired workers by collecting payroll taxes.
What is Social Security?
These countries made up the Allied Powers during World War I.
Who are Britain, France, Russia, Italy, and the United States?
This American pilot became a national hero in 1927 after making the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic.
Who is Charles Lindbergh?
This group of people migrated west during the Great Depression in search of work after losing their farms.
Who are the Okies?
These makeshift shantytowns were named after the president many blamed for their suffering.
What are Hoovervilles?
This Republican candidate ran against Roosevelt in the 1936 election, criticizing the New Deal.
Who is Alfred M. Landon?
This country was the first to develop tanks during World War I.
What is Britain?
This illegal activity involved making, transporting, and selling alcohol during Prohibition.
What is bootlegging?
This radio address series was used by Franklin D. Roosevelt to communicate directly with the American public.
What are Fireside Chats?
This environmental disaster devastated farmers in the Great Plains during the 1930s.
What is the Dust Bowl?
This was one major positive outcome of the New Deal that helped rural Americans.
What is rural electrification (TVA)?
This German military strategy, involving unrestricted submarine warfare, angered Americans and contributed to U.S. involvement in the war.
What is unrestricted submarine warfare?
This famous trial took place in Dayton, Tennessee, over the teaching of evolution in schools.
What is the Scopes Trial?
This 1920s cultural movement celebrated African American achievements in art, literature, and music.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
This program, known as the WPA, provided jobs for millions of Americans on construction projects.
What is the Works Progress Administration?
This labor-related act preserved union rights and encouraged collective bargaining.
What is the Wagner Act?
This secret message encouraged Mexico to attack the United States in exchange for German support.
What is the Zimmermann Telegram?
This scandal involved Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall illegally leasing government land for personal profit.
What is the Teapot Dome Scandal?
This New Deal program provided jobs for young men in environmental conservation projects, such as reforestation and park maintenance.
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?
Roosevelt proposed increasing the number of Supreme Court Justices for this reason.
What is to secure more support for New Deal programs?
This New Deal program was designed to help businesses recover by eliminating "wasteful competition" and allowing industries to set fair wages and prices.
What is the National Recovery Administration (NRA)?