Imperialism
World War I
1920s
1930s
World War II
100

THIS is the Name of the War that resulted in American colonies throughout the world

What is the War of 1898 - Spanish American War?

100

THESE were TWO main reasons the US entered World War I based on actions of Germany

What is The Lusitania AND the Zimmerman Telegram?

100

The price of the this car fell from $850 in 1908 to $290 in 1924 (almost 1/3 of its cost making it more affordable for the working class)

What is the Model T?

100

THIS group marched on Washington in hopes of getting an early bonus that was promised to them for THIS

Who are Veterans? What is for their service in WWI?

100

"A Day which will live in infamy" MATCHES THIS Date (Month, Day, Year) AND THIS Location

What is December 7, 1941 AND What is Pearl Harbor?

200

THIS is the Name for the Print Media that sensationalized news in order to drive up sales

What is Yellow Journalism?

200

THIS was the Name for the movement of approximately 6 million African Americans from the rural South to the urban Northeast, Midwest and West in the late 19th to mid 20th Centuries

What is the Great Migration?

200

This trial was known for representing the divide between traditionalist and modernists in regards to whether evolution should be able to be taught in the classroom.

What is the Scopes Trial?

200

THIS President used THESE weekly addresses to the nation to communicate about the Great Depression. His first one was 1 week after his inauguration.

Who is President Franklin D. Roosevelt? What are Fireside Chats?

200

"Double V" Campaign was started by THIS group AND stood for THIS

What is the "Double V" Campaign started by the NAACP AND stood for "victory in the war/abroad AND victory at home with racism"?

300

THIS event is credited with drawing America into the War of 1898 (Spanish American War)

What is the Sinking of the USS Maine?

300

THIS Time Period in the U.S. was triggered by the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia.  Americans were very paranoid and scared that Communism would overtake America.  

What is the Red Scare?

300

This philosophy claimed that productivity would increase if jobs were optimized and simplified. It also proposed matching a worker to a particular job that suited the person's skill level and then training the worker to do that job in a specific way.

What is Scientific Management? Later showed up as the Assembly Line by Henry Ford

300

These are the THREE Goals of the New Deal

What are the 3Rs - Relief for unemployed, Recovery for business, & Reform of economic institutions?

300

THIS is the Name given to the creation of the atomic bombs that were dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki 

What is the Manhattan Project?

400

THIS old foreign policy was the Principle used to justify American intervention in Cuba and Puerto Rico

What is the Monroe Doctrine?

400

This is the name for the Black Americans who had to fight with France during WWI due to segregationist laws in the United States

What is the Harlem Hellfighters?

400

This group mocked traditional female subordination by relegating boys, nicknamed “flippers,” to the position of “male auxiliaries” (helpers) to them.

This same group submitted pictures of themselves in male attire to show lack of subordination

What are Flappers (aka Flapper Flocks)?

400

THIS is the Name of the Event that completed the recovery of the nation from The Great Depression

What is World War II?

400

THIS is the name of the Supreme Court decision that said Japanese internment during WWII was in fact constitutional because it was during a time of war

What is the Supreme Court decision known as Korematsu v. US?

500

The Platt Amendment states THIS ...

What is that Cuba is independent, but America will watch over the government and intervene if American business interests are threatened?


500

This is the name of the Foreign Policy created by the President of the United States to promote post WWI peace; AND this is the 1 part of his plan that came into effect as a part of the Treaty of Versailles (however the U.S. does not join it.)

NEED BOTH for credit

What is Wilson's 14 Points? AND What is the League of Nations?

500

The Teapot Dome Scandal was under THIS President and was about THIS

Who is President Harding and What is the accepting bribes for the illegal sale of government land to oil companies? (Harding did not do this but his Secretary of Interior - Fall did)

500

THIS is what the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) accomplished.

What is the FDIC guaranteed people's bank deposits up to $2500 recreating a trust in the banks?

500

THESE lasted a week as military men attacked/ beat Mexican Americans with clubs in Los Angeles. Police stood by and allowed the attacks BUT arrested Mexican Americans who were trying to protect themselves. No one was killed but more than 150 people had been injured, and the police had arrested more than 500 Mexican American civilians on charges ranging from "rioting" to "vagrancy".

What were the ZOOT SUIT RIOTS?