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Journalist during the Progressive Era who exposed the evils of industrialization and urbanization.
***Were you paying attention in class*** What U.S. President did Theodore Roosevelt see out of his Bedroom window as a child?
Who are Muckrakers
Two examples of Social Changes during the 1920's that became new Amendments to the Constitution. What did the 18th and 19th amendments do?
18th - Prohibition
19th - Women granted the right to vote in federal elections.
Black Tuesday refers to which event that triggered the beginning of the Great Depression
**Daily Double**
What is the Stock Market Crash
Civil Rights leader known for encouraging the African American community to "cast down their buckets" in his "Atlanta Compromise" Speech.
Who was Booker T. Washington
US desires access to this country in Asia for resources and as a market for US goods.
**Daily Double**
What is China
This was triggered by the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. Americans were very paranoid and scared that Communism would overtake America.
***Were you paying attention in class question**** (1920s pop culture)
What is the Red Scare
Most important law passed during the New Deal. Provides help to the elderly, unemployed, disabled. Changed the role of the federal government to where the government is now expected to help those in need.
What is The Social Security Act
A change in US foreign Policy that allowed Great Britain to travel to the US, pay for war supplies in cash and transport them back to Europe.
**Blind question for double points? **
What is the Cash and Carry Policy
An example of a Federal Law passed to limit the business practices of Monopolies and Big Business.
**Blind Question for double points?**
What is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Give me three things that were new to the 1920s that increased many American's standard of living.
new technologies like, vacuum cleaners, refrigerators, washing machines and radios that gave people more leisure time.
What was the historical significance of the Hawley Smoot Act and, what did intend to protect?
****Where you paying attention in class question.***** (Memphis Great Depression History)
Hoover created this in an attempt to protect US factories from foreign competition. This backfired though, because European nations stopped buying US goods.
This officially ended the United States policy of neutrality and isolation.
**Daily Double**
What is the Attack on Pearl Harbor
This US president helped to create the Panama Canal, was known as being a trust buster and a conservationist.
Who was Teddy Roosevelt
Those who would consider themselves __________, believed that the U.S. was not justified in being involved in foreign nations for their own selfish gain. They greatly opposed the idea of the U.S. expanding its influence overseas.
**Blind Question for Double points**
Who are Anti-Imperialist
The name used to describe the "new" woman of the 1920's who wore short hair and dresses and expanded social freedoms.
***Blind question for double points??***
What is a Flapper
What was the Manhattan project?
***Were you paying attention in class? *** Retell the story of the business man in Japan
The name given to the creation of the atomic bombs that were dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki
A change to the Constitution that gave citizens the power to directly elect their Senators to Congress.
***Daily Double***
What is the 17th Amendment
From the American perspective, explain three reasons the U.S. justified imperialism.
***Were you paying attention in class?*** (This fictional character from a popular film was used to explain imperialism***
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This leader during the Harlem Renaissance encouraged a modern "Back to Africa" movement and founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA).
Who was Marcus Garvey?
The president at the beginning of the Great Depression who was blamed for not doing enough to help the people.
**Blind Question for Double Points?**
Who is Herbert Hoover
What is the historical significance of Rosie the Riveter?
Symbol of the American female factory worker who went to work during WWII. Showed that women were capable of doing skilled work and inspired feminist movements for many years to come.