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Upton Sinclair was the muckraker who wrote this book which exposed the meatpacking industry and the troubles associated with it.  

The Jungle

100

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.  

The Great Migration

100
The trial of a high school teacher in Tennessee for teaching the theory of evolution in violation of state law.  The teacher was found guilty and the trial was closely followed by the public.    
The Scopes "Monkey" Trial
100
A group of almost 20,000 WWI veterans marched to Washington DC because they needed help from the Great Depression and they wanted their government payout they had earned during the war 
Bonus Army
100
Japan bombed this US naval and air force base.  The US responded by declaring war on Japan and officially entering WWI on the side of the Allies.
Pearl Harbor
200
Civil Rights leader known for encouraging the African American community to "cast down their buckets" in his "Atlanta Compromise" Speech.
Booker T Washington
200
The British passenger ship destroyed by a German u-boat submarine.  This event contributed to Americans wanting to get involved in WWI.  
The Lusitania
200
Italian immigrants charged with murder and robbery.  Convicted on circumstantial evidence, many believed they had been framed for the crime because of their anarchist and pro-union activities.  
Sacco and Vanzetti
200
The informal radio talks President FDR had with Americans during the Great Depression
Fireside Chats
200
Symbol of the American female factory worker who went to work during WWII.  
Rosie the Riveter
300
This Progressive Era reformer opened the Hull House in Chicago to provide social services to immigrants.  
Jane Addams
300
The discovery of this disclosed Germany's promise to help Mexico attack the US if the US declared war on Germany.
Zimmerman Telegram
300
This was triggered by the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia.  Americans were very paranoid and scared that Communism would overtake America.  
The Red Scare
300
Hoover created this in an attempt to protect US factories from foreign competition.  This backfired though, because European nations stopped buying US goods.  
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
300
The name given to the creation of the atomic bombs that were dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki 
The Manhattan Project
400

This US president helped to create the Panama Canal, was known as being a trust buster and a conservationist.  

Teddy Roosevelt

400
Great Britain, France and Italy.  We entered the war with the intention of helping them.  
The Allied Powers
400
This leader during the Harlem Renaissance encouraged a modern "Back to Africa" movement and founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA).  
Marcus Garvey
400
This employed about 3 million men to work on projects that benefitted the public.  Was a part of FDR's New Deal.  
Civilian Conservation Corps
400
Supreme Court decision that said Japanese internment during WWII was in fact constitutional because it was during a time of war.  
Korematsu v. US
500

This person was jailed during the Pullman Strike, and founded the Socialist Party. 

Eugene V. Debs

500
This Supreme Court decision declared that the federal government could limit the 1st Amendment right of "freedom of speech" in time of war and if there was a "clear and present danger."
Schenck v. US
500
These were passed to reduce the number of "New" immigrants.  Were a response to nativism.
Quota Acts
500

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.  

Social Security Act

500
Provided WWII veterans with low interest mortgages, college tuition, and vocational training.  
GI Bill