Manifest Destiny
Wars
Presidential Trivia
The 1920s
Agriculture
100

This annexed territory eventually became the 50th state.

Hawaii

100

Lasted from 1773-1783

American Revolution

100

Our county is named after this president.

McKinley

100

She was the icon of the 1920s.

The Flapper.

100

This crop is credited with creating settled societies.

Corn

200

The Missouri Compromise brought Missouri and Maine into the Union as attempt to answer questions about this issue.

Slavery

200

Lasted from 1941-1945 (for the US anyway).

World War II

200

He is the only president to be elected to non-consecutive terms.

Grover Cleveland

200

The book report option that took place in the 1920s is...

The Great Gatsby

200

This farming technique includes leaving one field to rest while others are planted.

Crop rotation

300

This is considered the first action in America's westward movement.

The Louisiana Purchase

300

Took place in 1898

Spanish American War

300

Eight presidents, almost 1/4 of all presidents, are from this state.

Ohio

300

The mass creation of African American literature and art that came out of New York was known as...

The Harlem Renaissance.

300

This led to the major storms created in the Dust Bowl.

Soil Exhaustion

400

This cleared a path for US expansion because it warned Europe not to come into the western hemisphere.

The Monroe Doctrine.

400

Lasted from 1846-1848

Mexican-American War

400

Ms. Crowe is approximately as tall as this president who is known as the "Father of the Constitution."

James Madison

400

The 19th Amendment, ratified in 1920 did this.

Gave women the right to vote.

400

This was the process of renting land and paying that rent with crops farmed on that land.

Tenant farming

500

This policy gave the US "most favored nation status" in China.

The Open Door Policy

500

Lasted from 1861-1865

US Civil War

500

How many presidents have died in office?

Eight (WH Harrison, Taylor, Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Harding, FDR, JFK)

500

Using a loan to buy stocks was called

buying on margin

500
This was THE cash crop of colonial America.

Tobacco.