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Imperialism
WWI
20's
30's
WWII
100
Newspapers publishing outlandish stories to drive readership and promote the Spanish American War.
What is Yellow Journalism
100

Two major events that brought the US into the war.

What is the sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman note.

100
Prohibition was this ammendment
What is 18th
100

Major environmental catastrophe that occurred during the 30's, primarily in the center and south of the country

What is the dust bowl

100
Dec 7, 1941
What is pearl harbor
200
Addition to the Monroe doctrine allowing the US to act as "Policemen" in South America.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary.
200

What year did WW1 start and what year did the US join the War?

What is 1914 and 1917

200
Womens right to vote was which ammendment
What is the 19th
200
name two causes of the depression
What is lots of answers
200
Riots between Mexican Americans and soldiers
What is the zoot suit riots
300
Type of diplomacy favored by Taft, involved investment in foreign nations.
What is Dollar Diplomacy.
300

Acts that made it illegal to protest the war and allowed for deportation of dissidents.

What is Espionage and sedition acts

300
Court case that was an example of Science v Religion
What is the Scopes trial
300
Veterans who wanted their money early and were treated poorly by Hoover
What is the bonus army
300
Program to bring Mexican workers to the United States
What is Bracero Program
400
"Sewards Folley". First territorial addition in 1867.
What is Purchase of Alaska
400

What pulled Russia out of WWI in 1917?

What is the Bolshevik (communist) revolution

400
Anti Communist raids across the country in 1919
What is Palmer Raids
400
Secured and insured bank deposits
What is the FDIC
400
secret project where we built a big bomb
What is the manhattan project
500

The word "Imperial" implies that you are going from being a nation that only governs its own people to a __________ which controls other people outside of your nation.

What is an Empire

500

A socialist Presidential candidate thrown in jail for his views, but who still received over 1 million votes.

What is Eugene Debs

500
Questionable stock market strategy that lead to a collapse of the market
What is buying on the margin
500

The idea that in times of economic failure or slow down, the government should borrow and spend money in order to stimulate economic growth.

What is Keynesian economics

500
Court case about the legality of internment camps
What is Korematsu vs US