This era in history was characterized by unemployment, bank failures, and the idea that the federal government should take on a larger role
What are characteristics of the Great Depression?
100
I was able to double wages and lower the price of my automobiles by using efficient production techniques.
Who is Henry Ford?
100
This was U.S. foreign policy after World War I.
What is isolationism?
100
These new and deadly weapons killed many people during World War I.
What are machine guns, tanks, airplanes, trench warfare, poison gas
100
This amendment is led to bootlegging and a rise in organized crime.
What is the 18th Amendment?
200
The Espionage act of 1917, which made it a crime to criticize the war effort, was passed during this era in history.
What is World War I?
200
I defended a man in a trial that pitted traditional Fundamentalist values against Darwin's theory of evolution. ***You must also give me the name of the court case!****
Who is Clarence Darrow, from the Scopes "Monkey Trial" of 1925.
200
Many Americans were able to purchase cars, washing machines, and vacuum cleaners with this
What is buying on credit?
200
Many feared that granting women this would lead to problems in society
What is women's suffrage, the 19th Amendment?
300
Colonial expansion and the construction of the Panama Canal are characteristics of this era.
What is an age of imperialism? (America becomes a world power, etc.)
300
I hoped my Fourteen Points would make the world safe for democracy after World War I. The most important part of my plan was not approved by the U.S. government.
Who is President Woodrow Wilson?
300
This policy greatly increased the size and power of the Federal Government.
What is the New Deal?
300
Henry Ford made the assembly line technique more efficient by using this
What is the conveyor belt?
300
Mexican Americans were sent back to Mexico with this
What is Mexican Repatriation?
400
Characteristics of this era include a conflict in modern and traditional values, growth of business and the economy, and a rebirth of African American culture.
What is the "Roaring" Twenties?
400
In 1937, I attempted to pack the Supreme Court with supporters of my economic programs after some of those programs were ruled unconstitutional.
Who is President Franklin D. Roosevelt?
400
President Warren Harding promoted this policy during the 1920s.
What is a "return to normalcy"?
400
His hydroeroplane marked the birth of U.S. naval aviation.
Who is Glenn Curtiss?
400
The Supreme Court ruled that there are limits to freedom of speech
What is Schenck v. United States
500
"We were tried during a time when there was hysteria of resentment...against the foreigner...I am suffering because I am a radical and indeed I am a radical; I have suffered because I was an Italian and indeed I am an Italian...if you could execute me two times,...I would live again to do what I have done already."
What is the "Roaring" Twenties?
500
In the Influence of Sea Power Upon History (1890), I argued that a large navy was essential to America's greatness, and that colonial acquisitions were essential to developing our naval power.
Who is Alfred Thayer Mahan?
500
This U.S. foreign policy played a role in the Spanish American War of 1898. (Think causes!) President Theodore Roosevelt later added the Roosevelt Corollary to this policy.
What is the Monroe Doctrine 1823?
500
Farmers faced lower incomes due to overproduction because of this
What are tractors, widespread use of electricity
500
The National Industrial Recovery Act was ruled unconstitutional (sick chicken case)