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What were the names of the main two places immigrants passed through?
What is Ellis Island and Angel Island
100
what is "no mans land"
What is area between two trenches
100

“survival of the fittest” in society; the strong will survive because they work hard and are smart; the weak will be weeded out

What is Social Darwinism

100
Who wrote the Jungle
What is Upton Sinclair
100
what ethnicity was denied access to the United States in the late 19th century?
What is Chinese
200
What were two causes of WWI?
What is imperialism, nationalism, militarism, and alliances
200
who was in charge of the NYC Tammany Hall political machine?
What is William Tweed
200
Who did Theodore Roosevelt recommend for president after he decided to not run for re-election
What is William Howard Taft
200
What is a Muckraker
What is reporter/writer that exposes filth of society
200
what was the unemployment rate during the Great Depression?
What is 25%
300
what was the name of the ship that sank outside of Havana, which brought the US closer to war with Spain
What is USS Maine
300
What was the original name of the 18th amendment?
What is Volstead Act
300

What is the Dawes Act?

gave Indians land (160 acres) if they assimilated as an American citizen and became a farmer

300
What city is Al Capone associated with?
What is Chicago
300
What was the name of FDR's plan to pull the USA out of the Great Depression?
What is New Deal
400
What country did the United States originally negotiate the Panama Canal with?
What is Colombia
400
What was the name of the structures where many immigrants lived in cities.
What is tenement
400

What does the 16th Amendment allow for?

What is graduated income tax

400
What was the Red Scare
What is fear of communism, socialism, and anarchism
400
What did the Scopes Trial debate
What is teaching evolution in public schools
500
What were some distinct qualities about the people who we refer to as progressives?
What is white, middle class, college educated
500
Who were the three presidents during the 1920s
What is Coolidge, Harding, and Hoover
500
Who were the three main "captains of industry"
What is Vanderbilt, Carnegie, and Rockefeller
500
What treaty ended WWI
What is Treaty of Versailles
500
what Association did WEB Dubois help found?
What is National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)