These laws were a method of imposing strict segregation in things like streetcars, trains, schools, parks, public buildings, and cemeteries.
What are Jim Crow Laws
100
These 3 nations formed the Central Powers alliance.
What are the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire
100
Progressive President who ran as a Bull-Moose in 1912.
Who is Teddy Roosevelt
100
Revived racist group that, at the height of its power, counted over 5 million Americans in its ranks.
What is the (New) Ku Klux Klan
100
His assassination was the tipping point that caused the Austro-Hungarian Empire to declare war on Serbia.
Who is Franz Ferdinand
200
Eugene Debs ran for President several times under this political party:
What is the Socialist Party
200
This 1917 legislative act established the American draft in World War I.
What is the Selective Service Act
200
Attempted to bring the United States into the League of Nations, but was unsuccessful due to Republican interference.
Who is Woodrow Wilson
200
Outlawed the creation and sale of alcohol in the United States.
What is Prohibition (18th Amendment)
200
This mode of transportation saw a huge boost in popularity when it became much cheaper in the 1920s.
What is the automobile
300
This book exposed the disgusting and dangerous working conditions in meat packing plants.
What is the Jungle
300
The sinking of this ship caused tensions to escalate between Germany and the United States, as 128 American civilians lost their lives.
What is the Lusitania
300
Leader of the National American Women Suffrage Association. Advocated for women to work towards getting the vote on a state-by-state basis.
Who is Carrie Chapman Catt
300
First "talkie" or movie with synchronized sound.
What is the Jazz Singer
300
This international health crisis caused the deaths of up to 100 million people world wide between 1917 and 1918.
What is the 1918 Influenza Pandemic
400
The term for journalists that exposed the less attractive side of American life.
Who are Muckrakers
400
This message from, Germany to Mexico, offered the latter a return of the American Southwest territory if they attacked the Untied States.
What is the Zimmermann Telegram
400
Pair of Anarchists who were convicted of murder on flimsy evidence. Executed in the electric chair.
Who are Sacco and Vanzetti
400
Tennessee trial over the right to teach evolution in schools.
What is the Scopes Monkey Trial
400
Practice and belief that asserts that human society can be improved or made perfect through select breeding of the superior and forced sterilization of the inferior.
What is Eugenics
500
This is social theory postulates that truth emerges from practical action and experience, not abstract theorizing.
What is Pragmatism
500
This treaty ended World War I with ungenerous terms for Germany.
What is the Treaty of Versailles
500
Made the first solo, non-stop flight from the United States to Europe. Pressed for more emphasis on commercial flight.
Who is Charles Lindbergh
500
Restricted annual immigration in an effort to keep out Southern and Eastern Europeans.
What is the National Origins Act
500
He ended the Russo-Japanese war through conflict mediation.