This was a treaty signed after WWI putting an end to the war, signed in France.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
100
This movement is represented by the cultural flourishing of African American culture in the 1920s especially in Harlem.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
100
The 26th amendment allowed 18 year olds to vote. Name the reason why.
What is--they were old enough to fight and be drafted in a war, then they should be able to vote?
100
It is called "Black Tuesday".
What is the beginning of the stock market crash?
100
This person gave the "I have a dream speech"
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
200
This event sparked WWI
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
200
Homer Plessey hoped to start a movement showing that separate but equal was not constitutional. Instead this ruling enforced the separate but equal paradigm which lasted another 60 years.
What is Plessey vs. Ferguson.
200
This bill passed giving veterans of wars benefits.
What is the GI Bill of Rights in 1944 (right after WWII)?
200
This event was a major leap for the Russians in the space race?
What is launching Sputnik in 1957?
200
This person developed the idea of "The Great Society" with the idea that poverty could be eradicated.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson
300
These cities were the targets of two atomic bombs considered to mark the end of WWII
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
300
This movement was America's "dry period".
What is prohibition?
300
This series of domestic programs designed by President Roosevelt were enacted in order to revive the nation as a recovery from the great depression.
What is the New Deal?
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300
These two states were the last to become part of the United States.
What Hawaii and Alaska?
300
This person was the first _________ to hold position in the Supreme Court?
Who is the woman Sandra Day O'Connor?
400
An American ship docked near Cuba blew up and the U.S. blamed it on a Cuban missile. This began what conflict?
What is the Spanish-American War?
400
This time period is known largely for its social and political change bringing in a new era of culture.
What is the Progressive Era?
400
This was the first act established to help the elderly.
What is the Social Security Act?
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400
Lee Harvey Oswald was responsible for which event?
What is the assassination of President John F. Kennedy?
400
This is not a person :)
This event was a prolonged act of violence over politically incorrect fashion.
What is the Zoot Suit Riots?
500
Major disagreements about power and politics led to this unusual "war" between the U.S. and Russia.
What is the Cold War?
500
This movement overturned the Plessey vs. Ferguson ruling.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
500
This order makes certain areas war/military zones.
What is Executive Order 9060
500
This passage connected two oceans and made transportation faster, easier and more profitable.
What is the completion of the Panama Canal?
500
Some might argue that this person was elected as the result of 150 years of struggle for Civil Rights/