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Suffrage
Spanish American War
World War I
Great Depression
World War II
100
A person who fights for women's right to vote.
What is a suffragist?
100
This is when a newspaper makes up a story in order to sell more papers.
What is yellow journalism?
100
This is when a country builds up its army and navy.
What is militarism?
100
This is when a bank takes over your house because you can not pay for it.
What is foreclosure?
100
This is when you think your country or race is superior to others.
What is nationalism?
200
This is the amendment that gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
200
This is when a larger, more powerful country takes over less powerful regions.
What is imperialism?
200
This is when you spread ideas to favor your side or to hurt an opponent.
What is propaganda?
200
This is the nickname given to shantytowns and it was not out of respect for the president.
What is Hoovervilles?
200
The exact date of Pearl Harbor.
What is December 7th, 1941?
300
The name of the movement many women were in favor of because they were not in favor of alcohol.
What is temperance movement?
300
The name of the battleship that Americans thought was under enemy attack.
What is USS Maine?
300
This assassination was the "spark" that started World War I.
Who is Archduke Ferdinand?
300
This is the name given to the place where people would line up for a hot meal. Even Al Capone ran them in Chicago.
What is soup kitchen?
300
This strategy was meant for the Allied forces to move closer to Japan.
What is island hopping?
400
The name of the place in New York where the first official women's rights conference was held in 1848.
What is Seneca Falls?
400
The name of the country that gained independence from Spain as a result of the Spanish American War?
What is Cuba?
400
This new type of warfare meant men would be stuck in the cold, wet, mud for days and days.
What is trench warfare?
400
Along with poor farming practices this is a cause of the dust bowl.
What is drought?
400
The most famous concentration camp where Elli Wiesel survived.
What is Auschwitz?
500
The name of the document women wrote demanding equality. The modeled it after the Declaration of Independence.
What is Declaration of Sentiments?
500
This president wanted to avoid war with Spain.
Who is President McKinley?
500
This is the treaty that ended WWI and some feel it is the cause of WWII.
What is Treaty of Versailes?
500
These were meant to get people back to work, help keep people in their homes, protect your money in the bank, etc., they were set up by Roosevelt.
What are the New Deal Programs?
500
This is what the US government accused Japanese Americans of being there fore moving them to internment camps, none were found BTW.
What are spys?