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The Gilded Age
World War I
Trivia
World War II
The Cold War
100
This famous author wrote the book The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today
Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens
100
Submarines used by the German military were commonly referred to as what?
U-Boats
100
Former General during the Civil War who was known for the ungodly amount of cigars he smoked on a daily basis
Ulysses S. Grant
100
This man rose to power in 1933 as the leader of the National Socialist party
Adolph Hitler
100
The biggest threat the U.S. faced from the Soviet Union was due to what newly acquired technology?
Nuclear warheads/Atomic weapons
200
Which years are associated with the start and end of The Gilded Age?
1870-1900
200
This was the name of the telegram sent from Germany to Mexico in the hopes of forming an alliance against the U.S.
The Zimmerman Telegram
200
American who wrote the national anthem
Francis Scott Key
200
U.S. president during World War II who was the first to serve more than two terms in office
Franklin D. Roosevelt
200
Successor of Joseph Stalin in 1953
Nikita Khrushchev
300
As a result of the Crédit Mobilier scandal, the Republican party split into which two groups?
The Stalwarts and Half-Breeds
300
Secretary of State during Woodrow Wilson's presidency. He later resigned from office due to his pacifist beliefs
William Jennings Bryan
300
What are the 13 stripes on the American flag representative of?
The 13 original colonies
300
This code name was used for the U.S. led project to develop the first atomic bombs
The Manhattan Project
300
U.S. invasion of Cuba in attempt to topple the Castro regime in 1961
The Bay of Pigs
400
The Chinese Exclusion Act was passed by congress for what main reason?
The purpose of halting Chinese immigration to the U.S.
400
The Triple Alliance (not to be confused with the Triple Entente) was between which three forces?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire
400
This U.S. president was famously known for dueling and as such was shot several times.
Andrew Jackson
400
This policy removed American troops from foreign nations to help improve international relations
The Good Neighbor Policy
400
The worry and unrest of the American people as a result of McCarthyism was dubbed what?
The Red Scare
500
The Gilded Age coincided with which two European eras in the same relative time frame?
The Belle Époque and the Victorian era
500
What was the total cost of the war for all involved countries?
Aproximately $186.3 billion
500
This U.S. state is the birthplace to more presidents than any other
Virginia
500
This wartime conference of Churchill and FDR was known as
The Casablanca Conference
500
Name of the first satellite sent into space by the Soviet Union
Sputnik 1