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Eras 4 Life
Documents like its my job
People, People, People
Events are what I do
Vocabulary makes my head hurt
100
Era of prosperity for a few, hid the corruption and poverty of many.
What is the Gilded Age
100
Sent from Mexico to Germany asking them to attack the United States.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram
100
Established houses for immigrants in Chicago.
Who is Jane Addams
100
What two events urged the US to enter WWI
What is the Zimmerman Telegram and Lusitania
100
Government takes no part in regulating the economy.
What is Laissez Fare Economy
200
Caused by the Sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman Telegram.
What is the US in WWI
200
This Amendment established Congresses power to collect income tax.
What is the 16th Amendment
200
First woman appointed to the Supreme Court.
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor
200
Caused by overarming and drought on the Great Plains.
What is the Dust Bowl
200
US turns inward to focus on domestic issues and not on foreign affairs.
What is isolationism
300
Conflict between the USSR and the US during the 50s-80s.
What is The Cold War
300
Legislation meant to stop big business corruption of the Gilded Age.
What is the Clayton Anti-Trust Act
300
Desegregated the military in 1948.
Who is President Harry Truman
300
War caused the US to become a world power.
What is the Spanish American War
300
Musicians, artists, and authors lead group in US in the 1950s who challenge status quo with rebellious attitudes.
What is counter-culture
400
The motivation for US involvement in the Korean War.
What is the Domino Theory
400
This policy included the idea that communism should be "contained"
What is the Truman Doctrine
400
Wrote a book outlining the poverty in New York's crowded ghettos.
Who is Jacob Riis
400
US and UN allies aid Kuwait after it was invaded by Iraq.
What is the Persian Gulf War
400
Money losing value because there is too much of it.
What is inflation
500
Time of change marked by legislation such as the 16th, 17th, and 18th Amendments and the Pure Food and Drug Act.
What is The Progressive Era
500
Banned Literacy tests and other unfair voting policies.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965
500
Leader in the Temperance Movement during the Progressive Era.
Who is Frances Willard.
500
March of POWs across Philippine peninsula in WWII.
What is the Bataan Death March
500
Period of good relations between the USA and USSR during the Nixon administration.
What is Detente.