President that oversaw the Reconstruction of the South. He also emancipated the slaves during the Civil War
Who is President Abraham Lincoln
100
The gap between the rich and the poor, and the unsafe working conditions of crowded cities prompted this group of people to rise up for reform.
Who are the Progressives
100
World War I happened on this continent
What is Europe
100
This is what caused the US to become involved in WWII
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor
100
The imprisoning of people based on the accusations of being a communist
What is McCarthyism
200
President who took over after Lincoln's death, and allowed Southern leaders from the Civil War to oversee Reconstruction efforts.
Who is President Andrew Johnson
200
These huge companies that controlled one or more aspects of a market were broken up by Presidents Roosevelt and Taft.
What are monopolies
200
These two groups of countries were pitted in battle against each other during World War I
What are the Central and Allied powers
200
World War II happened on these two continents.
What is Asia and Europe
200
World War II and the Cold War led to this war on the Asian continent. The Communist side included the Soviet Union and China.
What is the Korean War
300
These laws closely resembled pre-Civil War slave laws that limited the freedoms of former slaves. (It isn't Jim Crow!)
What are the Black Codes
300
These workers suffered long hours, and harsh working conditions because they had small hands that could fix the big machines that helped industrialization flourish.
Who are child/women workers
300
The Americans stayed neutral, trading with both sides, until this happened in 1915, calling America to help the Allied powers
What is the sinking of the Lusitania by a German U-Boat
300
This General of the US army defended the Philippines from the Japanese, and later served as Commander in the Korean War
Who is Douglas MacArthur
300
This country was our friend in World War II, but wanted nothing to do with us after WWII and during the Cold War.
What is the Soviet Union (Russia)
400
This agency aided the millions of southerners left homeless and hungry by the war. It also distributed food and clothing, served as an employment agency, and set up hospitals and schools. (Hint: The homeless were mostly former slaves)
What is the Freedman's Bureau
400
These groups led to better pay, better working hours, and safer conditions in the workplace due to what is called "collective bargaining"
What are labor unions
400
Congress passed this act in 1917 that required men between the ages of 21 and 30 to register, and go to war.
What is the Selective Service Act, or the Draft
400
Because of suspicions that they were on the Axis powers' side, this group of people in America were put into internment camps
Who are the Japanese and Asian peoples.
400
This person became president during the Cold War after being a General of the US army in WWII
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower
500
This legislation states "The rights of the citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abriged by the United States, or by any state, on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
What is the 15th Amendment
500
This man thought that college education and vocational training offered the best chance of progress for African Americans
Who is W.E.B. Dubois
500
The 14 Points Speech by President Wilson led to the formation of this organization, to which the US ultimately did not participate in.
What is the League of Nations
500
This country experienced an estimated 28 million deaths and casualties, the most of any country participating in the war
What is Russia
500
These two events are what people were afraid would happen during the Cold War.