Turn of the Century pt 1
Journalism based on exaggeration.
What is yellow journalism?
This man invented the light bulb, phonograph, and the motion picture camera.
Who is Thomas Edison?
This man made baseball famous with his homeruns.
Who is Babe Ruth?
An invisible dividing line separating Eastern and Western Europe.
What is the Iron Curtain?
Protects voting rights for African American men
What is the 15th Amendment?
The amount of something that people want.
These men were the former slaves who did not know what to do with their lives when slavery was over. They proved themselves in areas of horse riding, gun shooting, roping cows and bulls, and other cowboy skills.
Who is the Black Cowboys of Texas?
During this time 25% of Americans couldn't find jobs.
What is the Great Depression?
Supreme Court case in 1954 which ended segregation in schools.
What is Brown vs. Board of Education?
The Natural disaster that hit the Great Plains destroying farm land.
What was the dust bowl?
The amount of something that people want to sell at certain prices.
What is supply?
This man's assassination began WW1 in 1914
Who is Archduke Ferdinand of Austria Hungary??
This president created The New Deal which created jobs for people out of work and government assisted programs.
Who is Franklin Roosevelt?
This well loved president who was assassinated in Texas in 1963 while riding in a convertible.
Who is JFK?
Hirohito, Mussolini, and Hitler were part of...
What is Axis (Central Power) Alliance?
President during Spanish American War.
Who was William McKinley?
The signing of this document ended WW I.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This author wrote "Gone With The Wind" a book about life in the south during the Civil War.
Who is Margaret Mitchell?
Laws passed by Southern states after Civil War to enforce racial segregation.
What are Jim Crow Laws?
On September 2, 1945, Japan surrendered to the Allies, ending WWII in the Pacific area.
What is 'Victory over Japan' Day (VJ Day)?
This act which allowed settlers to pay a small amount of money and farm land for five years, which they would then own.
What is the Homestead Act?
His work with peanut plants changed life for many Americans and greatly impacted the Southeast United States.
Who was George Washington Carver?
Japans surprise attack on this base made the US enter WW11.
What is Pearl Harbor?
This city closeness to coal and waterways made it a major city for the steel industry.
What is Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania?
This Mexican American, protested, went on a hunger strike for better treatment of migrant worker.
Who was Caesar Chavez?