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100

___________________: a company that has complete control over its section of the market. 

Monopoly

100

Someone who sold alcohol illegally during Prohibition was known as a _______________.  

Bootlegger

100

Which suffragette was arrested in 1872 for voting in the presidential election?

Susan B. Anthony

100

The Great Depression caused this to rise above 20%

Unemployment

100

This New Deal program gave government pensions to all American citizens above the age of 65

Social Security

200

This muckraker published "The Jungle" in 1906

Upton Sinclair

200
These secret places would serve alcohol to customers illegally during Prohibition

Speakeasies

200

Which amendment officially gave women the right to vote (number)?

19th

200

Who was president when the Great Depression began?

Herbert Hoover

200

This form of economics emphasized an increase in government spending during harsh times, even if it put the nation into debt. 

Keynesian Economics

300

This muckraker exposed the realities of child labor through his photographs 

Lewis Hine

300

Which amendment made alcohol illegal in the United States (number)

18th

300

What was the first state to grant women the right to vote?

Wyoming

300

These kinds of high risk, high reward investments were one of the causes of the 1929 Stock Market Crash. 

Speculative Investments (speculation)
300

The CCC, which put men between the ages of 17-28 working at the nation's public parks, was representative of which "R" of the New Deal

Recovery

400

In the late 1800's, large corporations fired workers who attempted to these kinds of organizations

Labor Unions

400

Which President successfully repealed the Prohibition Amendment, making alcohol legal once again?

Franklin Roosevelt (FDR)
400
After obtaining suffrage, what did people in the Women's Rights unsuccessfully attempt to pass afterwards? This legislation would focus on advances for women in everyday public and private life. 

The Equal Rights Amendment

400

This natural disaster caused a huge decrease in the amount of crops grown during the Great Depression

The Dust Bowl
400

The Glass-Steagall Act, which put new regulations on the Banking industry, represented which "R" of New Deal policies 

Reform

500

This occurs when a large company buys up many of the smaller companies in their section of the market

Consolidation

500
The __________________ Movement pushed for the banning of alcohol during the 1800's, and was led by women and Christians. 

Temperance

500

What was the first official meeting of the women's rights organization in the United States, occurring in 1848. 

The Seneca Falls Convention

500

This law (named after two senators) was passed in the beginning of the Great Depression. It put a tax on foreign goods in an effort to increase domestic production. It failed. 

The Smoot-Hawley Act

500

During his Fireside Chats, which government organization did FDR threatened to make major reforms to if they continued to block New Deal policies?

The Supreme Court