Sign of the Times
What era included Rockefeller, Boss Tweed, Carnegie?
The Gilded Age
Who were the writers and journalists that exposed corruption in politics and business?
Muckrakers
Who was the President that led the U.S out of depression and into the second world war?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Which war led to the U.S becoming a “world power”?
The Spanish-American War
What was the effect of bad farm techniques and a ten year drought?
The Dust Bowl
What time period needed a “New Deal”?
Great Depression
Which constitutional amendment ended gender discrimination in voting?
The 19th
Who was the President that faced the Cuban Missile Crisis?
John F. Kennedy
Which war ended with the Treaty of Versailles?
World War One
What is the process of changing from an agrarian society to an society of factory production?
Industrialization
Which decade had the escalation of the U.S’s longest war?
The Sixties
What is the name of the time period that began with the 18th amendment and ended with the 21st?
Prohibition
Which President was at the center of the Watergate Scandal?
Richard M. Nixon
What place was attacked on December 7th, 1941?
Pearl Harbor
After the attacks on 9/11, the U.S fought a Global War on ________?
Terror
What is the decade of suburbs, rock & roll, and baby boomers?
The Fifties
What is the federal law that ended segregation in 1964?
The Civil Rights Act
Which President signed the Affordable Healthcare Act?
Barack H. Obama
Which long war included the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and an Arms and Space Race?
The Cold War
Who was one the co-founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and author of The Souls of Black Folk?
W.E.B DuBois
What decade began with the end of the Cold War?
The Nineties
What was the first federal law to regulate railroads?
Interstate Commerce Act
Which President was at the center of the Iran Contra Affair?
Ronald W. Reagan
What is the name of the 1990’s war with Iraq?
The Persian Gulf War
This Latina woman was nominated to the U.S Supreme Court by Pres. Obama?
Sonia Sotomayor