Civil War/Reconstruction
Gilded Age/Progressive Era
Imperialism
WWI
Roaring '20s
100
What doctrine did Lincoln create that stated that all slaves in the Confederate states should be freed?
Emancipation Proclamation
100
Monopoly
100
The U.S. annexed Hawaii due to Hawaii placing a strong tariff (tax) on which product?
Sugar
100
Can you name the African American regiment that heroically fought in WWI yet the U.S. did not recognize their accomplishments?
Harlem Hellfighters
100
Henry Ford's creation of the ________________ helped mass produce cars and thus dropped the price of them.
Assembly Line
200
What amendment abolished slavery?
13th Amendment
200
Is the following statement true or false?
Labor unions encouraged big businesses to hire child labor.
False
200
Big Stick Diplomacy
200
During World War I, the Sedition Act of 1918 violated which constitutional amendment?
1st Amendment
200
What is the name of the African American organization that founded by W.E.B. DuBois and pushes for African American Equality?
NAACP
300
Explain the difference between black codes and Jim Crow Laws
Black codes: took away basic rights
Jim crow laws: segregation laws
300
What was the name of the movement where individuals pushed for prohibition laws?
Temperance Movement
300
Journalists exaggerated events to build support for the war, giving the president and Congress little chance to resolve the conflict peacefully. What was this technique of exaggerating stories called?
Yellow Journalism
300
The U.S. did not want to sign the Treaty of _______________________ because they did not want to join the League of Nations
Treaty of Versailles
300
Which amendment did Susan B. Anthony enforce the ratification of?
19th Amendment
400
Which battle gave the Union total control of the Mississippi River?
Battle of Vicksburg
400
What was the name of the African American muckraker that focused on the anti-lynching campaign and on the well-being of African Americans?
Ida B. Wells
400
What was one of the main problems with building the Panama Canal?
Disease, expensive, dangerous, gaining independence from Colombia
400
What is the name of the time period when African Americans moved to the North due to the availability of jobs in the North?
The Great Migration
400
How did the creation of new appliances impact American lives?
More leisure time, women could go to work since they had time to, made life easier, increase in consumerism
500
The U.S. government sold sections of tribal land in the passing of this act. What was the name of the act?
Dawes Act
500
Progressive Era
500
President Theodore Roosevelt created this U.S. doctrine that prevented other nations from intervening in the Americas. What was the name of it?
Roosevelt Corollary
500
Which two events changed the U.S.'s stance of neutrality during WWI?
Sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmermann Telegram
500
Which of the following events in Florida during the 1920s reflects the state's role in U.S. history?
a. The Florida Land Boom, which contributed to a speculative real estate frenzy and economic growth in the region
b. The construction of the Erie Canal, which connected trade routes in the northeastern United States
c. The Dust Bowl migration, which displaced farmers and affected agricultural regions
d. The Great Migration, which saw millions of African Americans move to northern industrial cities
A