Gilded/Progressive
What was the Transcontinental Railroad
This railroad connected the western and eastern parts of the US.
This war led to the relinquishment of Guam, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines
The Spanish American War
What event signifies the 1930s
The Great Depression
What is Rationing in terms of ww2
Limiting the amount of resources people could use here in the US to maximize the amount we could send overseas
What happened to the population in the US after the second world war
Which Amendment gave women the right to vote
19th amendment
What was the treaty that ended the first world war
The Treaty of Versailles
This event in the Midwest made it very difficult for farmers to grow any crops during the 1930s
The Dust Bowl
Who were the two biggest allies of the US during world war two
For an extra 200 - Who were the two biggest enemies of the US during World War Two
Great Britain and the USSR
Germany and Japan
What is the name of the first satellite that was launched into space
sputnik
What was the name of the third party that came about during the progressive era?
For an extra 300 who was this party representing
The Progressive Party, Bull Moose, Populist
(For your everyday people)
What is Prohibition?
For an extra 300 points, which two amendments focus on prohibition
The ban of alcohol
18th and 21st
This event lead to the Great Depression of the 1930s
Stock Market Crash
What was the name of the operation that liberated France during the second world war
D-Day or Operation Overlord
What was the Marshall Plan
A plan to give economic aid to help rebuild western Europe and the second world war.
What book did Upton Sinclair write that would lead to the creation of the FDA
The Jungle
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Sinking of the Lusitania
Zimmerman Telegram
What was the name of FDR economic plan to rebuild the country?
For an extra 400, what do the three R's stand for
New Deal
Relief, Recovery, Reform
What was the name of the project that lead to the creation of the atomic bombs
The Manhattan project
This war ended in a stalemate, and is technically still going on to this day.
Korean War
What was the Homestead AND Dawes Act
Dawes - Gave Native Americans land if they agreed to assimilate.
What is the Scopes Monkey Trial about
Modern Science vs Religion (The teaching of evolution)
How would FDR address the country
Fireside Chats
What was executive order 9066
Japanese Internment camps
This moment was the closest the US and the Soviet Union came to nuclear war during the Cold War
The Cuban Missile Crisis