period of economic downturn beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continued till the end of World War II
What is The Great Depression?
100
He said that blacks should not sell out their freedoms to whites
Who is W.E.B Dubois?
100
This means seperation by race
What is segregation?
100
This court case ruled that segregation was alright as long as it was "Seperate but Equal"
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
200
The sinking of this British luxury liner by German U-boats was one major cause of America entering World War I
What is Lusitania?
200
Roosevelt's proposal to help get the US out the Great Depression
What is the New Deal?
200
These were volunteers organized by Teddy Roosevelt who charged San Juan Hill during the Spanish American War
Who are the rough riders?
200
investigates companies for unfair business practices
What is Federal Trade Commission?
200
Year Alabama's Constitution was accepted
What is 1901?
300
This was the alliance of German, Austria-Hungary, and Italy in World War I
What is the Triple Alliance?
300
This president received much of the blame for the Great Depression
Who is Herbert Hoover?
300
Group that used violence and terror against blacks
Who are Ku-Klux Klan?
300
This act said that businesses coul not use antitrust laws to break up labor unions
What is Clayton Antitrust Act?
300
This institute provide industrial and agricultural training for black men and was located in Alabama
What is the Tuskegee Institute?
400
This was a system of pits and trenches used for fighting in World War I
What is trench warfare?
400
these were the shacks, tents, etc that many people lived in after losing their jobs during the Great Depression
What are Hoovervilles?
400
only president ever elected 4 times
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
400
this term means that it is better to stay out of international conflicts and events
What is isolationism?
400
This is a period of literary works by blacks from 1920-1940
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
500
This was a note sent to Mexico from Germany that promised to restored land lost to the US if Mexico would attack the US
What is the Zimmerman Note?
500
this was the name given to the area in central Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas that experience severe drought during the 1930s
What is Dust Bowl?
500
Two Italian immigrants accused of burglary and murder and thought to be communist, evidence during their trial was very limited and they were found guilty and executed in 1927
Who are Sacco and Vanzetti?
500
This means the fear of communism and other extreme ideas
What is the Red Scare?
500
This Alabama native helped stop malaria and the spread of other diseases during the building of the Panama Canal