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American Origins
The Civil War
Industrial America
American Imperialism/WWI
The Roaring Twenties
100
In 1492, this explorer sailed the ocean blue and murdered/enslaved the inhabitants of San Salvador island
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
This fluffy white crop helped run the economy of the South during the early to mid 1800's.
What is cotton?
100
This immigration station, located off the coast of New York City, helped immigrants from Europe enter the United States
What is Ellis Island?
100
This battleship, sunk in Havana Harbor, helped begin the Spanish/American War
What is The USS Maine?
100
These two Italian immigrants were arrested in 1920 on suspicious of murder and robbery
What are Sacco & Vanzetti?
200

This area of the United States relied on plantation farming and slave labor to run its economy

What are the Southern Colonies? 

200
This tall bearded figure came to power in 1860 and officially started the split between North and South.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
200
This immigration station, off the coast of San Francisco, was created to enforce anti-immigration acts.
What is Angel Island?
200
This type of journalism was created to mislead the public on the Spanish/American War
What is yellow journalism?
200
This terror group had a comeback during the 1920's and targeted African-Americans, Catholics, Jews, and immigrants
Who is the KKK?
300
This scuffle on the streets of a major east coast city left five colonists dead and helped start the American Revolution.
What is The Boston Massacre?
300
This law, passed during the Civil War, freed slaves who were still under Southern control.
What is The Emancipation Proclamation?
300
This movement during the 1920's believed in creating programs that could benefit the poor and fix societies problems.
What is the Progressive Movement?
300
This form of diplomacy, created by Woodrow Wilson, kept the United States out of conflict by refusing to deal with immoral leaders
What is moral diplomacy?
300
This poet and pioneer of the Harlem Renaissance wrote from his experience as an African-American male in the United States
Who is Langston Hughes?
400

This area of the United States was known for its shipping, industry, and vast forests.

What are the Northern Colonies?

400
This abolitionist, used violence to get his point across. He attacked the armory at Harper's Ferry Virginia with his sons.
Who is John Brown?
400
This muckraker, helped expose the ills of society by writing a book on the shady business practices of Standard Oil
Who is Ida Tarbell?
400
This message, sent by Germany, was created to isolate the United States during World War I
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
400
This U.S. Attorney General focused on attack communists and raiding their homes during the first Red Scare
Who is A. Mitchell Palmer?
500

Britain was acting a fool when they passed these laws closing the port of Boston, and forcing colonists to house soldiers

What are the Intolerable Acts?

500
The following amendments (13, 14, and 15) forever changed the makeup of the United States. Describe what each amendment changed.
13th = No more slavery in the United States. 14th = Birthright citizenship and equal rights for former slaves 15th = The right to vote for former slaves
500
This business practice is created when you connect many businesses from the same background together thus, creating a monopoly.
What is horizontal integration?
500
William Howard Taft used dollar diplomacy to take over this countries national bank
What is Nicaragua?
500
These two laws stopped immigrants from entering the United States during the 1920's
What is the Quota Act and the National Origins Act?