Industrial
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WW1 and 2
Civil rights
Civil rights
100

This wave of newcomers in the late 1800s and early 1900s came mostly from Southern and Eastern Europe.

Who are new immigrants?

100

This Progressive president pushed his “Square Deal” reforms.

Who is Theodore Roosevelt?

100

This German policy of attacking ships without warning helped bring the U.S. into WWI.

What is unrestricted submarine warfare?

100

This 1954 Supreme Court case ended school segregation.

What is Brown v. Board of Education?

100

These protests involved refusing to use segregated buses.

What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

200

This businessman was known for creating a monopoly in the oil industry.

Who is John D. Rockefeller?

200

This amendment gave women the right to vote.

What is the 19th Amendment?

200

This attack brought the U.S. into World War II.

What is Pearl Harbor?

200

This act outlawed discrimination in public places.

What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

200

These activists sat at segregated lunch counters to protest.

What are sit-ins?

300

This system provided jobs and aid to immigrants in exchange for political support in cities.

What is a political machine?

300

These journalists exposed corruption and social injustices.

What are muckrakers?

300

This treaty officially ended World War I.

What is the Treaty of Versailles?

300

This act protected voting rights for African Americans.

What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

300

This march in 1963 featured the “I Have a Dream” speech.

What is the March on Washington?

400

This innovation by Henry Ford made products cheaper by speeding up production

What is the assembly line

400

This president was known as a “trust-buster.”

Who is Theodore Roosevelt?

400

This invasion in 1944 marked a turning point in WWII in Europe.

What is D-Day (Normandy invasion)?

400

This leader promoted nonviolent protest.

Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?

400

This amendment lowered the voting age to 18.

What is the 26th Amendment?

500

This war marked the U.S. emergence as a world power in 1898.

What is the Spanish-American War?

500

This law aimed to break up monopolies and restore competition.

What is the Sherman Antitrust Act?

500

This U.S. strategy aimed to stop the spread of communism.

What is containment?

500

This amendment banned poll taxes.

What is the 24th Amendment?

500

This Supreme Court case upheld “separate but equal” before being overturned.

What is Plessy v. Ferguson?