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100

This thread of federal legislation provided work and aid to the millions of unemployed people during the Great Depression. 

What was the New Deal?

100
These countries were referred to as the allies

What were Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the U.S.A

100

Americans would often go to this location to rebel against prohibition and obtain illegal alcohol.

What is a Speakeasy

100
This early 20th-century pseudoscientific theory was used to justify racism, imperialism, and conservatism

What is Social Darwinism

200

This controversial 1936 act was accused of being executive overreach and shot down. 

what is the Supreme Court Packing Scheme of 1936

200

This event was referred to as a "Splendid little war"

What was the Spanish-American War?

200

This Federal Housing Agency policy led to a disproportionate separation of neighborhoods based on race and class. 

What is Red Lining?

200

President FDR hid this ailment from the public.

What is polio?

300

This supreme court case ruling upheld that the incarceration of Japanese Americans was justified to protect the country from espionage

What is Korematsu v. United States

300

These two tactics were used to supply Great Britain with arms during WWII while maintaining isolationism and neutrality. 

What were the Lend-Lease Act and the Cash and Carry Acts?

300

The 16th Amendment established this

What was an income tax on the wealthy?

300

This group of writers and artists who lived in Europe after WWI expressed their trauma and social disconnect caused by the war

Who was the Lost Generation?
400

This goal of business-friendly presidents during the Roaring 20s ended the progressive era of Labor Unions. Calvin "the business of America is business" Coolidge was president then.

What is "Return to Normalcy"?

400

Migration from rural south to urban north sparked a artistic and cultural movement

What was the Harlem Renaissance?

500

These are five policies that were implemented by FDR during the first 100 days of his presidency.

What was...

- Closure of the Banks

- The FDIC/Glass-Steagall Act

- PWA/Public Works Administration

- CCC/Civilian Conservation Corps

- SEC/Security and Exchange Commission

- FHA/Federal Housing Administration

- 18th Amendment Repealed

- National Recovery Administration (Repealed)

- Agricultural Adjustment Administration (Repealed)