Imperialism
Progressive Era
America and the Great War/The "New Era"
The Great Depression/The New Deal
The Global Crisis/America in a World at War
100

What specific event motivated America to declare war on Spain?

What was the explosion of USS Maine?

100

What did the progressive era try to fix?

What was corruption during the Gilded Age?

100

What were the four main causes of WW1?

What is Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism?

100

What type of natural disaster worsened the Great Depression by devastating the Great Plains agriculture?

What was the Dust Bowl?

100

What did Japan do to finally convince America to join WW2?

What was the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
200

What was the style of journalism that fostered united hatred towards Spain?

What was Yellow Journalism?

200

What group had major contributions in exposing corruption in society?

Who were the Muckrakers? 

200

What was one of the main reasons why America joined WW2 despite its initial position of isolationism?

What was the Zimmerman Telegraph, attack of Lusitania, or strong economic ties to Great Britain?

200

Which plan or policy of America caused the Great Depression to affect other nations internationally?

What was the Dawes Plan?

200

What treaty did America ratify to advertise international peace without joining the league of nations?

What was the Kellogg-Briand Pact?

300

What was the main philosophical justification of American Imperialism?

What is Social Darwinism?

300

What act did Theodore Roosevelt aggressively enforce to eventually give him the nickname: “trustbuster”?

What was the Sherman Antitrust Act?

300

Which two acts demonstrated the suppression of civil rights in the United States during WW1?

What were the Espionage Act and Sedition Act?

300

 What economic idea did both president Hoover and Warren G. Harding believe that FDR disagreed with?

What was government intervention in the economy?

300

What operation secretly led by America broke the Japanese coded message system?

What was Operation Magic?

400

 What was the main argument against American Imperialism by the anti-imperialists?

What was the Spirit of 1776?

400

What were the three Cs of Theodore Roosevelt’s square deal?

What was Consumer Protection, Control of corporations, and Conservation of natural resources?

400

What were two developments that were part of the new American culture during the Roaring Twenties?

What was the Harlem Renaissance and Hollywood?

400

Which New Deal program funded large-scale infrastructure projects by contracting private corporations, creating millions of jobs?

What is the Public Works Administration (PWA)? 
400

What was a policy America adopted that improved its relationship with Latin America while still having economic control through trade dependency?

What was the Good Neighbor Policy?

500

What did America force Cuba to implement after the Spanish American War that served as a model for the Roosevelt Corollary?

What was the Platt Amendment?

500

What were three developments of American politics that attempted to solve political corruption of political machines?

What was the Secret Ballot, Direct primary, and Direct election of senator (17th amendment)?

500

Which war board was in charge of cooperation between corporations and unions to ensure production stays strong during the war?

What was the National War Labor Board?

500

Which critic among the American Liberty League called for a $200 provision a month to elderly citizens, believing that this act would lead to economic recovery?

Who was Francis Townsend?

500

What did Roosevelt establish in response to the planned march against Black American exclusion of high-paying war jobs?

What was the Fair Employment Practices Comission (FEPC)?