Progressive era
Saw America’s landscape as central to its democratic spirit; natural resources vital to economic, included the creation of the U.S. Forest Service (1905)
Who is Theodore Roosevelt.
The sinking of this ship in Havana Harbor led the United States to get involved in the Spanish-American War.
What is the U.S.S. Maine.
This secret German message to Mexico promised the return of lost territories if Mexico allied with Germany against the United States during World War I. What is this message called?
What is the Zimmermann Telegram.
What were young rebellious American women called at this time?
Who are Flappers
This is a description of the stock market before the crash, and also what gives soda its fizz.
What is a bubble
This would give elderly people a pension to be able to survive instead of working until they died.
This president had to deal with the 9/11 attack and the damages of Hurricane Katrina.
What's the name of this third party group that Teddy Roosevelt, Hint it's named after an animal.
Bull Moose party
This was created with the help of President Theodore Roosevelt's administration to help connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
What is the Panama Canal.
This action by Serbian nationalists sparked World War I.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
This person became famous for their flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
Who are Charles Lindbergh
This is what happened on Black Tuesday 1929?
What is the stock market crashed.
This was created after the "run on the banks" and now insurance your money by the federal government up to 25K.
What is the FDIC.
What are the 3 Reconstruction Amendments that Pres. Lincoln passed.
What is the 13th, 14th & 15th Amendments.
Name a Proxy war that occurred during the Cold War.
Vietnam War, Or Korean War,
Presidents Wilson created this federal agencies to help protect and conserve land
What is National Park Services.
This island kingdom was annexed by the United States for its strategic military location and valuable resources like sugar.
What is Hawaii.
Tanks were introduced during WWI primarily to overcome this type of defense that caused stalemates.
What is Trench warfare
What was the age of music called during the 20's?
What is the Jazz Age
These were the series of droughts during the 1930's.
What was the dust bowl.
A series of radio broadcasts made by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to the nation, beginning in 1933
What are Fireside Chats.
What is Pearl Harbor.
This Supreme Court case would overturn Plessy v. Feruson
What is Brown v. Board of Education.
This movement argued that drinking alcohol undermined the moral fabric of society and linked alcohol to corrupt politicians
What is the Temperance Movement.
This US policy aimed to keep European powers out of Latin America while expanding US influence in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine
In this document, Germany had to take the blame for WWI and was forced to pay reparations back to the Allies.
What is the Treaty of Versailles.
What is the period of culture for African Americans When they embraced in art, music, dance, and literature?
What is the Harlem Renaissance
People who moved from Oklahoma to California to escape the Dust Bowl.
Who were the Okies.
The commission that oversees the stock market
What is the Securities and Exchange Commission
The Watergate scandal cause this president to resign. Being the only president to resign in history.
Who is President Nixon
First Women to be appointed to the Supreme Court
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor
What are the 3 progressive reforms that gave citizens a more direct role in democracy by advocating
What is Initiative, Referendum, Recall
These four territories were occupied by the United States as a result of the Spanish-American War.
What are Cuba, Guam, The Philippines, and Puerto Rico.
This weapon affected about 1.3 million soldiers during World War I by demoralizing, injuring, and killing entrenched defenders.
What is poison gas
What Amendment started prohibition and Amendment ended prohibition.
what is the 18th and 21st Amendment.
Shantytowns built on the outskirts of cities by newly homeless people.
What are Hoovervilles.
created by the Emergency Conservation Work Act, the CCC put unemployed young men to work in the nation’s forests and parks
What is the Civilian Conservation Corp
The Cold War was between which two super powers.
The US & Soviet Union (USSR)
Name the 5 parts to the 1st Amendment
What is Freedom of Speech, Press, Assembly, Religion, & Petition.