This made federal land available to settlers for free if they could improve upon the land.
What is the Homestead Act
100
The Pittsburgh Steelers would not exist if it wasn't for this man and his wealth made out of steel.
Who is Andrew Carnegie
100
Was the phenomenon that destroyed farms in Mid-America and added an environmental "villain" to the Great Depression. *cough, cough*
What is the Dust Bowl
100
This court case ended segregation in public schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education
100
The conflict in the Middle East involving the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq.
What is the Persian Gulf War
200
You don't have to see a doctor for this, but this massacre signaled the end of the Indian Wars in the West.
What is the Battle of Wounded Knee
200
The richest man ever who controlled the refining of oil in America
Who is John D. Rockefeller
200
This man wrote about the Great Depression
Who is John Steinbeck
200
This court case from 1896 was the first to allow for the segregation of schools, meaning separating children based on color.
What is Plessy v Ferguson
200
A trade agreement between the three largest countries in North America in which Clinton supported.
What is NAFTA
300
This happened when the government forcefully ordered Native American Indians in 1830 to move west of the Mississippi. Nearly a quarter of the Cherokee perished.
What is the Trail of Tears
300
This attempted to brake up monopolies that weren't very "trusting" by using unfair tactics.
What is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act
300
Government projects such as the ________, in Nevada, which used the Colorado River to provide electricity, contributed to hiring people in large government projects.
What is the Hoover Dam
300
Southern Democrat governors who were racist and wanted to resist desegregation and keep things as they were before the Civil Rights Movement.
Who is George Wallace, and/or Orval Faubus, and/or Lester Maddox
300
Clinton almost got _________, for lying under oath about an inappropriate relationship.
What is impeach(ment)
400
This plan sought to Americanize the Native Americans by giving them private land formerly used for reservations.
What is the Dawes Act
400
This Act prohibited the unfair practices of railroads that cross state lines.
What is the Interstate Commerce Act
400
Overproduction, speculation and shaky banking were the reason for it
What is the causes of the Great Depression
400
First African-American in the supreme court
Who is Thurgood Marshall
400
George Bush Sr. served this position under Ronald Reagan's presidency
What is vice president
500
Not thinking about the ice cream sandwich here but this discovery near Alaska set off a frenzy to find precious metals.
What is the Klondike Gold Rush
500
This is what made steel more easily available and affordable. Used by Carnegie and he made a fortune.
What is the Bessemer Process
500
Before Franklin D. Roosevelt's election, this president struggled with helping America get out of the Depression.
Who is Herbert Hoover
500
This act eliminated discrimination in public places and employment.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964
500
Clinton kept troops in the Middle-East after the Persian Gulf War because of this.
What measures were taken to prevent Iraqi aggression