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WWI/WWII
100
Period from 1865 to 1900 where entrepreneurs were able to reap huge profits for themselves. It was a period of new innovations, rise of new industries, and production.
What is Gilded Age?
100

Roosevelt's New Deal consisted of measures of...

What are relief, recovery, and reform?

100
What is the name of the female social reformer who lead an anti-lynching campaign and organized a national crusade.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
100
What is the name of the amendment to the U.S. Constitution, that changed the voting age from 21 to 18 years old.
What is the 26th Amendment?
100
Regulated the amount of goods that a consumer could obtain. During WWII this method was introduced to avoid public anger over shortages and share in the sacrifices of war.
What is rationing?
200
Inventor of the light bulb. The creation of electricity lead to the rise of machines, streetcars and subway trains.
Who is Thomas Edison?
200

Many Mexican-American workers were forced back to Mexico under this law

What is the Mexican Repatriation Act?

200

The movement emphasized that there was a Christian duty to help those less fortunate.

What is Social Gospel Movement?

200
The amendment to the U.S. Constitution that repealed the 18th amendment on prohibition (the ban or sale of alcohol)?
What is 21st Amendment?
200
Order permitted military commanders to require Japanese Americans to relocate to interior interment camps away from Western coastal regions. What is the name of the law created by President Roosevelt during WWII?
What is Executive Order 9066?
300
Labor union that was created by Samuel Gompers, was a national federation of Different craft unions of skilled workers.
What is the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?
300

He believed that it was his job as President to find a way to help the nation recover,

Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?

300

National political party formed in 1892 to represent the "common man"

Who is the Populist Party?

300
Amendment that allows for the direct election of senators?
What is 17th Amendment?
300
British passenger ship that left NY City for Liverpool. A German submarine sank this passenger ship, killing more than 1,000. What is the name of this sink?
What is the Lusitania?
400
First mass for of transportation that was completed in 1869. It made it possible to travel to California.
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
400

Describe the Federal Reserve Act of 1913

What is established the Federal Reserve System, which controls the ability of banks to lend money and regulate the money supply?

400
Founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored people (NAACP). He believed that African Americans should be aggressive and fight for equal opportunities.
What is W.E.B. DuBois?
400
What is the purpose of the 16th Amendment?
What is allows for income tax?
400
Declaration of the principle of "freedom of the seas"----the right of neutral nations like the U.S. to ship non-military goods to nations at war. What is the name of this idea?
What is Unrestricted submarine warfare?
500
What is the name of the event where labor leaders were blamed when a bomb exploded during the demonstration of striking workers at Square in Chicago.
What is Haymrket Affair?
500

Wrote The Grapes of Wrath about the struggles of American Oakies, farmers from Oklahoma who moved west in search of jobs.

Who is John Steinbeck?

500
What is the name of the group of individuals that examined the rise of industry and examined business practices affecting consumers?
Who are Muckrakers?
500
Describe the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?
What is if the President of the U.S. resigned or dies in office the Vice-President becomes President
500
The final terms that ended up being extremely harsh to Germany and other defeated powers. This was often called the "War Guilt" clause to the agreement that made germany pay for the war.
What is trench Treaty of Versailles?