Gilded Age
President
Cold war/Progressive Era
Amendments to the Constitution
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

First U.S. President to be assassinated

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

100

What is the term for neighboring countries falling to Communism?

What is Domino Thoery?

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

President at the end of World War II

Who is Harry S. Truman?

200
What is the name of the idea that fell over Eastern Europe and Western Europe to cut off travel and communication. Eastern European nations become "satellites" of the Soviet Union?
What is Iron Curtain?
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The amendment to the U.S. Constitution that repealed the 18th amendment on prohibition (the ban or sale of alcohol)?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

Organized group with the objective of controlling a city's politics

What is a political machine?

300

President who previously served in the Spanish American War

Who is Theodore Roosevelt?

300

Dividing border in Berlin during the Cold War

What is Berlin Wall?

300

Amendment that abolished slavery

What is 13th 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

This president was removed from office due to the Watergate Scandal

Who is Richard M. Nixon?

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 19th Amendment?

What is grants suffrage for women?

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

Industrialists who became one of the richest men in the world thanks to his steel monopoly

Who is Andrew Carnegie?

500

Only father and son presidents

Who is George H. Bush and George W. Bush?
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 1st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?

What is if the freedom of speech, religion, and peaceful assembly?

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?