Now you're just some countries that I used to own.
The War to End All Wars Except a Bigger One Happens 20 Years Later
Tonight I'm gonna party like its 1925.
The party crashed and we need a new deal.
The Civil Rights Movement before the Civil Rights Movement was cool.
100
This is the policy by which larger countries assert their economic, political, and military influence on much smaller countries.
100
This act created a lottery system by which men were drafted into the armed forces and sent to fight in Europe during World War I.
100
At the time, this cultural movement that spanned the 1920s was known as the "New Negro Movement", named after the 1925 anthology by Alain Locke, and defined African American culture.
100
Two days after being sworn as the President of the United States during the height of the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt closed all of the banks in what is known as the?
100
During the first Red Scare, over 16,000 people were arrested on charges of suspicion of communism and anarchy in the ______ _____.
200
This war, fought between Spain and America everywhere else but in Spain and America, resulted in American annexations of Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico.
200
These laws prohibited many forms of speech, including "any disloyal, profane, or abusive language about the form of government of the United States.
200
This captain of industry utilized the assembly line to increase efficiency in the production of the automobile. He was also known for paying his workers the unheard of wage $5 a day.
200
On this date, share prices on the New York Stock Exchange completely collapsed, becoming a pivotal factor in the emergence of the Great Depression.
200
This group, known for its racial intolerance against blacks, Jews, and Catholics as well as domestic terrorism experienced a decline in the early 1900s and a resurgence through the 1920s.
300
Newspapers that used sensational headlines and exaggerated stories to promote sales and readership.
300
The Sinking of the Lusitania, Unrestricted Submarine Warfare, the Zimmerman Telegram.
300
What was the purpose of United States participation in the Washington Conference of 1921?
300
Identify and describe two of Franklin D. Roosevelt's 'alphabet soup' items from either the First or Second New Deal.
Example: Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) reduced agricultural production by paying farmers subsidies not to plant on part of their land and to kill off excess livestock.
Example: Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) reduced agricultural production by paying farmers subsidies not to plant on part of their land and to kill off excess livestock.
300
This group, founded by W.E.B. Du Bois in 1909, fought for the equality and self image of African Americans across the country.
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peopl (NAACP)?
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400
This military historian and author who wrote "The Influence of Sea Power Upon History" pioneered the concept of sea power which centered on the idea that the countries with greatest naval power will have the greatest worldwide impact.
400
This administration was responsible for 'selling' the war to the American people through the use of propaganda.
400
This famous 1920's court case highlighted the ideological divide between fundamentalists (traditionalists) and modernists when a teacher challenged a ban on teaching evolution in school.
400
A period of severe dust storms which gave the 1930s their nickname the "Dirty Thirties" which greatly damaged the agricultural market in the United States.
400
This amendment made the manufacture and sale of alcohol illegal. It was eventually repealed during Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency by the __st _________.
What are the 18th and 21st Amendments to the United States Constitution?
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500
President Theodore Roosevelt's broader policy for diplomacy in Latin American.
500
This peace treaty, signed in 1919, placed all of the blame for the war on Germany and required that they repay a total of $3 billion in damages.
500
This leader of the African American community preached a philosophy of self-help, racial-solidarity, and accommodation.
500
DAILY DOUBLE!!
Analyze the following political cartoon:
What symbolism exists in this cartoon? What is the author's purpose in drawing the above cartoon?
The cartoon reflects the fact that some people did not trust the New Deal and argued that it was unconstitutional.
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500
These two Italian immigrants were arrested and executed for the murder of two men largely due to their political allegiances as anarchists. Their guilt is still debated by scholars to this day.