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100
This is an economic system in which colonies provide raw materials for a country.
What is mercantilism?
100
He wrote "The Shame of Cities."
Who is Lincoln Steffens?
100
This heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne was assassinated by a Serbian named Princip?
Who is Archduke Ferdinand?
100
This is a severe drought experienced by many Americans living in the West.
What is the Dust Bowl?
100
He is the dictator that rose to power in Germany and wanted to start an empire called the Third Reich.
Who is Adolf Hitler?
200
The explosion of this US ship was blamed on Spain and was one of the precipitating events of the Spanish-American War.
What is the USS Maine?
200
This amendment prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcohol.
What is the 18th Amendment?
200
This passenger ship was sunk by a German U-boat and killed 128 Americans.
What is the Lusitania?
200
This was the name of FDR's radio addresses. They were intended to calm the fears of the American people.
What are "Fireside Chats?"
200
These acts were passed to maintain isolationism during World War II.
What are "Neutrality Acts?"
300
John J. Pershing was supposed to capture this man in Mexico.
Who is Pancho Villa?
300
The 19th Amendment established this right.
What is women's suffrage?
300
This treaty, which was never signed by the United States, ended World War I.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
300
This was the name given to those that smuggled liquor during Prohibition.
What are bootleggers?
300
The attack on this naval base led to US entry into the war.
What is Pearl Harbor?
400
This is considered to be Theodore Roosevelt's version of diplomacy.
What is "big stick diplomacy?"
400
This Supreme Court case established the principle of "separate but equal."
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
400
This was the plan for Germany to repay their war debts after World War I.
What is the Dawes Plan?
400
W.E.B. DuBois helped organize this organization in the 1920s.
What are the Pan-African Congresses?
400
This is the name of the project led by Oppenheimer to develop an atomic bomb.
What is the Manhattan Project?
500
Theodore Roosevelt led this group in the Battle of San Juan Hill.
Who are the Rough Riders?
500
This was the movement of African Americans to Northern states.
What is the Great Migration?
500
This Supreme Court case put limitations on free speech when there is a "clear and present danger."
What is Schenck v. US?
500
This nurse encouraged women to use birth control to have control over their own lives.
Who is Margaret Sanger?
500
This was Hitler's genocide of 11 million people.
What is the Holocaust?