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100

 This act aimed to regulate railroads and prevent monopolies.

What is the Interstate Commerce Act?

100

This amendment prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcohol.

What is the 18th Amendment?

100

This war was fought between the US and Spain in 1898.

What is the Spanish-American War?

100

This event triggered the start of WWI.

What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?

100

This industrialist founded Standard Oil.

Who is John D. Rockefeller?

100

This term describes the massive wave of immigration to the US in the late 19th century.

What is the New Immigration?

200

This political machine in New York City was notorious for corruption.

What is Tammany Hall?

200

This journalist exposed the meatpacking industry in 'The Jungle.

Who is Upton Sinclair?

200

This territory was acquired by the US after the Spanish-American War.


What is Puerto Rico, Philippines or Guam?

200

This country was part of the Central Powers.

What is Germany, Austria-Hungary or the Ottoman Empire?

200

This inventor created the light bulb.

Who is Thomas Edison?

200

This law restricted Chinese immigration to the US.

What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?

300

This president was assassinated by a disgruntled office seeker, leading to civil service reform.

Who is James Garfield?

300

This movement fought for women's right to vote.

What is the Suffrage Movement?

300

This policy stated that the US would intervene in Latin American affairs.

What is the Roosevelt Corollary?

300

This US president led the country during WWI.

Who is Woodrow Wilson?

300

This suffragette co-founded the National Woman Suffrage Association.

Who is Susan B. Anthony?

300

This movement advocated for better working conditions and shorter workdays.

What is the Labor Movement?

400

This amendment allowed for the direct election of senators.

What is the 17th Amendment?

400

This act aimed to break up monopolies and promote competition.

What is the Sherman Antitrust Act?

400

This canal connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, built by the US.

What is the Panama Canal?

400

This treaty ended WWI.

What is the Treaty of Versailles?

400

This African American leader founded the Tuskegee Institute.

Who is Booker T. Washington?

400

This event in 1886 involved a bombing and highlighted tensions between labor and management.

What is the Haymarket Riot?

500

This scandal involved the Credit Mobilier company and corrupt railroad contracts.

What is the Credit Mobilier Scandal?

500

This president was known for his 'trust-busting' policies

Who is Theodore Roosevelt?

500

This term describes the US policy of expanding its influence through economic and military means.

What is Imperialism?

500

This organization was proposed by Wilson to prevent future wars.

What is the League of Nations?

500

This muckraker wrote 'The History of the Standard Oil Company.'

Who is Ida Tarbell?

500

This Supreme Court case upheld segregation under the 'separate but equal' doctrine.

What is Plessy v. Ferguson?