___ - 1800ish
How many original colonies were there?
When was the Civil War?
April 1861 - April 1865
Where was president Garfield when he was shot?
Train station
What type of music became popular in the 1920s?
Jazz
What president was in office at the beginning of the Depression?
Name 3 of the original colonies
Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Virginia
What amendment outlawed slavery in the US?
13th amendment
What state was president Ben Harrison from?
Indiana
Provide 3 descriptions of a women in the 1920s
Answers can vary - short hair, flapper dresses, rebellious, smoked / drank, danced (Charleston), etc.
List two causes of the Great Depression:
Too many people buying with credit; Companies making surplus with bad outcomes; Stock Market crash; Federal Reserve mistakes; Smoot-Hawley acts
What is another name for the French & Indian War?
7 years war
What is the era in the US between the Revolutionary War and the Civil War called?
Antebellum America
Who were the 3 progressive presidents?
Theodore Roosevelt, William Taft, Woodrow Wilson
Scarface is who's nickname?
Al Capone
What president would be elected after Hoover to get the US out of the depression?
FDR
What is the first amendment to the constitution?
Freedom of speech, religion, press, and protest
Name 2 of the 3 main causes of the Civil War
State's rights, Slavery, Lincoln's Election
When did WW1 end? (month, day, and year)
Nov. 11, 1918
Who was the president near the end of the 1920s that saw the US into the Great Depression?
Herbert Hoover
What were Hoovervilles?
homeless camps during the Great Depression; call Hoovervilles because President Hoover at the time was blamed for the ridiculous amount of homeless people
What is the Bill of Rights?
The first 10 amendments to the constitution
Who were the 17th and 18th presidents of the United States?
Andrew Johnson and US Grant
What does each letter in M.A.N.I.A. stand for (in reference to WW1) ?
Militarism, alliances, nationalism, imperialism, assassination
Stock Market - Miss Laws bought a stock at $20. Since then, it's value has raised to $100. Miss Laws decides to sell the stock back to make a profit. How much total profit (after buying and selling it) does she make?
$80
What five states were effected by the Dust Bowl?
Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas