1900-1945 US History

Question 1

What was the Dust Bowl?

Answer 1

A series of extreme droughts and dust storms in the late 1930s. Drove many agriculture migrants from Oklahoma and Texas to California in search of work.

Question 2

What happened at Pearl Harbor?

Answer 2

Site of a surprise attack on the port of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii by the Japanese Navy. After, the United States had no choice but to enter the war.

Question 3

World War II (WWII)

Answer 3

Fought from 1939-1945 between the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) and Allied powers (France, Great Britain, the United Stares and the Soviet Union).

Question 4

What was the Butler Act?

Answer 4

A Tennessee state law that made it a crime to teach evolution in public school.

Question 5

World War I (WWI)

Answer 5

Fought from 1914-1919 between the Central Powers (mainly Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey) and the Allied Powers (mainly France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Japan, and the United States).

Question 6

What was the Seneca Falls Convention?

Answer 6

Held in New York in 1848, this convention is seen at the first organized up in the women’s suffrage movement.

Question 7

Who was Franklin D Roosevelt?

Answer 7

32nd US president serving from 1933-1945. Known for his New Deal to try and fix the Great Depression and leading the US during world war two. Only president to serve more than two terms.

Question 8

What was the New Deal?

Answer 8

A series of policies, public work projects, and financial reforms passed by Franklin D Roosevelt between 1933 and 1936 in an attempt to stimulate the economy.

Social Security, unemployment benefits, FDIC

Question 9

What was the Scopes Monkey Trial?

Answer 9

A landmark trial in 1925 that sought to overturn the Butler act. While it did not, it is seen as an important trial that paved the way for teaching evolution in public schools.

Question 10

What was Smoot-Harley Tariff Act?

Answer 10

Tariffs passed in 1930 on over 20,000 imported goods with the intention of protecting American jobs, but resulted in decreased international trade.

Question 11

What is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?

Answer 11

Regulated business practices.

Question 12

What is the 16th Amendment?

Answer 12

Allows the government to collect taxes on income.

Question 13

What was the Great Depression?

Answer 13

An unprecedented period of worldwide economic downturn. Began in October 1929 with the United States stock market crash. World War II was integral in pulling many countries out of the depression by increasing factory production.

Question 14

What was the Cold War?

Answer 14

The period after World War II in which the United States and the Soviet union never truly engaged in warfare, but was marketed by political disagreements between the capitalist and communist countries.

Question 15

What was Women’s Suffrage?

Answer 15

The right of women to vote and political elections.

Question 16

What was Progressivism?

Answer 16

A political movement in the early 1900s focusing on social change or an increase in the power of the US federal government.

Question 17

Who was Theodore Roosevelt?

Answer 17

26th President of the United States; known for his leadership in the Progressive Movement.

Question 18

What is the 18th Amendment?

Answer 18

Ratified in 1917 and established the prohibition of alcohol. (remember with: you can’t drink at 18) Was repealed by the 21st amendment in 1933.

Question 19

What was the Progressive Movement?

Answer 19

A middle-class movement to correct changes in a system that had been corrupted by an abuse of power by the wealthy.

Question 20

What was Women’s Rights Movement?

Answer 20

Focused on women’s right to vote, own property, retain earnings, and participate in labor organizations.

Question 21

What are National Parks?

Answer 21

Created by Theodore Roosevelt, who also made conservation of natural resources a primary objective.

Question 22

What was Temperance?

Answer 22

A movement that began in the 1840s dedicated to promoting moderation and even abstinence in the consumption of alcohol.

Question 23

Who is Jane Addams?

Answer 23

Created settlement houses in Chicago to support poor urban immigrant communities.

Question 24

What is “The Jungle”?

Answer 24

A novel by Upton Sinclair; exposed horrors of meatpacking industry; promoted federal regulation of food.

Question 25

What is the 19th Amendment?

Answer 25

Ratified in 1920, it gave women the right to vote. Also known as women’s suffrage.

Question 26

What is the 17th Amendment?

Answer 26

Allows the direct election of senators by citizens of the state.

Question 27

What is the 21st Amendment?

Answer 27

Repealed the 18th amendment in 1933 by ending prohibition. (Remember with: you need to be 21 to drink)