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Early 20th Century
covering from the Spanish American War to WWI
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The sinking of this passenger ship by a German submarine, killing 1300 civilians including 260 Americans, pushed the United States closer to entering WWI | RMS Lusitania |
| Before the U.S. declared war on Spain, the Spanish were attempting to put down a revolution on this former colony in the Caribbean Sea | Cuba |
| This battleship exploded in Havana harbor after being sent to protect American citizens, leading the U.S. to declare war on Spain | U.S.S. Maine |
| The first battle between the Spanish and American forces took place on this group of islands, which became a U.S. possession at the end of the war | the Philippines |
| This volunteer Calvary Unit helped lead the charge that concluded the most important battle of the Spanish American war | The Rough Riders |
| This was the most important battle of the Spanish American War | San Juan Hill |
| This amendment guaranteed women the right to vote | 19th amendment |
| This amendment, passed in 1919, made the sale and consumption of alcohol illegal | 18th amendment |
| This book, written by Upton Sinclair, exposed the unfair and unsanitary practices of the meat packing industry | The Jungle |
| This amendment, passed in 1909, made income tax legal in the U.S. | 16th amendment |
| This amendment, passed in 1933, ended prohibition | 21st |
| Anarchist Leon Czolgosz assassinated who in in 1901: | President William McKinley |
| This leader ruled Germany during the first world war | Kaiser Wilhelm II |
| Gavrilo Princip set off the first World War when he assassinated this Archduke and his wife: | Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary |
| This leader ruled Russia at the beginning of World War I | Tsar Nicholas II |
| This revolutionary led the overthrow of the Tsar and is considered the father of communism in Russia: | Vladimir Lenin |
| On April 6th of what year did the United States declared war on Germany and officially enter WWI | 1917 |
| What year were women guaranteed the right to vote in the U.S.? | 1920 |
| What year did Teddy Roosevelt become president | 1901 |
| What year did the U.S. finish digging the Panama canal? | 1914 |
| What year did the Titanic sink? | 1912 |
| What year did WWI begin in Europe? | 1914 |
| What year did was the Treaty of Versailles signed officially ending WWI? | 1919 |
| Name three new technologies that made World War I especially lethal | machine guns, submarines, airplanes, poison gas, long range artillery, tanks |
| The three countries in the triple entante were Britain, France, and who? | Russia |
| The three main countries in the Central powers were Germany, Austria-Hungary, and who: | the Ottoman Empire |
| Austria Hungary declared war against what country, sparking the conflict that became WWI | Serbia |
| This German official sent a message to Mexico urging them to attack the United States | Arthur Zimmerman |
| What predominantly Christian people group did the Ottoman Empire eliminate (at least 1 million killed; men, women, and children) because they were seen as sympathizers with the Allied powers during WWI? | The Armenians |
| He was the youngest president in U.S. History and began construction on the Panama canal | Theodore Roosevelt |
| He was president during the Spanish American war | William McKinley |
| He was president during WWI and tried to set up a League of Nations to prevent future wars | Woodrow Wilson |
| This hand-picked successor to Teddy Roosevelt was the former governor of the Philippines and would have preferred to be a Supreme Court justice | William Howard Taft |
| He was president of France during WWI | Raymond Poincare |
| How did Woodrow Wilson win by such a wide margin in the 1912 election? | Teddy Roosevelt ran against incumbent William Howard Taft and split the Republican vote |
| Before Panama agreed with the U.S. on terms for the Panama Canal, Panama gained independence from what country with U.S. support? | Colombia |
| What foreign policy stated that the U.S. would prevent European powers from developing any new colonies in the Americas? | The Monroe Doctrine |
| What foreign policy doctrine stated that the US would intervene in Central and South American countries to support democratic values and regional stability? | The Roosevelt Corollary |
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