| 1900 - 1920's Questions |
1900 - 1920's - Answers |
| When was the first flight recorded | 1903 |
| Who flew the first airplane | Wright Brothers |
| when was The Jungle published | 1906 |
| What was "The Jungle" about | a report on the dirty conditions in the Chicago meatpacking Industry. It led to the Pure Food & Drug Act in 1906. |
| What were muckrakers | Journalists commited to exposing soical economic and political ills of industrial life |
| When was the first assembly line created | 1909 |
| Who invented the assembly line | Henry Ford to make the Model T |
| When did WW I begin | 1914 |
| What was the immediate cause of WW I | Assination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
| Why did US enter WW I | submarine warfare, Zimmerman telegram and sinking of Lusitania (a british passenger ship) |
| When did US enter WW 1 | 1917 |
| What was the Zimmerman Telegram | a secret message from Germany to Mexico suggesting an alliance against the US |
| What was US policy prior to WW 1 | Isolationishm - to refrain from having political or economic relations with other nations |
| When was the Armistice signed | 1918 |
| What does Armistice mean | The term "armistice" means a cessation of hostilities as a prelude to peace negotiations. |
| When was the Treaty of Versailles signed | 1919 |
| What was the League of Nations | a way for the leaders of countries from all over the world to talk over their differences without the use of force |
| When was the 18th ammendment ratified and what was it | 1919, National Prohibition |
| When was the 19th Amendment ratified and what was it | 1920, Women's Suffrage (vote) |
| What woman was behind the Women's Suffrage | Susan B. Anthony |
| What was the Temperance Movement | Against the sale of alcoholic beverages |
| Who were the Central Powers during WW I | A military alliance between Austria-Hungary, Germany and Ottoman Empire |
| Who were the Allied powers during WW I | More than 20 nations including Russia, France and Britian |
