| 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 |
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
| Why did US enter WW I |
Germany's use of unrestricted 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 (also known as the Triple Alliance) |
A military alliance between Austria-Hungary, Germany and Italy - later replaced by the Ottoman Empire |
| Who were the Allied powers during WW I (initially the Triple Entente) |
Initially France, Great Britain and Russia later more than 20 nations including Russia, France and Britian |
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