1900s

Question 1

McKinley is assassinated > Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

Answer 1

1901

Question 2

Roosevelt Corollary to Monroe Doctrine: Us can intervene in Latin American affairs to maintain stability and protect Americans

Answer 2

1904

Question 3

World War 1

Answer 3

1914-1918

Question 4

Communist government in Russia due to Bolshevik revolution

Answer 4

1917

Question 5

Treaty of Versailles: Ends WW1

Answer 5

1919

Question 6

19th Amendment: granting women the right to vote

Answer 6

1920

Question 7

Great Migration: black people moved up north due to discrimination in the south

Answer 7

1920

Question 8

Stock market crashes > Great Depression

Answer 8

1929

Question 9

FDR becomes president: and created the New Deal to help provide relief from Great Depression

Answer 9

1933

Question 10

US participates in WW2 > ends waar by bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Answer 10

1941-1945

Question 11

Truman Doctrine: committing the US to providing military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism

Answer 11

1947

Question 12

Korean War (south vs North): Us supported South Korea against Communist North (allied with USSR and China)

Answer 12

1950-1953

Question 13

Brown v Board of Education: ruled that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional

Answer 13

1954

Question 14

Civil Rights Movement: Freedom Rides, march on Washington, assassination of JFK

Answer 14

1961-1963

Question 15

US participates in Vietnam War (US sides with South) > North wins

Answer 15

1964 - 1975

Question 16

Apollo 11 mission is successful (astronauts on the moon)

Answer 16

1969

Question 17

Roe v. Wade: legalizes abortion nationwide

Answer 17

1973

Question 18

Ronald Reagan becomes president > era of conservative politics (Regan Revolution)

Answer 18

1980

Question 19

US leads coalition of countries against Iraq

Answer 19

1991

Question 20

Progressive Era: fight for Women’s Rights

Answer 20

1897-1920