American History: Key Events and Concepts

How did the Homestead Act encourage people to move into the American West?

• Built free housing along established railroad tracks.

• Granted 160 acres to persons who lived and worked the land.

• Family plots were given away by a random drawing.

• Settlers were encouraged to build log cabins in western territories.

The era of the 1920's was known as...

• The Roaring 20s

• The Prohibition Era

• The Jazz Age

• All of the above

Click the countries that fought on the side of the Central Powers during World War One.

• Great Britain

• Ottoman Empire

• Russia

• Germany

The incident that brought America to war with Spain was...

• Explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor.

• THe attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th 1941.

• THe sinking of the British luxury liner Lusitania.

• Attack on American military base in Manilla Bay.

What did the Dawes Act force Native Americans to do?

• Send their children to boarding schools

• Move to 'Indian Territory'

• Established the reservation system

• Vote in federal elections

Check all that are TRUE about the Panama Canal:

• Connected the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.

• Completed the project after the French were unable to.

• Functioned effectively for 50 years.

• Is no longer under American control.

The typewriter, elevator and bicycle are all associated with which historical age?

• Westward Expansion

• Gilded Age

• World War One

• 1920's

What do Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair and Lincoln Steffans all have in common?

• Muckrakers

• Silent Film Stars

• Foreign Correspondants

• Career Criminals

At the outbreak of WWI, which geographical area was considered the "powder keg of Europe"?

• Scandanivaia

• Balkan Peninsula

• Iberian Peninsula

• Urals

Which US Supreme Court decision legalized segregation in the US with the infamous phrase, "separate but equal"?

• New Jersey v. T.L.O.

• Munn v. Illinois

• Plessey v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education