Who Am I?
Created the Standard Oil Company which controlled 95% of all of the refineries in the US by 1877.
John Rockefeller
Characterized by high investor confidence and strong economic growth, this is a sustained period of rising stock prices, typically defined as a 20% or more increase in major indexes.
Bull Market
A politician who strives to appeal to ordinary people who feel that their concerns are disregarded by established elite groups
Populist
Asustained decline in stock prices, typically defined as a drop of 20% or more from recent highs, often accompanied by widespread pessimism, economic slowdown, and high investor fear.
Bear Market
Name of the third party ticket that Teddy Roosevelt runs on.
Bull Moose Party
His best-known novel was "The Jungle" which was an expose of the appalling and unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry in Chicago
Upton Sinclair
Reform-minded journalists, photographers, and writers during the Progressive Era who exposed corruption, corporate greed, and social injustices to spur public action.
Muckrakers
Fueled by the Great Migration, this is the movement during which African American culture flourished, as it developed artistically, socially, and intellectually.
Harlem Renaissance
The first dedicated indoor movie theaters in the US and Canada, popular from roughly 1905 to 1915, which charged five cents for admission.
Nickelodeons
A business strategy where a company owns or controls multiple stages of its supply chain—such as suppliers, manufacturers, or distributors
Vertical integration
Loans $65 million of his own fortune to the U.S. Treasury to bail the government out during the Panic of 1893.
JP Morgan
Constitutional Amendment that empowers Congress to levy a federal income tax on individuals and corporations.
16th Amendment
This term refers to those who reached adulthood during World War I and whose inherited values were no longer relevant in a post war world.
"The Lost Generation."
This man-made waterway connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and serves as a critical, 8–10 hour shortcut for global shipping.
Panama Canal
This President known as the "true trustbuster," dissolves the Standard Oil Company in 1911.
William Howard Taft
American politician and political boss of Tammany Hall; notorious for stealing $200 million from the City of New York
William Tweed
Supreme Court case establishing the precedent of "separate but equal."
Plessy v. Ferguson
Passed in 1890, this is the foundational U.S. federal law prohibiting monopolies and anticompetitive practices
Sherman Antitrust Act
During the consumer revolution, economist Bruce Barton famously claims that this man is the most "perfect salesman."
Jesus Christ
Two anarchist Italian immigrants convicted for robbery and murder based on who they are rather than evidence
Sacco and Vanzetti
Irish immigrants who resented cheap Chinese labor on the Transcontinental railroad
Kearneyites
Passed in 1919, this provided the legal framework to enforce the 18th Amendment, establishing national prohibition of alcohol in the U.S.
The Volstead Act
The three c's of Teddy Roosevelt's Square Deal
Conservation, Control Corporations and Consumer Protections
Famous for his "return to normalcy" motto, this President easily won the Election of 1920.
Warren Harding
This phrase popularized by Teddy Roosevelt, describes his foreign policy of peaceful negotiation backed by the potential for powerful action.
"Speak softly and carry a big stick."