Gilded age
What was the name of Rockefellers oil company?
Standard oil company
The progressive era was born out of which political party?
Populist
What are other names for this war?
War to end all wars
Name of the Act that was used to enforce prohibition?
Volstead Act
What was another term for poor drifter?
Hobos
Leaders who transformed American economy with big businesses
Who were Muckrakers?
Journalist and photographers who exposed wealth and power
Define conscription
Millitary draft
Name for the underground hidden saloons
Speakeasies
What was the effect of the hawley-smoot tariff?
World trade fell 40%
Be able to address the general philanthopy of Carnegie
Gave money to public libraties
What was the outcome of The Jungle ?
Prior to the United States entering the war what European nation did the United stayed export the most goods to?
Great Britain
Name for those who smuggled illegal liquor from places like Canada, Cuba and the West Indies
Bootleggers
What does FDIC stand for?
Federal deposit insurance corporation
Define social Darwinism
Only strongest and fittest should survive
Why was Theodore Roosevelt known as the “accidental president”?
Didn’t want to be president
What were Wilson’s goals for the war?
War to end all wars and making war safe for democracy
By 1920 more people lived in *blank* areas than in *blank* for the first time in American history
Urban and rural
By 1942 how many men had worked for the CCC?
3 million
Between 1860 and 1900, where did most European immigrants come from?
Southern/Eastern Europe
How many trusts did roosevelt break?
44
Which side, central powers or allied powers, did the United States join?
Allied powers
Prohibition made it illegal to *blank, blank or blank*
Sell,manefactur,buy
What was the first order of business for FDR when he took office?
Closed all banks on fridays