Gilded Age
The official name of the "hands-off" economy.
What is Laissez-Faire?
The Hull House was the first of these to be created by founder Jane Addams.
Alfred Thayer Mahan believed the United States needed to have a strong one of these to be successful?
What is a Navy?
The actions of this woman started the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Who is Rosa Parks?
The actions taken by this President through the Watergate Scandal further decreased American trust in the U.S. government.
Who was Richard Nixon?
This invention extended the hours of industrial workers around the country.
What is the lightbulb?
"There was never the least attention paid to what was cut up for sausage; there would come all the way back from Europe old sausage that had been rejected, and that was moldy and white."
This is an expert from this book, written by Upton Sinclair.
What is The Jungle?
The outcome of this event brought the United States onto the world stage to be recognized as a world power.
What is the Spanish-American War?
The first African American Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
The introduction of this allowed for steel to be made quickly and cheaply.
What is the Bessemer Process?
This co-founder of the NAACP was known for her book, The Red Record, written about lynchings around the United States.
Who was Ida B. Wells?
William Taft's policy for Americans to help grow foreign markets in Latin American by encourging them to lend money.
What is Dollar Diplomacy?
Who is Booker T. Washington?
Increased military spending, tax cuts, the War on Drugs and conservative resurgence were all associated with this 1980's President.
Who was Ronald Reagan?
This man monopolized the oil industry through his company, Standard Oil.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
As a result of low wages, long hours, and poor working conditions, these groups were formed to fight for fair treatment in many industries.
What are labor unions?
The construction of this, cut travel time in half and allowed for quick access by both military and cargo ships.
What is the Panama Canal?
Argued for immediate rights to be given to black Americans and founded the NAACP.
Who is W.E.B Dubois?
The Persian Gulf War and the Americans with Disabilities Act were associated with this 41st American President.
Who is George H.W. Bush?
This group of people were scrutinized and discriminated against for taking American jobs and for being Catholic.
Who were the Irish?
Known as the "Trust Buster" this man was famous for using the full extent of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act to break apart a multitude of monopolies.
Who is President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt?
What is the Bull Moose Party?
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
This President used social media and his charisma to win over the majority of young voters thus boosting his support during his campaign run.
Who is Barack Obama?