Industrialization
Progressive Movement
Age of Imperialism
World War I
Jazz Age
100

A method of production that uses a standardized process of creating interchangeable parts in large quantities for a low price.

Mass Production

100

Reporters, journalists, photographers, and authors who used the media to raise concerns about the negative effects of industrialization were known as...

Muckrakers

100

Why did the US acquire Hawaii, create the Open Door Policy, and fight the Spanish-American War?

To gain overseas resources and become a global power

100

What were two reasons why President Woodrow Wilson declared war on Germany?

Unrestricted German submarine warfare and the Zimmerman Note.

100

What name was given to the great achievements in art and learning by African Americans during the 1920s?

Harlem Renaissance

200

Many immigrants who came to work in American factories at the turn of the 20th century came from what part of Europe? Hint: They are often referred to as "New Immigrants."

Southern and Eastern Europe

200

Name one of the three main goals of the Progressive Movement from 1890-1920. 

Easing the suffering of the urban poor, improving unfair and dangerous working conditions, and reforming government at the national, state, and local levels.

200

What does this map support?

The Panama Canal is critical to US trade and naval dominance

200

How did the Treaty of Versailles impact Germany? Hint: Remember B.R.A.T.

Germany had to accept blame, pay reparations, demilitarize, and lose territory.

200

Period in the 1920s when suspected communists and other radicals were arrested due to the fear of the spread of communism.

The Red Scare

300

The sometimes unethical business practices of some business owners led them to be given this nickname

Robber Barons

300

What goal, set at the Seneca Falls Convention (1848), was finally achieved during the Progressive Era?

Ratification of the woman’s suffrage amendment (19th Amendment)

300

What is the type of sensational reporting where writers exaggerated or even invented stories?

Yellow Journalism

300

Why did the U.S. not ratify the Treaty of Versailles?

Thought the League of Nations would force us to get involved in every issue that takes place in Europe.

300

What did the National Origins Act of 1921 do? 

Restrict, or put a quota on, the number of immigrants coming from Europe.

400

 What is the main idea of this cartoon?

The Standard Oil Company was a harmful monopoly.

400

How did the publication of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle contribute to a change in the relationship between government and business?

Government regulations requiring the inspection of meat and other food products were implemented.

400

Teddy Roosevelt's policy was to "Speak softly and carry a big stick." What did he mean by this?

Negotiate peacefully, but always have the threat of the military to back you up.

400

What was the name of the Supreme Court Case in which the court ruled that the first amendment DID NOT protect a citizen’s freedom of speech if their was “clear and present danger?”

Schenck v. United States

400

At its heart, the Scopes Trial was a clash between... 

Religion and Science
or
Traditional Values and Modernism

500

Why did Congress pass tariff laws during the early days of the Industrial Revolution?

To protect new industries from foreign competition.

500

What caused the rise of the Populist Movement?

Prices of agricultural products were increasing and farmers were falling into debt

500

What territories did the US gain as a result of its victory over Spain in the Spanish-American War (1898)?

Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam, Cuba

500

What were two reasons why many African Americans moved to northern cities during the war? What was this "movement" called?

They came north to find jobs and escape Jim Crow Laws. This movement was known as the Great Migration.

500

What government scandal involved transferring oil reserves from the Interior Department to private companies for profit? 

Teapot Dome Scandal

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