Industrial Revolution
What is it called when a single company controls an entire market?
What movement emerged from the concern that alcohol was the root of all of societies problems?
Prohibition
What event caused the start of the Spanish-American War
Sinking of the USS Maine
What event started the Great War in Europe
The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Who was president at the start of the Great Depression?
Herbert Hoover
This system of manufacturing was used by Henry Ford to reduce complicated tasks into several smaller and simpler tasks, what was it called?
Assembly line
What is Yellow Journalism
Exaggerated and hyperbolic news reporting
Secure Cuba and take Spanish colonies
What event caused U.S. military intervention in the Great War?
Sinking of the USS Lusitania
What was the day when the stock market hit its lowest point called?
Black Tuesday
What is the name of the 2 types of business integration that several busuiness men used in the industrial revolution?
Vertical Integration and Horizontal Integration
What were the two cities that processed the most amount of immigrants on the east and west coast of the United States
New York City and San Fransisco
What was the Boxer Rebellion?
When Chinese nationalists known as "Boxers" held foreign diplomats hostage in Peking for 55 days
What was Woodrow Wilsons plans for the peace treaty to end the Great War?
Fourteen Points
What were the goals of FDR's New Deal?
Create jobs, infrastructure, and stimulate the economy
Unions fought for these three bread-n-butter issues over the course of the Industrial Revolution, what were they?
Shorter workdays, higher wages, and safer working conditions
What was the Chinese Exclusion Act
Ban Chinese immigration for 10 years
Name the two major alliances during the Great War
Entente Powers and the Central Powers
What was the name of the new system of conscription for the Great War called?
Selective Service Act of 1917
What was the Bonus Army and what were their goals?
Great War veterans who wanted to receive the bonus they were promised by serving in the Great War before the agreed day
Why was the United States able to rapidly industrialize over the course of the late 19th and early 20th centuries?
A lot of natural resources, a large workforce from immigration, and technological advancement
What president was a known enviromentalist and established many national parks during his presidency
Why did the United States want an open door policy with China
To allow free international trade without damaging Chinese territorial integrity
The Espionage and Sedition Acts where all passed during the course of U.S. involvement in the Great War, what were their purposes?
Punish spies, dissidents, anti-war voices, and protecting the war effort
This organization had the goal of building insfrastructure and specifically dams across the Tennessee Valley. They sucessfully built 29 dams. What was the name of this organization?
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)