GILDED AGE
This social movement, led by figures like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, gained momentum during the Gilded Age and advocated for women's right to vote
What is Women Suffrage movement?
This Progressive president’s domestic policy, known as the Square Deal, focused on conservation, consumer protection, and controlling corporations.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
This catastrophic 1929 event, often referred to as Black Tuesday, marked the beginning of the Great Depression.
What is the Stock Market Crash?
The assassination of this Archduke of Austria-Hungary in Sarajevo sparked the beginning of World War I.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
This poet and writer, famous for "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" and "I, Too," was a leading voice of the Harlem Renaissance.
Who is Langston Hughes?
Named after a style of political corruption, this New York City political machine was infamously led by "Boss" William Tweed.
What is Tammany Hall?
Upton Sinclair’s 1906 novel The Jungle exposed unsanitary conditions in this industry, leading to new federal regulations.
What is the meatpacking industry?
Severe drought and over-farming caused this ecological disaster that devastated farmers in the Great Plains during the 1930s.
What is the Dust Bowl?
This type of warfare, characterized by soldiers living and fighting in long ditches, defined much of the fighting on the Western Front.
What is trench warfare?
This genre of music, closely associated with the Harlem Renaissance, became the soundtrack of the era with artists like Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong.
What is jazz?
This inventor lit up the Gilded Age, holding over 1,000 patents, including ones for the light bulb and the phonograph.
Who is Thomas Edison?
This reformer co-founded Hull House in Chicago to provide social services and education to immigrants.
Who is Jane Addams?
These makeshift shantytowns were named after this unpopular president who was blamed for the nation's economic woes.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
The sinking of this British passenger ship by a German U-boat in 1915 contributed to growing American support for entering the war.
What is the Lusitania?
This civil rights activist and author of "The Souls of Black Folk" was a co-founder of the NAACP and an intellectual voice during the Harlem Renaissance.
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
The violent 1886 incident in Chicago’s Hay market Square began as a peaceful labor protest but ended with a bombing and the deaths of several police officers.
What is the Hay market Affair?
The 19th Amendment, ratified in 1920, granted this long-fought-for right to women in the United States.
What is the right to vote?
Created in 1934, the SEC was designed to regulate this financial industry and prevent future stock market abuses.
What is the securities industry?
This 1917 note from Germany to Mexico, proposing an alliance against the United States, helped draw America into the war.
What is the Zimmermann Telegram?
The Harlem Renaissance laid the groundwork for this mid-20th-century movement that sought to achieve civil rights and equality for African Americans.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
Opened in 1892, this processing center in New York Harbor served as the entry point for millions of immigrants coming to the United States.
What is Ellis Island?
The 18th Amendment, passed in 1919, banned this activity, which was later repealed by the 21st Amendment.
What is the temperance movement?
This New Deal program, known as the WPA, provided jobs for millions of Americans building roads, schools, and other public works.
What is the Works Progress Administration?
The Treaty of Versailles placed full blame for the war on this country, requiring massive reparations.
What is Germany?
This iconic Harlem nightclub was a hub for jazz performances but controversially allowed only white patrons during its peak.
What is the Cotton Club?