Name of a big business leader who gives back to society - a favorable term
What is CAPTAIN OF INDUSTRY
100
Name of the two major cities where most immigrants settled on the EAST coast
What is NEW YORK or BOSTON
100
What term, with a color in the a name, referred to the sensationalized headlines that covered the newspapers in the late 19th century
What is "YELLOW JOURNALISM"
100
The far distancest travelled from the ranches to the railroas by the steers and cowboys was called this...
What is THE LONG DRIVE
200
A large open area beneath a ship's deck where most immigrants stayed during their passage
What is STEERAGE
200
He beat Jennings Bryan to become president in 1896 and then was assassinated at a state fair in 1901
Who is WILLIAM MCKINLEY
200
What two word term refers to the Central American countries that American business men were so influential that they were able to influence the politics in the American's favor?
What is BANANA REPUBLICS
200
What did Germany use to continue to sink British ships (a fairly new technology in the water)
What is U-BOATS or SUBMARINES
200
Why is an "open water" source dangerous?
What is DISEASE (TYPHOID)
300
A run down apartment building that was used for many immigrant families to live
What is TENEMENT
300
He believed that Afican Americans shouldn't "rock the boat"
Who is Booker T. Washington
300
Name one of the major ALLIED powers during WWI
What is US, G. BRITAIN, FRANCE, ITALY, RUSSIA, PORTUGAL, GREECE, ROMANIA, SERBIA
300
Name a cause of the Spanish-American War
What is YELLOW JOURNALISM, USS MAINE, BURNED SUGAR CROPS, CUBAN RIOTS, CUBAN EXILES, REFUSAL OF SPAIN TO CHANGE
300
What was the graduation rate in the US in 1860
What is 2%
400
A situation in war when neither side is able to gain an advantage
What is STALEMATE
400
Who was the President during WWI?
Whos is Woodrow Wilson
400
What three places did the US look to expand their power
What is LATIN AMERICA, PACIFIC ISLANDS, CHINA
400
What two word term refers to the way that much of WWI was fought - killing many men
What is TRENCH WARFARE
400
Name two of the four factors of Imperialism
What is NATIONALISTIC, ECONOMIC, MILITARISTIC, HUMANITARIAN FACTORS
500
A group of unarmed ships surrounded by a ring of destroyers, torpedo boats and other armed naval vessels
What is CONVOY
500
He was the first African American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard
What is W.E.B. DU BOIS
500
What country owned Panama prior to 1900?
What is COLOMBIA
500
Name two new technologies of modern warfare that were used for the first time during WWI?
What is AIRPLANE, TANK, MACHINE GUN, U-BOAT, POISON GAS, GRENADE, ARTILLERY SHELLS
500
What term means "Hands Off" or "Let it Be" from the gilded age, that refers to the government staying out of economic matters