Important People
Who was known as a big steel business owner in the Gilded Age?
Andrew Carnegie
What was the main immigration station located in New York?
Ellis Island
What is a time that looked good on the outside but had many problems?
Gilded Age
What was the place where people buy and sell shares?
Stock Market
What was the belief that government should not interfere with businesses?
Laissez-Faire
Who was known as a big oil business owner in the Gilded Age?
John D. Rockefeller
What was the war where the United States took Spanish territories?
Spanish-American War
What was Teddy Roosevelt's policy of using force if needed?
Big Stick Diplomacy
What material were Hoover Blankets made of?
newspapers
What are counties who agree to help each other called?
alliances
Who was the president who supported imperialism and conservation?
Theodore Roosevelt
Which United States battleship exploded in Cuba?
USS Maine
Who were rich businessmen who used unfair methods?
Robber Barons
What were the shack towns where homeless people lived called during the Great Depression?
Hoovervilles
What is building strong armies and weapons called?
militarism
Whose assassination started WWI?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Which waterway was built to shorten ocean travel routes and benefited America?
Panama Canal
What were the crowded, unsafe apartments during the Gilded Age called?
tenements
Who was the president who created the New Deal to help solve the issues of the Great Depression?
FDR - President Roosevelt
Who were people who wanted to fix social problems?
Progressives
Who was a corrupt leader of New York's political machine?
Boss Tweed
What was the ship that was sunk by a U-boat, causing Americans to die?
Lusitania
What were community centers that helped immigrants and the poor?
settlement houses
What term is used to describe the concept of "buy now, pay later"?
credit
What is it called when people are buying lots of new products?
consumerism