Gilded Age
Industrialization
1920s Category
Imperialism Category
Vocab Category
100
What is a philanthropist?
give money to charities (like universities and libraries)
100
What method of transportation became important for trade in the late 1800s?
Railroads
100
The major literary movement of the 1920s (the one Langston Hughes was a part of) was the _______________
Harlem Renaissance
100
Wilson's plan for peace for the world after WWI was called the ____________
Fourteen Points
100
What does the word "rural" mean?
country side, few people, agriculture
200
Because of industrialization, factories moved from skilled labor to ____________
unskilled labor
200
Steel production and elevators allowed urban areas to build __________
skyscrapers
200
Women who expressed their individuality were called _______
Flappers
200
What does imperialism mean?
taking control over other countries, getting colonies
200
What does the word "urban" mean?
cities, skyscrapers, lots of people, factories
300
What invention/discovery allowed workers in factories to work late into the night?
electrical power
300
During the Gilded Age, which of the following groups had the most power in the US: labor unions, big business, government
big business
300
Why did many African Americans move from the South to the North and West?
new jobs, racism in the South
300
Why did the US begin to make an empire?
needed raw materials (iron, copper) for industries, gain access to new markets to sell goods
300
Which amendment guarantees the right to vote for women?
19th Amendment
400
Immigrants often settled in __________ neighborhoods
ethnic neighborhoods
400
What were some of the major problems of the overcrowded tenements?
disease, lack of plumbing, fire hazard, too many people in one room, easy to get injured
400
Why did Nativists hate immigrants?
took "American" jobs, white and Protestant Americans are superior to other races and nationalities
400
The US Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles after WWI because they wanted the US to become ____________.
Isolationist
400
What does the word "demographic" mean?
relating to population, such as race, ethnicity, religion, age
500
Because of overcrowding, many immigrants and the poor would live in ___________
tenements
500
Starting in the late 1800s and going into the early 1900s, most immigrants came from ________ AND ________ Europe
Southern and Eastern
500
Why did Congress pass laws limiting immigration in the 1920s?
Wanted to limit number of immigrants entering the country
500
What was Roosevelt's Big Stick Policy?
The US was protect Latin America and the US would expand our economy to those countries
500
What does the word "industrialization" mean?
To develop industries, to change from agriculture to industry based, to build factories
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