Industrialization
Who was the first person to use a steam engine to drill for oil in 1859?
Edwin L. Drake
Which processing station was located in San Francisco Bay and primarily handled Chinese immigrant
Angel Island
This term refers to journalists who wrote about the corrupt side of business and public life in mass circulation magazines
Muckrakers
True or False....
Queen Liliuokalani was a supporter of American business interests and voluntarily stepped down to allow Hawaii to be annexed by the United States.
FALSE
The assassination of which world leader in Sarajevo is considered the "spark" that triggered World War I?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The _______ was a technological breakthrough specifically designed to turn iron into steel
Bessemer Process
The "Gentlemen’s Agreement" was a deal between the United States and which country to limit the emigration of unskilled workers
Japan
Which 1906 novel by Upton Sinclair led to the passage of the Meat Inspection Act
The Jungle
The sensational style of writing that exaggerated news to lure and enrage readers during the conflict with Spain was known as:
Yellow Journalism
True or False.....
"No man’s land" was the name given to the barren expanse of mud between opposing sets of trenches.
TRUE
Which invention led to a dramatic increase in the number of women working in offices
Typewriter
The "Social Gospel movement" preached that people reached salvation through
Service to the poor
The ________Amendament was a major political victory for Progressives because it allowed for the direct election of U.S. Senators by the people
17th
The explosion of the _______was the immediate "spark" that led the United States to declare war on Spain in 1898?
U.S.S. Maine
The _________ was a German telegram proposing an alliance with Mexico against the U.S.
Zimmerman Note
In the 1877 case of _________, the Supreme Court ruled that government could regulate private industries to protect public interest
Munn v Illinois
___________
was a type of housing designed to save space by sharing side walls with other buildings
Row house
The ________ was the name given to the progressive reforms sponsored by the administration of Theordore Roosevelt
"Square Deal"
The "Open Door notes" were a series of policy statements issued by the U.S. to ensure trade rights in which country?
China
The __________during World War I refers to the movement of African Americans moving from the South to Northern cities
"Great Migration"
The primary goal of the _________ was to organize a union of radicals and socialists to improve worker condition
"Wobblies" (Industrial Workers of the World)
The main purpose of the _______ was to give government jobs to people who helped a candidate get elected
"patronage" system
Which act, passed under Woodrow Wilson, strengthened the Sherman Antitrust Act and prohibited corporations from acquiring the stock of another if it created a monopoly?
The Clayton Antitrust Act
The United States helped organize a revolution in Panama against which country in order to gain the rights to build a canal?
Columbia
Which of President Wilson’s "Fourteen Points" did he consider the most important for maintaining world peace?
League of Nations