Industrialization
Progressives
Imperialism
WWI
1920s
100

What is the term that forced Native Americans to adopt white culture? (hint: Dawes Act)

Assimilation

100

Upton Sinclair wrote "The Jungle" which exposed what?

Meatpacking industry, working conditions

100

____________ + ______________ = yellow journalism

a. newspaper competition, sensationalism

b. muckrakers, big business

c. Reconstruction, Jim Crow laws

a. newspaper competition, sensationalism

100

Unrestricted submarine warfare, zimmerman note, trade with Britain/France

What do these three have in common?

Causes of US entry into WWI

100

_____________+____________= Radio impact in 1920s

a. Connect to world news, entertainment 

b. greater mobility, freedom of press 

c. expensive, uneven distribution of wealth 

a. Connect to world news, entertainment

200

What political machine controlled New York City?

Boss Tweed

200

This monopolist was taken down by muckraker Ida Tarbell in her book "The History of Standard Oil"

John D. Rockefeller

200

What was the name of Roosevelt's diplomacy?

Big Stick Diplomacy

200

"We intend to begin on the first of February unrestricted submarine warfare. We shall endeavor in spite of this to keep the United States of America neutral. In the event of this not succeeding, we make Mexico a proposal or alliance"  

Which term is being described by the passage above?

a. Compromise of 1877 

b. Sinking of the USS Maine 

c. Zimmermann Telegram 

d. Yellow Journalism 

c. Zimmerman Telegram

200

Why was there a great migration? Select 2

a. success of civil rights movement 

b. Jim Crow laws in the south 

c. jobs in the north 

d. completion of the transcontinental railroad 

b. Jim Crow laws in the south, c. jobs in the north 

300

What was built to encourage westward expansion?

The Transcontinental Railroad

300

What did the 19th Amendment do?

Gave women the right to vote--women's suffrage

300

Which of the following is the best definition of imperialism?

a. one country's desire to expand and control other foreign territories 

b. one country's desire to remain isolated from foreign affairs 

c. one country's desire to industrialize and urbanize 

d. one country's desire to assimilate immigrants into society 

a. one country's desire to expand and control other foreign territories

300

Which of the following were weapons of World War 1? 

a. Atomic Bomb 

b. Poison Gas 

c. Tank 

d. U-Boat 

e. Machine Gun 

b. Poison Gas, c. Tank, d. U-Boat, e. Machine Gun 

300

Which of the following were effects of Prohibition on American society?

a. Speakeasies were established 

b. Crime increased  

c. Completely stopped consumption of alcohol 

d. Economy plummeted

e. Establishment of mass production of automobiles 

a. Speakeasies were established, b. Crime increased  

400
The poll tax, grandfather clause, Jim Crow laws, and literacy tests are all examples of what?

Disenfranchisement

400

What was the name of the political party for workers and farmers?

Populism

400

What was the outcome of President Roosevelt's Corollary?

a. It discouraged Europeans from interfering in Latin American countries 

b. It led to armed conflict with France 

c. It forced American businesses to leave Latin America 

d. It reduced American influence in Latin America. 

a. It discouraged Europeans from interfering in Latin American countries

400

What was the purpose of the Committee on Public Information, also known as the Creel Committee? 

a. To influence public opinion to support the war effort 

b. To impose strict punishments for those who refused to ration 

c. To target German Americans for spying 

d. To encourage Germany to surrender 

a. To influence public opinion to support the war effort

400

What caused the Scopes Trial? 

a. Tennessee outlawed the teaching of evolution in public schools 

b. Tennessee outlawed the manufacture and sale of alcohol 

c. Tennessee passed the 19th Amendment 

d. Tennessee deported suspected communists 

a. Tennessee outlawed the teaching of evolution in public schools

500

Which act regulated fair rates for railroads?

Interstate Commerce Act

500
I was shot and killed because of the spoils system

President Garfield

500

What caused the Philippine insurrection against the United States? 

a. Filipinos were happy to be controlled by the United States.

b. The United States gave the Philippines to England following the Spanish American War. 

c. The United States lacked the will to fight the Filipinos 

d. The United States refused to grant the Philippines independence following the Spanish American War. 

d. The United States refused to grant the Philippines independence following the Spanish American War

500

What was the reason Charles Schenck opposed America's war effort?

Schenk felt the military draft was unconstitutional

500

Women who displayed their new-found freedom by dressing more provocatively, smoking, drinking, and speaking "unladylike"

Flappers

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