Gilded Age
What is the name of the Oil Robber Baron/Captain of Industry
John D. Rockefeller
Name of the MOST progressive president
(Created the progressive party, fought in the Spanish American War, known for the Big stick policy)
Theodore Roosevelt
What was the Monroe Doctrine?
What event sparked World War I?
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
What was the 19th amendment?
Women's right to vote
What were three major ways that Black Americans were kept from voting? (Must name all 3)
Poll tax, literacy test, grandfather clause
What does the 18th amendment do?
Prohibit the sale of alcohol
What was the Open Door Policy?
Insuring equal trading access in China
Which event(s) caused the US to enter WWI? (3 possible)
Continued unrestricted submarine warfare by Germany, sinking of the Lusitania, Zimmerman Telegram
Which political party dominated the 1920s?
Republican
Which Supreme Court case established "separate vs. equal"?
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Which antitrust act initially failed but became stronger after Roosevelt's presidency
Sherman Anti Trust Act
What was the Roosevelt Corollary?
Gave US police powers in South America
What was the goal of the 14 points?
To create world peace and establish a League of Nations
What was the Scopes trial over?
teaching evolution in public schools
During the 1800s, when white settler moved West - the US government has 2 goals for the Natives (elimination or __________)
assimilation
Which reform did Upton Sinclair work on?
Meatpacking/Stockyard industry
What 3 places did the US gain after the Spanish American War? (Must name all 3)
Guam, Philippines, Puerto Rico
Why did the US not ratify the Treaty of Versailles?
It would get the US entangled in European affairs and be a loss of sovereignty.
President Warren G. Harding ran his campaign under the motto of
" Return to Normalcy"
When Big businesses buy out the small ones it is called ___________ (Rockefeller used this method0
Horizontal Integration
Progressives fought for popular sovereignty, and this is a direct result of their work
_______________, _____________ and _______
Initiative, Referendum and Recall
Who influenced the Big Stick Policy AKA Roosevelt corollary
Alfred Thayer Mahan
What is the foreign policy the US adopts at the end of WWI
Identify 3 things that led to economic prosperity in the 1920s
Credit, Assembly line, consumerism