Media and Culture
Imperialism
Populism
Leaders
Rights and Reforms
100
Phrase used to rally pro war sentiment after a US battleship exploded in the Havana Harbor.
What is Remember the Maine?
100
The U.S. built this marvel of engineering to connect the Atlantic to the Pacific and reduce shipping times.
What is the Panama Canal?
100
Famous book and film that some believe is an allegory for populism.
What is the Wizard of Oz?
100
President who advocated the "Big Stick" approach to foreign policy.
Who is Teddy Roosevelt?
100
This tragedy led to workplace safety reforms and fire Codes.
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire?
200
Type of sensational reporting that was used on reporting events such as the run up to the Spanish American War.
What is Yellow Journalism?
200
Was that not only led to the U.S. gaining Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines, and control in Cuba, but made the U.S. a power on the world stage.
What is the Spanish American War?
200
This group of workers made up the core of the populist movement.
Who are farmers?
200
Believed Black Americans should pursue vocational education and gradual gains towards equality.
Who is Booker T Washington?
200
These groups advocated for workplace reforms such as an 8 hour workday and saw their membership increase from 4% of workers in 1900 to 13% of workers by 1920.
What are labor unions?
300
Founded Hull House in Chicago to support immigrants and promote social reforms.
Who is Jane Addams?
300
The United States annexed this South Pacific island kingdom in 1898.
What is Hawaii?
300
Populist who first became the Democratic nominee for President in the election of 1896.
Who is William Jennings Bryan?
300
Founder of the NAACP who demanded immediate equality for Black people.
Who is WEB DuBois?
300
Term for the right to vote.
What is suffrage?
400
Wrote The Jungle to expose unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry.
Who is Upton Sinclair?
400
Territory the U.S. purchased from Spain, but afterwards had to fight a rebellion against locals seeking independence.
What is the Philippines?
400
Idea that the both gold and silver should be used to back US currency.
What is bimetallism?
400
Suffragist who campaigned for women's right to vote and was arrested for trying to vote in 1872.
Who is Susan B Anthony?
400
Reform movement, led mostly by women, that sought to ban alcohol.
What is the Temperance Movement?
500
This photo journalist documented life in tenements in New York such as in this photo:
Who is Jacob Riis?
500
Rebellion in China led by the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists.
What is the Boxer Rebellion?
500
Farmer's group that sought to work for better railroad rates, fairer prices, and government regulation to help farmers.
What is The Grange?
500
President who emphasized Dollar Diplomacy in foreign policy, he also got stuck in the White House bathtub.
Who is William Howard Taft?
500
Amendement that granted women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?