Progressive Era
muck
During the Gilded Age, a few companies came to control industries like steel, railroads and oils. This domination of industries is known as a _____-
Monopolies
During the Depression, because of overuse of farmland and drought, there was an environmental disaster that led many farmers out of the Great Plains and towards the west coast. This was known as the ____ Bowl.
Dust
The Axis powers in WWII consisted of Germany, Italy and _____ (hint it is an Asian nation)
Japan
The Progressive Era began in the year _____ (century)
1900s
During the Gilded Age, the U.S. became an imperial power in the Spanish American War (1898). As a result of this war the U.S. gained territories. Provide an example of one of these territories.
Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines.
FDR attempted to bring the U.S. out of the Depression with dramatic public spending in what became known as the ___ Deal
New
Name of the Treaty after WWI that punished Germany by reducing the size of it's military, which Hitler violated
Treaty of Versailles
Progressive presidents believed that government had a responsibility to fix social and economic problems (poor working conditions, unsafe products, monopolies). The first Progressive president assumed the presidency because he was the VP to William McKinley who was assassinated. Identify the president.
President Theodore Roosevelt
During the Gilded Age, in Plessy v. Ferguson, Homer Plessy attempted to challenge the segregation laws of Louisiana. How did the Supreme Court rule?
Segregation was constitutional (separate but equal)
The Stock Market crashed in what year, marking the beginning of the Depression?
1929
Name of the totalitarian dictator of Italy
Mussolini
During the Progressive Era, the federal government did not take action on protecting the rights of African Americans who were subjected to unfair segregation laws know as _____ ______ laws.
Jim Crow
Japan attacked the U.S. on Dec. 7, ____ (year) bringing the U.S. into WWII
1941
Which amendment to the constitution gave women the right to vote?
19th
Name of the American president who used the nuclear bombs on Japan in August of 1945 to end WWII
President Truman