The New West
This 1862 federal act encouraged western settlement by granting 160 acres of public land to "sodbusters" who farmed it for five years.
What is the Homestead Act?
This steel tycoon was one of the major "Captains of Industry" who utilized vertical and horizontal integration to build a massive monopoly.
Who was Andrew Carnegie?
This investigative journalist exposed dangerous and unsanitary conditions in meatpacking plants in his famous novel The Jungle.
Who was Upton Sinclair?
President Woodrow Wilson introduced this vision for the postwar world, which included a proposal for a League of Nations.
What are the Fourteen Points?
This term describes the explosion of African American artistic, literary, and musical expression centered in New York during the 1920s.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
Promontory Point, Utah served as the meeting location for the 1869 completion of this massive infrastructure project.
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
John D. Rockefeller constructed a massive monopoly by dominating the market with this specific corporation.
What is Standard Oil?
Ratified in 1920, this constitutional amendment granted women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
Alongside Germany's resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare, the interception of this secret note triggered the U.S. entry into WWI.
What is the Zimmermann Note?
This 1925 legal battle over the teaching of evolution highlighted the deep rift between traditional religious beliefs and modern science.
What is the Scopes Trial?
Led by Sitting Bull, Native American forces achieved a major combat victory against the U.S. Army's 7th Cavalry at this 1876 battle.
What is the Battle of Little Big Horn?
Passed in 1890, this was the federal government's first major piece of legislation designed to limit the power of monopolies.
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act?
President Theodore Roosevelt championed this policy framework, focusing on natural resource conservation, consumer protection, and trust-busting.
What is the "Square Deal"?
Although it officially closed WWI, this treaty was ultimately rejected by the U.S. Senate to avoid foreign entanglements.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
Driven by fear of domestic communist subversion, this post-WWI era saw widespread civil rights violations and the Palmer Raids.
What is the First Red Scare?
This 1887 federal policy aimed to force the cultural assimilation of Native Americans by breaking up tribal lands into individual plots.
What is the Dawes Act?
This 1868 treaty guaranteed ownership of the Black Hills to the Lakota nation, though it was quickly broken when gold was discovered.
What is the Fort Laramie Treaty?
This tragic 1911 industrial disaster in New York City galvanized widespread public support for strict workplace safety laws.
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire?
On the homefront, the U.S. government heavily curbed civil liberties by passing these two restrictive acts.
What are the Espionage and Sedition Acts?
Spurred by rising nativism and anti-immigrant sentiment, the federal government placed strict limits on immigration via this 1924 act.
What is the Immigration Act of 1924?
This tragic 1890 conflict marked the official end of the Indian Wars on the frontier following the suppression of the Ghost Dance movement.
What is the Wounded Knee Massacre?
This tragic 1864 conflict involved western settlers and militia attacking and destroying a village of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians.
What is the Sand Creek Massacre?
Ratified in 1913 to reduce the power of corrupt political machines, this amendment allowed for the direct election of U.S. Senators
What is the 17th Amendment?
Enacted to build up the military forces upon entering the war, this act established the system for mandatory military conscription
What is the Selective Service Act?
Though signed into law in 1913 to stabilize the financial system and manage the national money supply, this central banking organization faced its ultimate test at the tail end of the 1920s.
What is the Federal Reserve?