Industrialization
Why did labor unions form during the Gilded Age?
Poor working conditions, low wages, and long hours
Name 3 American values about American democracy that Alexis de Tocqueville described
Egalitarianism, Liberty, Individualism, populism (popular sovereignty), Laissez-faire
"Which amendment protects freedom of religion?"
"What was one economic effect of the Spanish–American War
"U.S. gained overseas territories and markets
"Who was a reform leader and advocate for women’s rights?
Susan B Anthony
Name one strategy labor unions used to cause change
Strikes, boycotts, or collective bargaining.
"What amendment gave women the right to vote?
19th amendment
"Which amendment protects against unreasonable searches?",
4th amendment
"Which territories did the U.S. gain after the Spanish–American War?",
Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam.
"What movement encouraged immigrants to adopt U.S. culture in the early 1900s?
"Americanization Movement."
Who controlled the steel industry during the Gilded Age?
Andrew Carnegie
Name one reform supported by both Populists and Progressives
Regulation of big business
"Which amendment established income tax?"
16th amendment
"Why were tanks introduced in WWI?
To overcome trench defenses and end stalemates
"Which civil rights leader encouraged acceptance of Jim Crow laws?
"Booker T. Washington."
Who exposed poor conditions for workers and the meat getting slaughtered in the city factories with muckraking journalism?
Upton sinclair
"Who helped establish the NAACP?"
"W.E.B. Du Bois.
"Name two Progressive Era amendments besides women’s suffrage
16th (income tax) 17th ( regulation of senators)
"What message did political cartoons often convey about imperialism?",
"That expansion was harder to control the farther away territories were.")
"Which civil rights leader demanded immediate equality and co-founded the NAACP?"
"W.E.B. Du Bois.")