Gilded Age
Progressives
Imperialism
World War I
Civil War Part II
100

Daily Double (you can get bet up to 500)

Name at least three industries controlled by robber barons during the Gilded Age.

What are steel, oil, railroads, banks, newspapers, etc.?

100
The nickname given to reporters and others who exposed the problems of the Gilded Age that would be addressed by progressive reforms.
What are muckrakers?
100
More than any other factor, the outcome of this war made the U.S. into an imperialist power.
What is the Spanish-American War?
100
The first military draft was created by this Act of Congress.
What is the Selective Service Act?
100

Executive Order during the Civil War that freed all the enslaved...in the Confederacy.

What was the Emancipation Proclamation?

200
The first immigration restriction passed against an entire country/people. (Hint: A response to workers from this country brought to work on the transcontinental railroad)
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
200
The main purpose of "trust-busting" in the Progressive Era was to break-up this kind of business.
What is a monopoly?
200
This type of reporting relies on hyperbole and has a casual relationship with the truth. It helped propel the U.S. into a war with Spain.
What is "yellow" journalism?
200
The infamous (and possibly fake) Zimmerman note suggested an alliance between Germany and this country.
What is Mexico?
200

The battle of Vicksburg completed this Union plan by taking the last fort on the Mississippi.

What was the Anaconda Plan?

300
He coined the term "Gilded Age" meaning something that looked nice on the outside but was shabby underneath.
Who is Mark Twain?
300
Upton Sinclair's famous book exposing dangerous and unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry.
What is "The Jungle?"
300
This was the term for the trade deal the U.S. made with China after the Boxer Rebellion.
What is the Open Door policy?
300
This government agency was responsible for creating propaganda during WWI.
What is the Committee on Public Information?
300

Popular sovereignty was primarily problematic in leading to this conflict.

What was "Bleeding Kansas?"

400

This (in)famous Captain of Industry controlled 90% of the oil business in the United States until the government began a process to (kinda) break up his monopolies.

Who was John D. Rockefeller?

400

This was the name of the comprehensive Act outlawing monopolistic practices.

What is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?

400
The U.S. treatment and occupation of this country after they had won independence from Spain greatly intensified the debate over imperialism.
What is the Philippines?
400
Creating this international organization was the 14th Point of Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Point Plan.
What is the League of Nations?
400

This Senator from Mississippi would become the first (and only) President of the Confederate States of America.

Who was Jefferson Davis?

500
Famous speech by Booker T. Washington calling for educational equality for African-Americans (at the expense of other freedoms).
What is the Atlanta Compromise speech?
500
The 16th Amendment was a progressive reform that gave us this (Hint: it helped fund other progressive reforms)
What is a federal income tax?
500

Daily Double (you can bet the full 500 and get 1000)

The explosion of this ship in Havana harbor helped propel the U.S. into the Spanish-American War.

What was the U.S.S. Maine?

500
These congressional Acts passed during WWI penalized American citizens for spying on or criticizing the U.S. government.
What are the Espionage and Sedition Acts?
500

Andrew Johnson of Tennessee became President after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and would be impeached for violating this Congressional Act.

What was the Tenure of Office Act?

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