Urbanization
An ideology centered on consumer goods that arose in the late 19th century as a result of technological innovations and new merchandising techniques.
Consumerism
Who was involved in the War of the Currents?
Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla
A political party that arose in the early 20th century that believed in progress through direct, purposeful human intervention.
The Progressive Party
Treaty following WWI that shaped European politics for the subsequent decades.
Treaty of Versailles
What does NASA stand for?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Shantytowns established on the outskirts of cities by unemployed Americans during the Great Depression.
Hoovervilles
What is a "talkie"?
A term in the 1920s for films that feature synchronized speech.
An import tariff imposed by Herbert Hoover in 1830 to protect American farmers from international competition.
The Hawley-Smoot Tariff
A 1904 addition to the Monroe Doctrine that declared the United States had the right to intervene in the domestic affairs of its neighbors.
Roosevelt Corollary
What is the biggest lead any team has ever won with in the history of the Super Bowl?
45 point lead; 49ers won the Broncos 55-10 in 1990.
A famous amusement park and resort founded in Brooklyn in the early 20th century that is still active today.
Coney Island
A widespread railroad strike by the American Railway Union against a prominent producer (also known for establishing a "company town").
The Pullman Strike
What precedent was established by Plessy v. Ferguson?
The separate but equal doctrine
What are Nissei?
The American children of Japanese immigrants
Who famously slapped who at the 2022 Oscars awards?
Will Smith - slapper
Chris Rock - slapped
A movement that strove to impose order and symmetry on disordered city organization and urban life.
The "City Beautiful" Movement
A fire in the factory of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company that contributed to major reforms in the conditions of modern labor.
The Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire
Name 2 tactics used to prevent African Americans from voting during Jim Crow.
Grandfather clause, literacy tests, poll taxes, intimidation
What was the Spanish-American War?
A conflict fought by the United States against Spanish colonial rule of Cuba and Puerto Rico.
A video game popular in the 2010s that featured green pipes and a flying animal.
Flappy Bird
What was the Hull House?
A settlement house opened in 1889 by Jane Addams to help educate immigrants and reduce the strain of crowded immigrant neighborhoods.
A federal program charged with preventing occupational diseases such as tuberculosis, anemia, and carbon dioxide poisoning.
The Public Health Service
A complicated formula for setting an adequate price for farm goods and ensuring that farmers would earn back at least their production costs no matter how the national or global agriculture market might fluctuate.
Parity
The Boxer Rebellion