Gilded Age
The term gilded means to cover with a thin layer of this material.
What is GOLD?
This period during the 1870s to 1900 is known for it's rise of railroads, big business, industrialization and social problems in the United States.
What is the Gilded Age?
This was an event that prompted more safety standards in the workplace (specifically with fire exits)
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire?
"The Jungle" was written about this
What is the meatpacking industry?
This is the name of the United States warship called that exploded killing over 200 American sailors.
What is the USS Maine?
Immigrants from Europe came through this location
What is Ellis Island?
Overcrowded housing that emerged due to fast urbanization & lack of building & health codes
What are Tenements?
Term for a journalist who exposes corruption and wrongdoing in society.
What is a muckraker?
Amendment that created a federal income tax
What is the 16th Amendment?
Theodore Roosevelt and his "Rough Riders" fought here.
What is The Battle of San Juan Hill?
This closed America to Chinese immigrants
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?
This is the purpose of the Sherman Antitrust Act
What is to break up or end monopolies (make them illegal)?
The 19th amendment gave suffrage to this group of people
What is Women? (Women's Right to Vote)
Fixing the faults and problems of the Gilded Age was this
What is a goal of the Progressive Era?
The cause of the conflict between Cuba and Spain.
What is Cuba wanted independence from Spain?
This person controlled banking and finance industry
Who was JP Morgan?
This person build wealth through the shipping and railroad industry.
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?
This term has a negative connotation associated with the wealthy men of the time
What is Robber Baron?
This muckraker exposed the corruption of Standard Oil
Who is Ida Tarbell?
As a result of the Spanish American war, the US became this.
What is a world power?
A political organization in which a small group has control over a city and uses bribery maintain control
What is a Political Machine?
What is Standard Oil?
The Temperance Movement was started by this group of people
What is women?
Jacob Riis wrote this book
What is 'How the other half lives'?
Guam, Puerto Rico, The Philippines
What are territories the US gained after the Spanish-American War?