Unit 1
Being separated by the color of one's skin is called
When one person or company controls an entire industry it is called a
Monopoly
What was the SPARK, that set World War I off
The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The era in the United States and elsewhere when many Americans lost their jobs due to the stock market crash and severe inflation
This connected the American East Coast to the West Coast
Transcontinental Railroad
Business owners and bosses that were known for taking advantage of their workers through lack of pay, long hours, and poor working conditions were known as
Robber Barons
Policy of a stronger country exercising power and control over a weaker one
Imperialism
The era of banning alcohol in all forms (buying, selling, transporting)
The Prohibition
What was the name of the court case that legalized segregation in the United States. (Separate but equal)
Plessy vs. Ferguson
As immigration skyrocketed in the Gilded Age, many Americans known as what opposed new immigrants entering the country
Nativists
After the USS Maine was sunk, the United States declared war on
Spain
Franklin D. Roosevelt's plan to correct the financial and social problems of the country by creating new federal organizations was known as
The New Deal
What is the term we used to describe the forceful adoption of another culture. Ex: Native Americans being forced into boarding schools
Assimilation
When workers protest poor wages or working conditions by refusing to work it is called a
Strike
What was the cause for the United States to enter World War I?
Zimmerman Telegram
The movement of black Americans from the South to the North in the early 1900s was known as what?
The Great Migration
Homestead Act
Give me a specific example of something a muckraker would or has done
Ex: Expose political corruption, take pictures and publish poor living conditions, interview children in child labor, write about about unsanitary food processing, write a book about poor treatment of those with mental disabilities,
Choose 1 to answer:
What is Yellow Journalism? Or what is Nationalism?
Exaggerated newspaper writing that is used to stir up a strong emotional reaction
Extreme loyalty or devotion to a nation and their decisions
This amendment allowed women nationwide the right to vote
19th Amendment