Unit 1: Industrial Revolution
Before the _________ Revolution, people had to make all their own clothing and food.
Industrial Revolution
Which US Constitutional Amendment issued women's right to vote?
19th Amendment
During the late 1800s and early 1900s, this type of reporting the news would often be considered "fake news" today
Yellow Journalism
This telegram signaled to the Mexicans that if they joined to fight against the Americans, the Mexican gov't can have the American Southwest back.
Zimmerman Telegram
This term is used to refer to unsanctioned drinking establishments during Prohibition era.
Speakeasy
A term used for an idea that the economy works best without government involvement:
laissez-faire
This theory, conceptualized by Andrew Carnegie, issued the idea that the wealthy in the US had an obligation to provide philanthropy (donations) to the lower classes.
Gospel of Wealth
This type of extreme nationalism led to a hyper-aggressive foreign policy of military "preparedness" that is often cited as a factor for the start of the Spanish-American War
Jingoism
This refers to the losing country/entity paying back all the damages caused by the conflict to the winner
Reparations
Organized crime in the 1920s and 1930s made most of their money on which illegal substance?
Alcohol
This method of business involves buying up all the levels of production
Vertical Intergration
This event refers to 6 million + (mostly Black families) moving to cities in the North and West to escape danger and fill job vacancies
The Great Migration
What was the boat called that mysteriously blew up in Havana Harbor, leading to the Spanish American War?
USS Maine
What year did the US formally join WW1?
1917
This term is used to describe a hostility toward immigrants, often preferring lighter skinned immigrants over darker
Nativism
Angel Island (early 1900s) was mostly accepting immigrants from which country?
China
Starting in the 1870s leading into the 1960s, many non-white families were poor and less educated than their White counterparts. Two methods were used most to suppress non-white families. Those two methods were:
Poll Tax and Literacy Tests
What two crops did the US consistently plant for profit once it annexed islands in the Pacific and Caribbean?
Super and Tobacco
The major reparation's required of the Germans in 1918 is often cited by historians as the reason Hitler became popular in Germany in the 1920s and 1930s. What was the treaty called that ended WW1 and laid the foundation for Hitler's rise?
Treaty of Versailles (1918)
This REGION of the United States was a bastion/stronghold for creationism and the site of the Scopes Trial
The South
also accepting: American South or Southeast
Thanks to the mass production of steel, advances in architecture, and land prices increasing, Chicago is home the world's first:
skyscraper
The Jungle
Which president is credited with implementing Dollar Diplomacy with potentially adversarial countries?
William Taft
This Act of 1917 limited free speech during war time. What was this act called?
The Espionage Act of 1917
This group of people known as __________s would flock to cities like NYC, Chicago, San Fran, and Seattle to write and make art in small colonies in select neighborhoods.