Gilded Age
To give back to the community and promote welfare to others
What is Philanthropy
This was the name given to an early 20th Century Journalist who exposed business corruption
What is a Muckraker
This is the state that was annex by America to establish a new navel base
What is Hawaii
Women who wore short skirts, cut their hair, and drank alcohol in public
This was the era when the country was in a state of economic turmoil due to the stock market crash, leading to the bankruptcy of many companies
What was the Great Depression?
Oil Tycoon who was considered one of the "Men who Built America"
Who was John D Rockefeller?
This is the name of the book written by Upton Sinclair and was made to expose the meatpacking industry
What is The Jungle
The sinking of this ship was one of the contributing factors to the Spanish-American War
What was the USS Maine?
This type of music became popular during the Harlem Renaissance
This was the name of the area that suffered from a drought, leading to a mass movement to California
What was The Dustbowl
A federal land grant that allowed citizens 21 and older to gain 160 acres of land for free, as long as the land was “improved upon”
This was the name of a show where a white man portrayed themselves as a black man in a racist caricature
What was Jim Crow
This was the name of the last Battle of the Spanish-American War, and was led by Teddy Roosevelt
What was the Battle of San Juan Hill?
This was the name given to shanty towns that homeless people created
What were Hooverville's?
This act restricted immigration for Chinese women in 1875
What is the Page Act?
This Act legalized Boycotts, Protest, and Strikes and allowed workers more freedom against corporations
What was the Clayton Anti-Trust Act?
This was the name of the last battle of WWI that led Germany to agree to armistice
What was Argonne Forest?
This was the name of the former Secretary of Interior who was in office during the presidential term of Warren G Harding
Who was Albert Fall
This was only president to have been elected 4 times, leading to the creation of the 22nd amendment
Who was FDR
This was the name of the last piece that connected the first Transcontinental Railroad
What was the Golden Spike?
This was the Name of the women who established settlement houses to help immigrant families assimilate into American society
Who was Jane Addams
This was the name of the assassin who shot and killed President McKinley
Who was Leon Czolgosz?
This was the name of the prosecuting attorney who took part in the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial
Who was William Jennings Brian
Former Louisiana Senator brought up this plan as a way to spread wealth during the Great Depression
What was the Share Our Wealth Plan?