Gilded Age
This term describes the period of industrial growth and extreme wealth inequality in the late
What is the Gilded Age?
This movement aimed to fix problems caused by industrialization.
What was the progressive movement?
This war began after the U.S. became involved with Cuba.
What is the Spanish-American War?
This nickname describes the economic and cultural boom of the 1920s.
What are the Roaring Twenties?
Explain how one change from the Gilded Age led to one reform during the Progressive Era.
What is industrialization led to poor working conditions, which caused Progressives to push for labor laws, safety regulations, or union protections?
These powerful industrial leaders were criticized for using unfair business practices.
What are robber barons?
Journalists like Upton Sinclair, who exposed corruption, were called this.
What are muckrakers?
The sinking of this ship increased American support for war.
What is the USS Maine?
This man’s assembly line made cars cheaper and faster to produce.
Who was Henry Ford?
This business practice allowed companies like Standard Oil to eliminate competition by underselling rivals.
What is price fixing or predatory pricing?
This steel tycoon believed in vertical integration and donated much of his wealth.
Who was Andrew Carnegie?
Upton Sinclair’s book exposed unsafe conditions in this industry.
What is the meatpacking industry?
This canal shortened travel between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
What is the Panama Canal?
This amendment made alcohol illegal in the United States.
What is the 18th Amendment?
Why was the Panama Canal an important symbol of U.S. imperial power in the early 1900s?
What is it increased U.S. control over trade and global influence?
Many factory workers faced these two problems during the Gilded Age.
What are low wages and unsafe working conditions?
This amendment gave women suffrage.
What was the 19th Amendment?
This term from the MAIN causes of World War I describes the intense pride in one’s country that led nations to compete and support war efforts.
What is Nationalism?
This cultural movement celebrated African American art, music, and literature.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
Why did alliances make World War I more destructive and widespread?
What is alliances pulled many countries into the war after a single conflict began?
This business strategy, used by many robber barons, allowed a company to control every step of production and limit competition.
What is vertical integration?
Explain how muckrakers influenced government action during the Progressive Era.
What is by exposing corruption and unsafe conditions, which led to reforms and new laws?
Identify TWO reasons the United States abandoned neutrality and entered World War I.
What are German submarine attacks and the Zimmermann Telegram?
Explain how problems in the stock market during the 1920s helped cause the Great Depression.
What is speculation and buying on margin led to an unstable economy and the market crash?
Explain how one economic problem of the 1920s contributed to the start of the Great Depression.
What is overproduction, buying on margin, or stock speculation weakened the economy and led to the crash?