The Gilded Age
This journalist’s book, The Jungle, exposed unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry.
Upton Sinclair
The 18th Amendment, supported by the temperance movement, banned this.
Alcohol
These poorly built and overcrowded apartment buildings were common in cities during the Gilded Age.
Tenements
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the _________ throne, sparked the beginning of World War I.
Austro-Hungarian
Neighborhood in New York that saw the cultural, social, and artistic expansion for Black Americans during the 1920s.
Harlem
This federal law, passed in 1882, restricted immigration from China for decades.
Chinese Exclusion Act
This term describes journalists who exposed corruption and social injustices during the Progressive Era.
Muckrakers
This 1906 law required accurate labeling of food and drugs.
Pure Food and Drug Act
This note, intercepted by the British, revealed Germany’s attempt to encourage Mexico to join the war against the U.S.
Zimmermann Telegram
This court case in 1925 showcased the debate over the teaching of evolution in public schools.
Scopes Trial
This immigration station in New York Harbor processed millions of European immigrants.
Ellis Island
After seeing the destruction of Westward Expansion, T. Roosevelt would push for the creation of the _____________________ Service to protect our lands for future generations.
National Park
These direct democracy reforms aimed to reduce corruption by letting citizens propose and vote on laws directly as well as remove politicians from office. Name 2 of these. Hint: I__________, R___________, R___________.
Initiative, recall, referendum
This war in 1898 led to the U.S. acquiring territories such as Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.
Spanish-American War
This new invention, introduced in the 1920s, changed the way Americans interacted with the world by bringing news and entertainment into their homes.
Radio
This "Captain of Industry" and philanthropist dominated the steel industry.
Andrew Carnegie
This organization, founded in 1909, fought for African American civil rights.
NAACP
This man built a monopoly in the oil industry through his company, Standard Oil.
John D. Rockefeller
This treaty, signed in 1919, officially ended World War I and imposed heavy penalties on Germany.
Treaty of Versailles
This term refers to the fear and suspicion of communism that spread throughout the U.S. after World War I. Hint: think colors!
Red Scare
This Supreme Court case upheld racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine.
Plessy v. Ferguson
This president, also a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, served between Roosevelt and Wilson.
William Howard Taft
This international organization, created after World War I, was meant to promote peace but failed to prevent World War II.
League of Nations
T. Roosevelt's foreign policy approach characterized by the use of military power as a means to achieve diplomatic goals.
Big Stick Diplomacy
This African American writer, poet, and social activist was a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance.
Langston Hughes