Industrialization
This term refers to a large corporation that eliminates competition, often leading to higher prices and fewer choices for consumers.
What is a monopoly?
These journalists exposed corruption, poor living conditions, and other societal problems during the Progressive Era.
Who are muckrakers?
Economic interests, military expansion, and belief in cultural superiority were all motivations for this U.S. policy.
What is imperialism?
Many African Americans moved north during the 1920s for jobs and to escape this.
What is racial discrimination?
This event, occurring on December 7, 1941, brought the U.S. into World War II.
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
This term describes wealthy industrialists who were seen as exploiting workers and corrupting government for personal gain.
What is a Robber Baron?
This amendment prohibited the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol.
What is the 18th Amendment?
This policy allowed the U.S. to control trade in China without direct colonization.
What is the Open Door Policy?
These two cultural movements of the 1920s celebrated African American achievements and modernist lifestyles.
What is the Harlem Renaissance or the Jazz Age?
Wartime production of weapons and supplies led to this economic change in the U.S.
What is the end of the Great Depression?
This man, known as a steel tycoon, was considered both a Robber Baron and a Captain of Industry for his philanthropy and harsh labor practices.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
This muckraker wrote The Jungle, exposing unsanitary practices in the meatpacking industry.
Who is Upton Sinclair?
This 1898 amendment ensured Cuba’s independence but allowed U.S. intervention.
What is the Platt Amendment?
Overproduction, speculation, and bank failures were causes of this economic crisis.
What is the Great Depression?
This law, enacted in 1941, allowed the U.S. to supply Allied nations without direct involvement in the war.
What is the Lend-Lease Act?
This law aimed to prevent monopolies by prohibiting unfair business practices.
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act?
This amendment granted women the right to vote in 1920.
What is the 19th Amendment?
The U.S. exerted control over this territory after overthrowing its monarchy in 1893.
What is Hawaii?
This program aimed to provide relief, recovery, and reform during the Great Depression.
What is the New Deal?
This secret project developed the atomic bomb.
What is the Manhattan Project?
This labor strike in 1892 turned violent and highlighted tensions between workers and industrial leaders.
What is the Homestead Strike?
This amendment allowed for the direct election of U.S. Senators.
What is the 17th Amendment?
The construction of this canal enhanced U.S. military and trade capabilities.
What is the Panama Canal?
This was the overall effect of the New Deal on the federal government’s role.
What is an expanded role in the economy?
This term refers to Japanese Americans being forced into camps during WWII due to fears of espionage.
What is internment?