Gilded Age
What term describes the appearance of wealth hiding serious social problems in the late 1800s?
Gilded Age
What event sparked the Spanish-American War?
The Sinking of the USS Maine
What is the word for someone who exposed corruption and wrongdoing in business, government, and society.
Muckrakers
What event triggered World War I in Europe?
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
What was the mass movement of African Americans from the south to northern cities called?
The Great Migration
Which wealthy industrialist led the expansion of the steel industry?
Andrew Carnegie
Name one of the territories the U.S. gained after the Spanish-American War?
Puerto Rico, Philippines, and Guam
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
19th Amendment
Which U.S. president led the country during World War I?
Woodrow Wilson
What happened in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1921?
Tulsa Race Massacre
Name one group that faced discrimination or hardship during industrialization and how?
I will accept different answers
What Pacific island nation was annexed by the US in 1898?
Hawaii
What was the goal of the temperance movement?
Prohibition of Alcohol
What was the secret message sent by Germany to Mexico in January 1917, which proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico if the United States declared war on Germany.
The Zimmerman Telegram
What happened to the economy in the 1920s?
Massive growth
What was the purpose of labor unions during the Gilded Age?
What was the term for exaggerated and oversensationalized news stories? (HINT: There's a color in the term!)
What did Upton Sinclair expose to the world in his book The Jungle?
The unsanitary practices of the meat packing industry
Why did the U.S. reject the Treaty of Versailles?
Name a famous figure from the Harlem Renaissance.
What was revealed in the book How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis?
Living conditions in the tenements
Commodore Matthew Perry opened trade between the United States and what Asian country?
Japan
The Populist Movement primarily sought to address the economic hardships faced by what group of people?
Farmers
What were the laws that restricted free speech in the United States during WWI?
Espionage and Sedition Acts
What amendment established and which repealed prohibition?
18th Amendment & 21st Amendment