Gilded Age
This term describes a company that completely dominates an industry, eliminating competition.
Monopoly
This suffragist and leader of the National Woman's Party was known for organizing parades and picketing the White House for women’s voting rights.
Alice Paul
In 1893, U.S. military forces helped overthrow this island's monarchy, leading to its annexation in 1898.
Hawaii
This automobile manufacturer revolutionized mass production with his Model T.
Henry Ford
Benito Mussolini
This businessman, known as the "Steel King," dominated the steel industry and later became a major philanthropist.
Theodore Roosevelt earned this nickname for his efforts to break up monopolies and regulate big business.
Trust Buster
This event, where German submarines attacked American ships, helped push the U.S. into entering WWI.
Lusitania
During the Great Depression, unemployment in the U.S. reached this percentage, the highest in American history.
25%
Who was Joseph Stalin the leader of?
Soviet Union
During the Gilded Age, millions of immigrants passed through this New York processing center, which opened in 1892.
Ellis Island
This activist founded Hull House, a settlement house in Chicago, to help immigrants and the poor.
Jane Addams
This U.S. president led the country during World War I and proposed the idea of the League of Nations.
Woodrow Wilson
To restore confidence in banks, Roosevelt created this program, which insures people's deposits up to a certain amount.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Which policy gave in to Hitler’s demands to avoid conflict, such as allowing him to take over parts of Czechoslovakia.
Appeasement
This tycoon controlled over 90% of the U.S. oil industry through his company, Standard Oil.
John D. Rockefeller
This 1911 factory fire in New York City led to stronger workplace safety laws after over 140 workers died.
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
This 1919 treaty officially ended World War I and imposed harsh penalties on Germany.
Treaty of Versailles
This U.S. president introduced the New Deal to help America recover from the Great Depression.
FDR
What did the U.S. Congress pass in the 1930s to keep America out of foreign conflicts, aiming to avoid the mistakes that led to World War I
Neutrality Acts
Who coined the term "Gilded Age" which describes the late 19th century as a time of extreme wealth hiding widespread corruption and poverty.
Mark Twain
This journalist exposed the unsanitary conditions of the meatpacking industry in his book The Jungle.
Upton Sinclair
In 1900, U.S. troops helped suppress this anti-foreign uprising in China, aiming to preserve Western influence.
Boxer Rebellion
Severe drought and poor farming practices in the 1930s caused this environmental disaster, forcing many farmers to leave the Great Plains.
Dust Bowl
What was the name of Japan's dictator during WWII?
Hideki Tojo