Gilded Age/Progressive Era
Imperialism
Great Depression/New Deal
Eras: 1920s & 1950s
WWI & WWII
100

John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie had _________________ on the Oil and Steel industries during the Gilded Age. These types of business had FULL CONTROL over  their industries. 

Monopoly or trust

100


The end of this war gave the US the territories of the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam. and Cuba, which marked  the beginning of US Imperialism 

Spanish American War (1898)

100


This event on October 29,1929 marked the beginning of the Great Depression. 

Stock Market Crash

100

During the 1920s, these women challenged the traditional roles of women by wearing choppy hair, short dresses, and going out without chaperones *gasp :O*

Flappers

100


This technological innovation made WWI a deadlier war than there had ever been before, which led to both sides resorting to trench warfare to protect themselves from this new technology

Machine Guns

200


These progressives were the investigative journalists who exposed the cruel realities of big business during the Progressive Era. 

Muckrakers

200


This Pacific Island served as a "bridge to China," opening the Asian trade market for the United States. 

Philippines 

200

These makeshift shelters were built during the Great Depression as a response to sudden homelessness.

Hoovervilles/Shanty Towns

200


This was the movement that saw a growth in the appreciation and acceptance of African American culture in the United States. Jazz music was a main contribution of the movement towards society. 

Harlem Renaissance 

200


These weapons were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, forcing Japan to surrender and leading to the end of WWII

Atomic/Nuclear Bomb

300


Progressives pushed for the government to pass these legislations to fix the problems in the economy, society, and government. 

Reforms 

300

Panama received military aid from the United States to gain its independence from Colombia, in exchange for the US having control over this important trade route.

Panama Canal

300

This massive legislation was President Franklin D Roosevelt's solution to the Great Depression. This plan focused on using government money and actions to provide relief, recovery, and reform to Americans during the Depression.

New Deal

300

During both the 1920s and 1950s, the United States  experienced a mass fear of communism known as--

Red Scare

300


____________ were dug by soldiers during WWI to protect themselves from machine gun fire, which lead to long periods of ____________. 

trenches, stalemate

400


Workers joined these to collectively bargain for better hours, safer working conditions, and fair wages. 

Labor Unions

400

Roosevelt's foreign policy that opened Latin America to US influence.

Roosevelt Corollary/Big Stick Policy

400


Prior to the Stock Market Crash, banks were engaging in ___________ __________, investing depositor's money into the stock market and losing the life savings of Americans all around the country. 

Shaky Banking

400

The 1920s saw a shift from ____________ values, based on religious beliefs, to ____________ values, based on science and social advancement. 

Traditional, Modern/New

400


These two battles were considered turning points of the war for the United States during WWII

Midway & Invasion of Normandy/D-Day

500


These types of leaders  abused their positions of power in government to benefit themselves socially, politically, or financially

Political Machines/Bosses

500

This policy was enacted to ensure the United States had an open the door to the Chinese trade market

Open Door Policy

500


Presidents Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover all enacted ____________ ____________ government policies, which kept the  government from interfering with the economy. These policies prevented the government from taking action to stop the progression of the Great Depression 

Laissez Faire

500

This belief by "native" US citizens (White/Protestant Americans) that they were superior to other nationalities, which included Chinese immigrants and Eastern European immigrants. 

Nativism

500


This treaty established Germany as the country to blame for WWI, and punished them by making them pay reparations, give up imperial territories, and reducing their military power to almost nothing. 

Treaty of Versailles

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