Gilded Age & Progressive Era
What is the effect of the light bulb on factories?
factories can stay open longer, more production, cheaper goods
Name a cause of the Spanish American War.
Spanish cruelty to Cubans, explosion of USS Maine, yellow journalism
Which president was elected for his “New Deal” promise to fix the Great Depression?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Define containment
US policy to stop the spread of communism
What is one effect that 9/11 had on the US?
Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, USA PATRIOT Act, created Homeland Security
What is one effect of the Transcontinental Railroad?
reduced travel time across the west, more people moved west, goods can go faster from East to West
Why did the US enter World War I?
Answer: sinking of the Lusitania, Zimmerman Telegram
What are the TWO causes of the Dust Bowl?
drought and overfarming
Define detente.
easing of tensions with communist countries
Why did OPEC stop selling oil to the US?
US support of Israel
What was the first law that regulated railroads?
Interstate Commerce Act
International organization established in 1920 following World War I, with the primary purpose of maintaining world peace through diplomacy, collective security, and disarmament
Answer: League of Nations
What is one effect of the Pearl Harbor attack?
US joins WWII, Executive Order 9066
What does the 24th Amendment do?
eliminates poll taxes
How did Ross Perot impact the 1992 election?
A. Loss of votes for major party nominees
B. He won the presidential election as a third party candidate
C. He ran as a Democrat and took votes from Clinton
Answer: A
Name a Progressive Era reformer AND their cause.
Ida Tarbell, Jane Addams, Upton Sinclair, Ida B. Wells, Susan B. Anthony, Jacob Riis, Lewis Hine, etc.
Italian immigrant anarchists put on trial and executed for murder during the first Red Scare.
What did the Supreme Court decide in Korematsu v. US?
placing Japanese Americans in internment camps was constitutional
Which US law ensured that boys and girls are funded equally in public schools?
Title IX
In the Persian Gulf War ______ invaded ________ for their oil.
Iraq, Kuwait
Name one way democracy was expanded in the Progressive Era.
17th Amendment, 19th Amendment, Initiative, Referendum, Recall
African American activist who promoted the "Back to Africa" movement.
Marcus Garvey
What was the turning point battle in the Pacific in World War II?
Battle of Midway
What court case held that colleges cannot deny admission to students based on race?
Sweatt v. Painter
List one accomplishment by Barack Obama.
Affordable Care Act, American Recovery Act, first African American president