Gilded Age
What does 'Gilded' mean?
covered in Gold
Industrialization led to:
Urbanization
A label often given to people who wrote articles and literature over injustice and corruption:
Muckraker
Teddy Roosevelt was Vice President to which assassinated President?
William McKinley
This act was passed which required males between the ages of 21-30 to register for military services:
Selective Service Act
The word "Ketchup" originated from which language?
Chinese
Trust
With urbanization and all these new cities popping up, what were often built to maximize use of space?
Skyscrapers
Which amendment granted women the right to vote?
19th Amendment
Teddy Roosevelt fought in which war?
Spanish-American War
This group took over Russia's government in 1917; turned Russia into the first constitutionally communist nation:
Bolsheviks
Only mammal on Earth that cannot jump:
Elephant
Who owned and operated Standard Oil until 1911?
J.D. Rockefeller
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
This person believed Black Americans should focus on their learning skills and moving up the economic ladder - this would lead to them having a better ability to deal with social issues in the future. Who is this person?
Booker T. Washington
In 1902, The U.S. bought rights for the ______________ from the ______________
Panama Canal , French
Wilson introduced what at the Paris Peace Conference?
14 Point Plan
Who wrote the U.S. National Anthem?
Francis Scott Key
Who merged their company with JP Morgan to create U.S. Steel?
Andrew Carnegie
Americans saw immigrants as:
Competition
Name two of the three progressive Presidents during the Progressive Era: (1890s-1920s)
Teddy Roosevelt, William H. Taft, Woodrow Wilson
A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force:
Hint: World Police
Imperialism
Name the treaty that the U.S. did not sign after WWI; every other country did sign:
Treaty of Versailles
Smallest country in the world:
Vatican City
The government created this in response to Railroad companies fixing prices:
Interstate Commerce Commission
Approximately how many immigrants came into America between 1880-1920?
20 Million
W.E.B DuBois was a founding member of what organization?
NAACP - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Teddy Roosevelt was quoted for this:
needs to be word for word
Hint: During his presidency he introduced a new type of diplomacy
"Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick"
A general assembly of 27 nations with an executive council:
League of Nations
What is ailurophobia?
Fear of cats
Which Captain of Industry has a concert venue named after them in New York?
Andrew Carnegie
When the Chinese, Greeks, and Italians began moving into large urban areas, they often created their own ethnic locations where they would often all live together with the same vicinity. Name one: (a lot of these are still around today)
Greektown, Chinatown, Little Italy
Name the woman who was a famous muckraker during the Progressive Era, especially for her writings on J.D. Rockefeller:
Ida Tarbell
Platt Amendment
The U.S. Government adopted __________ _____________ ____________ to conserve energy (other countries did this as well)
Daylight Savings Time
What kind of animal is Squidward from spongebob?
Octopus