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Industry/Gilded Age
Imperialism/Progressivism
Progressivism
WW1
1920s/Great Depression
100

This president, while riding a wave of post-war popularity into office, saw his administration wracked by multiple scandals. 

Ulysses Grant

100

This ideology was on display in the annexation of Hawaii and the motivations behind American involvement in the Spanish-American War

Imperialism

100

The journalists who exposed the seedy underbelly of American industry

muckrakers

100

The resumption of this action by this country propelled American entry into WW1

German's Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

100

During the 1920s, and in response to the horrors of WW1, the US turned inward and entered a period of ______________

isolationism

200

This momentous event was accomplished after the federal government incentivized its completion, thus literally unifying the country in a sense. 

Completion of the transcontinental railroad. 
200
President Teddy Roosevelt was both a progressive and imperialist president. The Roosevelt Corollary built on this famous international decree by a 19th century president. 

Monroe Doctrine

200

One of the "wins" for the progressives built on an older movement with Puritan roots

Prohibition/18th Amendment

200

The failures of this treaty laid roots of resentment that festered throughout the 1920s and 30s

Treaty of Versailles

200
Compounding on the sentiment of isolationism, the federal government limited new immigration to the US by enacting a ________________

Quota System

300

Andrew Carnegie professed ideas of social darwinism in this famous speech targeting other wealthy business owners at the time. 

Gospel of Wealth

300

This was the nickname for incendiary journalism that ignited people's fears and anger to sell newspapers. 

Yellow Journalism

300

Largely a grassroots movement that brought together varying interest groups who had the intention of making American society more equitable or safer in some way

Progressivism

300

This comminique was intercepted by British forces and helped encourage American involvement in WW1

Zimmermann Telegram

300
Ill-advised practices such as _____________ encouraged overspeculation and inflated the prices of stocks

Buying on margin/Buying on credit

400

This famous Supreme Court case ruling enshrined legal segregation. 

Plessy V. Ferguson Decision

400

This Spanish colony, while promised independence by the US during the Spanish-American War, remained under American control until post-WW2. 

Philippines

400

The election of 1912 saw voters split between two progressive candidates with this Democrat winning in the end

Woodrow Wilson

400
Charles Schenck was tried at the Supreme Court level for objecting to ___________ under the argument that it violated the ________ amendment

conscriptio/the draft

13th

400

This ecological disaster fueled mass migrations during the 1930s

Dust Bowl/severe drought

500

Congress agreed to the Compromise of 1877 to end the contested 1876 election cycle by ushering President ___________ into power while ending federal _________.

Hayes; Reconstruction

500

This was an addition to the Cuban constitution that allowed for American involvement in their political decisions. 

Platt Amendment

500

Some western states already legalized this prior to any federal legal changes to encourage settlement in their territories

Women's right to vote

500

This government agency was responsible for propaganda and suppression of anti-governmental speech 

Committee on Public Information

500

FDR's attempt at government transparency and connection to the American people

Fireside Chats/Radio broadcasts