Gilded Age/Industrial Revolution
Who controlled the oil industry, the steel industry, and the railroad industry?
Who are Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Vanderbilt.
These are the two immigration centers in the United States. List the name, location, and the area of the world from where the immigrants came (what continent).
Ellis Island, NYC, European and African immigrants
Angel Island, CA, Asian immigrants.
As the US emerged from isolationism, this territory was annexed and eventually made one of the 50 states.
What is Hawaii.
These are the two alliances in World War 1.
What are the Central Powers and Allied Powers.
This is the reason/event that caused the US to enter World War 2.
The bombing of Pearl Harbor.
These are the main goals for workers creating unions and utilizing labor strikes and boycotts.
To secure better pay, safer working conditions, and shorter workdays for employees.
This is a major consequence of immigration/urbanization in the early 1900s.
These are the main reasons for World War 1. (The building of the powder key of dynamite).
What are militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism.
These are two reasons why the US decided to enter World War 1.
Unrestricted submarine warfare (sinking of the Sussex and Lusitania) and the Zimmermann Telegram.
This is the reason Hitler gained power in Germany following World War 1.
Germany was in ruins following WW1 and the citizens were eager to follow someone who could solve the country's problems.
Created monopolies and trusts, buying out smaller companies in the same industry.
This is the name of activists who alerted the American public of injustices in society. Name two and explain what they did.
Who are muckrakers.
Upton Sinclair-wrote The Jungle (meat plant issues, created Food and Drug Act/Meat Inspection Act)
Jacob Riis-photographer of tenement conditions.
These are the main reasons why countries choose to gain new territories. (Provide 2)
To increase trade routes, to strengthen the power of a country, to gain new resources, to provide military help with refueling and strategically located areas.
This was the spark that ignited the powder keg of dynamite that started World War 1.
The assassination of Austria-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian nationalist.
This is the key battle in Europe during World War 2 that paved the way for Allied troops to gain victory in Europe by mvoing through France.
What is Operation Overlord. AKA: D-Day, Normandy invasion).
This is the reason why the Industrial Revolution was nicknamed the Gilded Age.
Due to the great wealth of a few which covered up widespread poverty and corruption underneath.
These are the two leaders in minority rights. What are their names and positions?
Booker T. Washington
The US gained several new territories around the start of the 20th century (1900). Name 3
What are Guam, American Samoa, Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Panama Canal.
This is the plan that US President Woodrow Wilson pitched during Treaty of Versailles. Why?
What is the League of Nations.
To prevent future wars and to promote peace and democracy.
Victory over Japan was finally achieved after these momentous events.
The atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Various responses
List all 4 Progressive Era amendments and what they created.
16th-income tax
17th- election of senators by the people
18th- prohibition
19th- women's right to vote
The US government supported Panamanian rebels which helped them gain independence from Panama. We created a blockade so Colombian fighters could not fight back. Offered Panamanian government a deal for US to build and control the canal for 99 years.
These are the 4 main parts of how World War 1 was settled.
B-Germany accepting 100% blame for WW1
R-Germany paying $33 billion in reparations
A-Germany's military was dismantled
T-Germany lost territory.
These are the 2 main theaters in World War 2.
What are Africa, Europe, the Pacific.