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100

He led the American steel industry during the Gilded Age.

Who is Andrew Carnegie?

100

This word describes reasons people leave their home country.

What are push factors?

100

Journalists who exposed corruption and social issues were given this nickname.

Who were muckrackers?

100

This U.S. battleship exploded in Havana Harbor in 1898.

What was the USS Maine?

100

The 1914 assassination of this Austro-Hungarian archduke helped spark World War I.

Who was Archduke Franz Ferdinand? 

200

This man oversaw the rise of Standard Oil and dominated petroleum refining. He led the American steel industry during the Gilded Age.

Who is John D. Rockefeller?

200

This island processed millions of immigrants arriving in New York Harbor.

What is Ellis Island?

200

This author exposed dangerous conditions in Chicago's meatpacking industry.

Who was Upton Sinclair?

200

This exaggerated style of reporting increased public support for war with Spain.

What was yellow journalism?

200

This alliance system included Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire.

Who were the Central Allies?

300

This business practice—used by Carnegie—allowed a company to control every step from raw materials to finished product.

What is vertical integration?

300

Large waves of immigrants arrived in the late 1800s from this Southern European country, often escaping poverty and seeking industrial jobs in American cities.

What is Italy?

300

This reformer revealed overcrowded tenement life through powerful photographs

Who was Jacob Riis?

300

This Caribbean island became a U.S. territory after the Spanish-American War.

What is Puerto Rico?

400

This term refers to a company that controls an entire industry, eliminating competition.

What is a monopoly?

400

Many immigrants made the transatlantic journey in this cramped, low-cost section of steamships, where poor ventilation and overcrowding were common.

What is steerage?

400

To fight unsafe conditions, long hours, and low wages, many workers joined these organizations that collectively negotiated with employers.

What are labor unions?

400

The U.S. supported a rebellion in this region to secure land needed for a canal.

What is Panama?

500

Critics accused certain industrialists of exploiting workers and crushing rivals, earning them this unflattering nickname

Who are robber barons?

500

Inspectors at Ellis Island relied on this document, carried by the steamship, which listed each passenger’s name, origin, age, and occupation.

What is a ship manifest?

500

This suffragist led militant protests, organized the 1913 Washington parade, and pushed for a federal amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote.

What was Alice Paul?

500

In this Puck cartoon titled “Gee! What a Stretch,” the artist criticizes U.S. foreign policy by suggesting that the country is expanding its power too far. What perspective is the cartoonist expressing about American imperialism?

anti imperialism

600

In this cartoon, Andrew Carnegie is shown cutting workers’ wages with one hand while giving away large donations with the other.What does Carnegie want the public to think he is?  

What is a philanthropist?

600

In this cartoon showing Uncle Sam restricting a “gate” to only a small percentage of arrivals from Europe, what immigration policy is the artist criticizing?

What is a quota system?

600

This Filipino revolutionary leader first fought alongside the United States against Spain, later declared independence in 1898, and then became the primary opponent of U.S. forces during the Philippine-American War.

Who was Emilio Aguinaldo?