Progressive Era
Many Gilded Age Industrialists believed in a recently theorized idea that people and societies compete for survival, and that the fit becoming wealthy and successful while the weak struggle to survive. This idea would be challenged by Progressive Era Reformers
social Darwinism:
The USS Maine exploded off the coast of Cuba in 1898, accident or not, it was the reason why this event happened.
The Spanish American War
Which Empire did the assassination of its' Heir spark the domino effect of declarations of war that led to WWI
Austria-Hungary
Which technology did the Germans to attack shipping across the Atlantic Ocean to try and starve Britain and France for resources
U-Boats (Submarines)
John Muir was a Naturalist who hoped to make parts of the US that were untouched by industrialization, forever free from being used for resources. He helped convince the US government to establish a branch to protect these places.
The National Parks Service
This organization formed in 1867 and committed to the economic and political interests of farmers
National Grange
This practice of extending a nation’s power by gaining political and economic control over other countries.
Imperialism
What document was the final push to force America to join the war against Germany
The Zimmerman Telegram
Which technology was used in the first air raids over Britain by the Germans?
Zeppelins (Airships)
Alice Paul worked to help forward this movement which was focused on the right to vote, particularly for women in the early 1900's
Suffrage
This Political party organized in 1892 by leaders of the Farmers’ Alliances, supported reforms like eight-hour workdays and government-owned rather than private railroads companies
Populist Party
What is the idea of devotion to a national or ethnic identity, including the desire for independence from rule by foreign countries. This became much more common around the turn of the 20th Century (1900's)
Nationalism
What was the name of the plan that the Germans came up with to try to take France out of the war within 6 weeks by taking Paris.
The Schlieffen Plan
Which technology became widely used for gathering information for ground forces enabled skilled users called Aces to become famous for their successes. (EX: the Red Baron)
Airplanes (such as Biplanes Triplanes)
This Progressive era activist helped to establish the NAACP, an organization that pledged to work for equal rights and opportunities for all African Americans.
W.E.B. Du Bois
This is the idea that the government should be enacting and enforcing laws that control conduct or practices. This was particularly aimed at limiting the power Gilded Age Industrialists had.
Regulation
Which territory purchased from Russia would later become a US State. This purchase was wildly unpopular at the time, nicknamed Seward's Folly (mistake) after the Secretary of State who promoted it.
Alaska
What event caused a major world empire to bow out of the war due to the internal collapse of their government and arrest of their ruler?
The Russian Revolution
This weapon used first by the Germans was developed to clear enemy trenches without resistance. It is now against international law to use this weapon for the horrific injuries it caused to soldiers during WWI.
Poison gas (Chlorine Gas, Mustard Gas)
Mary Harris Jones, more commonly known as Mother Jones worked to end this Gilded Age business practice that is now illegal today.
Child Labor
This kind of information or ideas spread by a group or government to promote its cause or ideas or to damage an opposing cause or idea. This often can include: Political Cartoons, Posters, Newspaper Articles, Etc.
Propaganda
Which engineering project did the US take over the completion of that put the US in a position of economic importance overseas due to this location for international trade.
Panama Canal
What was the name of the Treaty that ended WWI and put harsh penalties on Germany as punishment for their prewar militarization. This also split apart many old world empires in favor of smaller independent nations.
The Treaty of Versailles
This armored device was developed first by the British to advance with and support soldiers as they moved across No-Man's Land and took over enemy trenches.
Upton Sinclair wrote in his 1906 book, The Jungle tales of which industry using the allegory (a story, with a hidden meaning) of a wild jungle.
The Meatpacking Industry in Chicago