World War I
What is an ally?
Two nations who help each other in a war.
Name a U.S. Territory from the 1800s
Alaska, Hawai'i, Puerto Rico, Philippines, American Samoa
What do you call a person who travels from their home country and moves to another with the intent on living there?
Immigrant
What type of building rose upward and allowed for more businesses and people to live in?
Skyscrapers
This person created a large oil refinery in Cleveland.
John D. Rockefeller
What is No Man's Land?
The land between two trenches on a battlefield with little to no cover.
When nations expand outside of their native borders.
Imperialism
What is the name of the immigration center in NYC that immigrants came through from 1892 - 1954?
Ellis Island
Which group of people wanted to see the government take a more active role in the economy and society?
Socialists
What is a pull factor?
Something that makes someone want to go to another country.
Who did the United States fight in WWI?
Germany (Central Powers)
In which ocean did the U.S. expand it's territory in?
Pacific
In the mid to late 1800s, most people who came to America came from which continent?
Europe
What term was used to describe a business man who became wealthy through illegal means?
Robber Baron
People, usually boys aged 10-12, who worked in coal mines were referred to as?
Breaker Boys
Who was assassinated that sparked WWI?
Archduke Ferdinand
The government of Queen Liliuokalani was overthrown in 1893 in this U.S. territory.
Hawai'i
A place where workers are paid low wages and work long hours for unfair work is called?
Sweatshop
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act was to eliminate what type of business structure that existed in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
Monopoly
What famous anthropologist and photographer captured the reality of the poor living conditions in New York City.
Jacob Riis
What is Nationalism?
An individual's strong loyalty to their country.
What year did Alaska become a U.S. state?
1959
What is the correct piecework pay equation?
Rate per item X # of items produced
What is the term in which a businessman gets a contract for the city through an elected official, overbills the city, and the "extra money” is then given to the elected official?
Kickback
What tragedy occurred in which 146 people died in the Triangle Shirtwaist building?
There was a fire.