The Gilded Age (1860s–1890s)
A fire in 1871 destroyed what city?
Chicago
President McKinley favored what as the standard to back U.S. currency?
Gold
Who gave the Atlanta Compromise speech?
Booker T. Washington
When did World War I begin?
1914
Who was baseball's first great home run hitter?
Babe Ruth
When did the Great Depression begin?
1929
Who discovered an inexpensive method for turning iron ore into steel?
Sir Henry Bessemer
Who built the largest steel company in the world?
Andrew Carnegie
Who promoted dollar diplomacy?
William Howard Taft
Whose assassination led to the beginning of World War I?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Who was the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
Charles Lindbergh
Who proposed the New Deal program?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Who formed the Standard Oil Company in 1869?
John D. Rockefeller
Who is the author of Wealth of Nations?
Adam Smith
When was the Wright brothers' first successful powered flight?
1903
What was the name given to the countries that sided with Germany in World War I?
Central Powers
Who was the famous baseball player who became an evangelist?
Billy Sunday
Which state earned the title Centennial State?
Colorado
The Populist Party promoted the free coinage of what metal?
Silver
What was the first state to grant full political privileges to women?
Wyoming
What nation was promised American land in return for helping Germany in World War I?
Mexico
What act created a government fund for unemployed and old-age insurance?
Social Security Act
When a company has complete control over a market, what is it called?
A monopoly
Where was the first battle of the Spanish-American War fought?
The Philippines
Who promoted a square deal?
Theodore Roosevelt
What country left World War I after signing the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
Russia
Which amendment banned the sale of alcohol?
18th
What government project brought hydroelectric power to the Mid-South?
Tennessee Valley Authority
What act further opened the Great Plains for settlement?
The Homestead Act
What year did the Spanish-American War start?
1898
Who organized the first successful national labor union?
Samuel Gompers
Where was the treaty that ended World War I signed?
Versailles
What are profits that are earned on stocks called?
Dividends
What government project built roads, bridges, public buildings, and other structures?
Works Progress Administration
Who passed the Pendleton Civil Service Act?
Chester Arthur
When was the Chicago World Fair?
1893
Who organized the Committees for Industrial Organizations?
John L. Lewis
Who proposed the League of Nations?
Woodrow Wilson
What is the practice of buying risky investments for the chance of making a quick profit?
Speculation
Who was the social economist in Great Britain who influenced the Brain Trust?
John Maynard Keynes
Who founded the NAACP?
W.E.B. Du Bois
Who led the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I?
John J. Pershing
Who investigated communist activities in America?
J. Edgar Hoover
What is the name of the part of the government that was established so that all member bank accounts were insured for up to $5,000?
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the FDIC