Industrialization
Organizations like the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor that started to form at this time were called this
(Labor) Unions
An extreme dislike of immigrants by native-born people
Nativism
A term that means aggressive nationalism
Jingoism
Progressives
Triple Entente
This term refers to a long period of rising stock prices
Bull Market
The name of the legislation that Franklin Roosevelt passed in an attempt to get the United States out of the depression
The New Deal
John D. Rockefeller made this business plan famous, which consists of combining firms in the same business into one large corporation.
Horizontal Integration
A French phrase meaning "Let people do as they choose"
Laissez-Faire
The corrupt politician who ran Tammany Hall, the New York City Democratic political machine, during the 1860's and 1870's
William "Boss" Tweed
What was the name of the battleship that sank and led to the beginning of the Spanish American war
USS Maine
The idea that the government should own and operate industry for the community
Socialism
The name of President Woodrow Wilson's peace plan at the end of WWI
14 points
Hoovervilles
What was the first issue that FDR wanted to address when he came into office, passing legislation within his first five days of his presidency
Failing banks
These two railroads made up the Transcontinental Railroad (You need both!)
Union Pacific Railroad
Central Pacific Railroad
An idea derived from Charles Darwin that explained human society evolves through competition and natural selection, and only the fittest people survive.
Social Darwinism
This crop was known to grow very well in the Hawaiian climate
Sugarcane
Provided voters an option to demand a special election to remove an elected official from office before his or her term had expired
Recall
The assassination of this individual led to the start of World War I
(Buying on) Margin
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
The Great Northern Railroad, one of the most successful and least corrupt railroads at the time, was run by this man
James J. Hill
The term that many Americans firmly believed in during the Gilded Age, that no matter how humble their origins, they could rise in society and go as far as their talents and commitment would take them
Individualism
The name of the last Hawaiian monarch
Queen Liliuokalani
Robert M. La Follette
The event that eventually pulled the United States into WWI
The Zimmermann Telegram
The nickname of the group that marched from Oregon to Washington DC to support the passing of a bill authorizing early payment for veterans
This woman was the first ever to serve in a presidential cabinet, being appointed as Franklin Roosevelt's Secretary of Labor
Frances Perkins
The name of the tariff passed by Congress at the end of the Civil War that nearly tripled tariff rates
Morrill Tariff
Andrew Carnegie supported this idea that Americans should use their great fortunes to create conditions that would help the less fortunate through philanthropy.
Gospel of Wealth
To build the Panama Canal, the United States and Great Britain signed this treaty, which gave the US the exclusive right to build any proposed canal through Central America
Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
The incident that took place in New York on March 25, 1911, which killed 150 employees and led to the state passing 36 new laws reforming labor codes
This law made it illegal in the United States to openly speak out against the war
The name of the president who served before Herbert Hoover, who gave confidence to the American people that Hoover would have a successful presidency
The first New Deal program to be shut down by the Supreme Court, leading to Franklin Roosevelt's plan to 'pack the courts'
National Recovery Administration (NRA)