World War One
The Second Industrial Revolution
Treaties and Amendments
People
Events
100
heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne, was assassinated in Sarajevo, started World War I.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
100
Established by John D. Rockefeller, it became the largest monopoly in American history before being broken up by the government
What is the Standard Oil Company?
100
An 1890 law that banned the formation of trusts and monopolies in the United States.
What is the Sherman Anti-trust Act?
100
The three Presidents during the Progressive Age.
Who are Theodore Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson?
100
1898 war that began when the United States demanded Cuba's independence from Spain.
What is the Spanish American War?
200
American President during the start of World War One.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
200
Late 1800s to Early 1900s - Term coined by Mark Twain to refer to a period of American industrialization and the problems it created.
What is the Gilded Age?
200
Crafted by Secretary of State John Hay, this trade agreement allowed the United States trade access to China in response to European powers division of that country into "spheres of influence".
What is the "Open Door Policy"?
200
Conservative Senator who wanted to keep the United States out of the League of Nations.
Who is Henry Cabot Lodge?
200
This event led to an American declaration of war against Spain.
What is the sinking of the U.S.S. Maine?
300
The ship sunk by the Germans that killed 128 Americans, nearly drawing the U.S. into WWI.
What is the Lusitania?
300
The control of one step of the production process for an entire industry.
What is the Horizontal Integration?
300
1905 treaty between Russia and Japan ending the Russo-Japanese War.
What is the Treaty of Portsmouth?
300
American General who led the forces to capture Pancho Villa.
Who is John J. Pershing?
300
An attempt by Germany to encourage Mexico to go to war with the United States. Once intercepted, the U.S. declares war on Germany as the "last straw..."
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
400
Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire
Who are the Central Powers?
400
This new process created stronger steel and allowed for the creation of skyscrapers and long bridges.
What is the Bessemer Process?
400
Legislation that promised the US would not annex Cuba after winning the Spanish-American war.
What is the Teller Amendment?
400
The model for the movie "Citizen Kane", this publishing giant used yellow journalism to sell his newspapers, The New York Journal.
Who is William Randolph Hearst?
400
Supreme Court cases that the Puerto Rican islanders did not have full American rights
What is the Insular Cases?
500
Wilson's plan for peace after WWI. In the end, very little made it into the Treaty of Versailles
What are the 14 Points?
500
The name of Carnegie Steel after it was purchased by J.P. Morgan
What is U.S. Steel?
500
Specified when the US could intervene in Cuban affairs.
What is the Platt Amendment?
500
Filipino who was lead both the Philippine revolution against Spain and then the United States.
Who is Emilio Aguinaldo?
500
1907-1908 agreement by the government of Japan to limit Japanese emigration to the US.
What is the Gentleman's Agreement?