Gilded Age (Easy)
100: What was the Gilded Age known for?
-Rapid industrialization and economic growth.
-Mistreatment of workers
-Robber Barons/Monopolies
-Answers may vary
100: What was the main goal of the Progressive Era?
-To reform social, political, and economic problems caused by industrialization.
-To fix the issues from the Gilded Age
-Answers may vary
100: What war established the U.S. as a world power in 1898?
Span-American War
100: What did the 13th Amendment accomplish?
It abolished slavery.
100: Which event came first—Spanish-American War or the construction of the Panama Canal?
The Spanish-American War.
200: What were powerful business leaders during this era often called?
Robber Barons
200: Who founded Hull House to help immigrants and the poor?
Jane Addams
200: What territories did the U.S. gain as a result of the Spanish-American War?
Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.
200: What did the 14th Amendment guarantee?
Citizenship if born here and equal protection under the law.
200: What year did the Panama Canal open?
1914
300: Which industry did Andrew Carnegie dominate?
Steel
300: What was the purpose of initiative, referendum, and recall?
-To increase citizens’ direct participation in government.
-To give citizens a voice in Government
-May list what each one does
300: Who was Sanford B. Dole, and what was his role in U.S. expansion?
🟩 He supported the annexation of Hawaii.
300: What did the 15th Amendment do?
It granted voting rights regardless of race
300: What was one economic effect of the Spanish-American War?
The US gained access to new markets and resources.
400: What law restricted Chinese immigration during the Gilded Age?
The Chinese Exclusion Act.
400: What book by Upton Sinclair exposed the unsanitary conditions of the meatpacking industry?
The Jungle
400: What was Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy known as?
Big Stick Policy
or
Big Stick Diplomacy
400: What did the 19th Amendment achieve?
Women’s right to vote.
400: Place these in order: Homestead Act, Transcontinental Railroad, Chinese Exclusion Act, Spanish-American War.
1 Homestead Act
2 Transcontinental Railroad
3 Chinese Exclusion Act
4 Spanish-American War
500: How did the U.S. government’s policies favor big business during this period?
-By supporting monopolies and opposing labor unions.
-By having a Laissez Faire policy
-Answers may vary
500: What reform resulted from the public’s reaction to The Jungle?
-Pure Food & Drug Act
-Meat Insp. Act
-Creation of the Food & Drug admin
500: How did the U.S. obtain control of the Panama Canal Zone?
By supporting Panama’s independence from Colombia and securing canal rights.
500: What was the goal of W.E.B. Du Bois and the NAACP?
To secure full legal equality for African Americans.
500: What was the significance of the Treaty of Paris (1898)?
It ended the Spanish-American War and resulted in the U.S. gaining territories such as Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.