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This industry was dominated by John D. Rockefeller.
What is oil?
This 1898 war made the U.S. a global power.
What is the Spanish-American War?
Women in the 1920s who challenged traditional norms were called this.
What are flappers?
This event marked the beginning of the Great Depression.
What is the stock market crash?
This attack brought the U.S. into WWII.
What is Pearl Harbor?
This term refers to powerful business leaders like Carnegie and Rockefeller. (Both names)
What are robber barons / captains of industry?
The U.S. gained these THREE territories after the Spanish-American War.
What are Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines?
This economic practice allowed people to buy now and pay later over time.
What is buying on credit (installment plans)?
This practice allowed investors to borrow money to buy stocks.
What is buying on margin?
The U.S. developed atomic weapons in this secret project.
What is the Manhattan Project?
This act aimed to break up monopolies but was initially weakly enforced.
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act?
This policy promoted equal trade access in China.
What is the Open Door Policy?
This cultural movement celebrated African American art and music.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
These are the three goals of the New Deal.
What are relief, recovery, and reform?
The ruling of Executive Order 9066.
What is the internment of Japanese Americans?
Upton Sinclair exposed unsafe conditions in this industry.
What is the meatpacking industry?
Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy slogan...
What is "speak softly and carry a big stick?"
This famous trial debated evolution vs. creationism.
What is the Scopes Trial?
This international economic policy made global trade more difficult.
What is the Smoot-Hawley Tariff?
These three policies are examples of the US breaking it's neutrality prior to entry into WWII.
What are Cash & Carry, Destroyer Deal, and Lend - Lease?
This amendment allowed Americans to directly elect senators.
What is the 17th Amendment?
This amendment limited Cuban independence after the war.
What is the Platt Amendment?
This invention helped spread popular culture nationwide.
What is the radio?
This plan by FDR attempted to add more justices to the Supreme Court.
What is the court-packing plan?
This conference determined Germany would be divided after the war.
What is the Yalta Conference?