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This man acquired most of his wealth in railroads
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt
100
This man was the owner of Standard Oil
Who is John Rockefeller
100
This man was the #1 steel producer in the world
Who is Andrew Carnegie
100
This man led Tammany Hall, New York City's corrupt political machine.
Who is Boss Tweed
100
This man assassinated Abraham Lincoln
Who is John Wilkes Booth
200
What was the name given to the period of time after the Civil War when the Union was working to bring the Confederacy back to form one nation?
What is Reconstruction
200
Who was President during WWI?
Who is Woodrow Wilson
200
Who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Who is Gavrilo Princip
200
What was the name of the first railroad to reach all the way across the United States?
What is the 1st Transcontinental Railroad
200
This is another word for a cease fire
What is an armistice
300
Who created the 14 Points Plan?
Who is Woodrow Wilson
300
What ship exploded in Havana harbor leading the U.S. to start the Spanish-American War?
What is the USS Maine
300
What ship was sunk by a German U-Boat killing 128 Americans and pushed the U.S. towards joining WWI?
What is the Lusitania
300
What was the economic policy used by the American government that allowed big businesses to flourish?
What is Laissez-Faire Economics
300
Who led the American fleet into Manila Bay and defeated the Spanish fleet?
Who is George Dewey
400
What type of journalism was known for publishing sensational and exaggerated stories and who was the most famous person to use it?
What is Yellow Journalism; Joseph Pulitzer
400
The Zimmerman Note was a correspondence between what 2 nations?
What are Germany and Mexico?
400
List the 3 Constitutional amendments that helped African Americans and explain what each amendment did.
What is: 13th- Ended Slavery 14th- Gave African-Americans citizenship 15th- Gave African-Americans the right to vote
400
This is a type of foreign policy where a country tries to create an empire by taking over smaller countries
What is imperialism
400
This is a type of foreign policy where a country stays to itself and does not get involved with other nations.
What is isolationism
500
What is horizontal integration? Give an example.
What is Joining together/taking over of businesses that do the exact same thing.
500
What is vertical integration? Give an example.
What is Joining together/ taking over of businesses that do different, but related things.
500
These were a series of laws passed in the South that severely limited the rights of African-Americans
What are Black Codes
500
What agreement was reached by the U.S. and Germany that temporarily stopped German U-Boats from attacking unarmed ships?
What is the Sussex Pledge
500
What organization was Gavrilo Princip associated with?
What is the Black Hand