Gilded Age
What form of transportation moved natural resources from the West to industrial centers in the East?
The Transcontinental Railroad
The belief that some in society are more "fit to survive" than others
Social Darwinism
Which US territory was acquired by overthrowing a Queen?
Hawaii
What form of music was popularized in the 1920s and encouraged dancing?
Jazz
Which event marked the start of the Great Depression?
The stock market crash of 1929
Which legislation, passed in 1882, limited immigration to the United States?
The Chinese Exclusion Act
Who was the first progressive to be president?
Theodore Roosevelt
Which war resulted in the US acquiring the territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines?
What were illegal bars during Prohibition called?
speakeasies
What program did FDR create to provide relief and recovery during the Great Depression?
The New Deal
Who was the industrialist known for his steel empire and philanthropy?
Andrew Carnegie
Which Amendment gave women the right to vote?
19th Amendment
What did the US build in Central America to facilitate faster trade?
The Panama Canal
Which cultural movement celebrated Black Americans?
The Harlem Renaissance
What was the name of the natural disaster that forced many Americans to move out of the Great Plains?
The Dust Bowl
What was the main goal of the labor movement in the Gilded Age?
improve wages
Which Progressive Era law aimed to regulate unfair business practices?
The Clayton Antitrust Act
What was Woodrow Wilson's form of diplomacy, which prioritized democracy?
Moral Diplomacy
What part of the world was the Immigration Act of 1924 trying to limit immigration from?
Southern and Eastern Europe
Which government agency was established to provide jobs for young men during the Depression?
The Civilian Conservation Corps
What was the political scandal during Grant's presidency that highlighted the corruption in government?
Credit Mobilier
What was the president of the National American Women Suffrage Association?
Carrie Chapman Catt
What US policy justified American intervention in Latin America?
The Roosevelt Corollary
Who defended John Scopes in the Scopes Trial of 1925?
Clarence Darrow
What established a government-funded pension system for the elderly?