Gilded Age
Shiny and golden on the outside, cheap and rotten on the inside
What is Gilded?
Jane Addams
Who is the founder of the Hull House?
Sensationalized news stories.
Trench Warfare
What is a type of fighting that involves fighting from a dug in position.
A young, modern woman who bobs her hair, smokes, drinks, and dances the Charleston.
What is a Flapper?
The Bessemer Process
What is the name of the process to make steel cheaper, faster, and better?
An overcrowded apartment building.
The sinking of the U.S.S. Maine
What major event cost US lives and was a spark that started the Spanish American War?
To avoid getting involved in future foreign wars.
Why did the US Senate oppose membership to the League of Nations?
Charles Lindbergh
Who was the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
Standard Oil
What Monopoly/Trust did John D. Rockefeller control?
A journalist who exposes corruption.
What is a Muckraker?
Memo calling McKinley weak, another cause of the Spanish American War.
What is the DeLome letter?
Unrestricted submarine warfare and the Zimmerman note.
What were two causes of US involvement in WWI?
Speculation
What is it called when you invest in the stock market?
Laissez-faire
What is the government keeping their hands off of business?
A law requiring government job applicants to pass an exam before employment (by merit)
What is the Pendleton Act?
What territories did the U.S. acquire as a result of the Spanish American War?
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
What were the causes of WWI in Europe?
The assembly line.
What system used by Henry Ford allows vehicles to be made cheaper and faster?
Southern and Eastern Europe
Where are New Immigrants from?
Theodore Roosevelt, William Taft, and Woodrow Wilson
Who are the Progressive Presidents.
To protect trade in China.
What was the primary reason for the establishment of the Open Door Policy.
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
What was the spark that began WWI?
An African American movement that included accomplishments in music, theater, writing, and dance.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?