Causes of WWI
This system contributed to the spread of World War I by creating a chain reaction of countries entering the conflict.
What are alliances?
This is the term for a journalist who shocks the nation by uncovering abuses and corruption in society
What is a Muckraker?
This New York City political boss cheated the city out of as much as $100 million through his political machine.
Who is William "Boss" Tweed?
While Ellis Island processed immigrants in New York, this station in San Francisco Bay was the main entry point for Asian immigrants.
What is Angel Island?
This Progressive Era reformer is known for taking photographs exposing child labor in mills across the Southeastern U.S.
Who is Lewis Hine?
While nationalism increased loyalty and tension, this "ism" specifically focused on increasing a nation's military power.
What is militarism?
Upton Sinclair revealed gruesome details about this specific industry in Chicago in his novel The Jungle.
What is the meat packing industry?
This is the name for a corporation that gains complete control of the production of a single good or service to eliminate competition.
What is a monopoly (or trust)?
Poverty, war, and religious persecution are examples of this type of factor that drives people to leave their home country.
What is a push factor?
This Progressive Era president became known as a “trust-buster” for using laws like the Sherman Antitrust Act to break up monopolies.
Who is Teddy Roosevelt?
The sinking of this ship strongly influenced American public opinion because it involved the loss of civilian lives, including Americans.
What is the Lusitania?
Following the horrific 1914 Ludlow Massacre, a congressional investigation led to the beginnings of these specific laws to protect young workers.
This term describes the era between Reconstruction and the Progressive Era; it suggests a time that looked prosperous on the outside but was actually corrupt.
What is the Gilded Age?
Many immigrants in growing cities lived in these crowded, unsafe apartment buildings that often lacked proper sanitation.
A tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports.
What is a tariff?
The discovery of this secret message increased American support for entering the war specifically against Germany.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
What is conservation?
Located in Durham, North Carolina, "W. Duke Sons & Co." was a Gilded Age monopoly in this specific industry.
What is tobacco?
This was the term for U.S. citizens who opposed immigration because they disliked immigrants or feared they were "Anti-American".
Who are Nativists?
What title was given to the person at the top of the political machine who controlled everything?
Who is the Party Boss?
This was the stance America took when World War I broke out until 1917.
What is isolationism?
This act allowed Congress to break up Monopolies in attempt to better regulate corrupt businesses.
While some called them "Captains of Industry," others used this negative term for men like Carnegie and Rockefeller who built fortunes by swindling taxpayers and ruthlessly treating workers.
What are Robber Barons?
What are ethnic enclaves?
This event in 1911 led to major workplace safety reforms after a deadly factory fire killed over 100 workers.
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire?