Go West, Young Man
Golden Spike connected railroads in Promontory. Where is that? (state)
Utah
What was established by Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)?
Separate but Equal
"Color" of journalism (William Randolph Hearst & Joseph Pulitzer)
Yellow
Name of Upton Sinclair's 1906 novel about meatpacking plants (gross!)
The Jungle
WWI began in summer 1914; most people thought it would be over by when?
Christmas
Nickname for farmers on the Great Plains
Sodbusters
Rich people should share some money (schools, etc)
Gospel of Wealth
What did the 16th Amendment start/establish?
Income Tax :-(
Progressives were pro-Temperance; what did 18th Amendment start?
Prohibition
Patriotic term for U.S.bonds sold to raise money for war effort
Liberty Loans
What was discovered at Sutter's Mill, CA in 1848?
GOLD
Engineering "8th Wonder of World" in NYC connecting Manhattan and another borough
Brooklyn Bridge
Which international conflict was known as the "Splendid Little War"?
Spanish-American War
What happened at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory on March 25, 1911?
HUGE Fire; Doors were locked; Workers jumped
Who was in charge of the Food Administration? (Mock Sausage - gross!)
Herbert Hoover
What 1862 legislation was designed to promote settlement of the West?
Homestead Act
William Jennings Bryan's 1896 speech: ____ of ___
Cross of Gold
Why did (Democrat) Woodrow Wilson win the Election of 1912?
Republican Party had split
Robert M. LaFollette had a reform program named for his state: the _____ Idea (upper Midwest)
Wisconsin
What day was the Armistice signed to end WWI?
November 11, 1918
United States should extend from Atlantic to Pacific
Manifest Destiny
Pittsburgh
U.S.S. Maine - "Remember the Maine, to Hell with Spain!"
Which president was known as the "Trustbuster"?
Theodore Roosevelt
Nickname of American soldiers?
Doughboys