Westward & Industrial Giants
Q: The 1869 completion of this project at Promontory, Utah connected the East and West coasts.
A: What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
Q: Unlike "Old Immigrants," "New Immigrants" between the 1890s and 1920s predominantly came from this region.
A: What is Southern and Eastern Europe?
Q: This amendment granted women the legal right to vote (women's suffrage).
A: What is the 19th Amendment?
Q: First issued in 1823, this doctrine warned European nations to stay out of the Western Hemisphere.
A: What is the Monroe Doctrine?
Q: What acronym stands for the five major long-term causes of World War I?
A: What is M.A.N.I.A. (Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism, Assassination)?
Q: This 1856 process revolutionized American industry by enabling the cheap, rapid mass production of steel.
A: What is the Bessemer Process?
Q: This major immigration processing center in New York Harbor served as the main arrival port for "New Immigrants".
A: What is Ellis Island?
Q: Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle directly led to the passage of this 1906 act.
A: What is the Pure Food and Drug Act?
Q: The Klondike Gold Rush followed gold discoveries in what territory?
What is Alaska?
Q: This type of warfare, characterized by long, muddy ditches and stalemate, defined the Western Front.
A: What is trench warfare?
Q: When Andrew Carnegie bought companies involved in all stages of supply and transport, it was called this type of integration.
A: What is vertical integration?
Q: Political machines gained support among urban immigrants during the Gilded Age primarily by trading jobs and services for this.
A: What are votes?
Q: Jane Addams founded this famous Chicago settlement house to provide food, shelter, and education to the urban poor.
A: What is Hull House?
Q: The 19th-century philosophy that applied "survival of the fittest" to human societies to justify powerful nations ruling weaker ones.
A: What is Social Darwinism?
Q: Intercepted by British intelligence, this telegram proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico, promising the return of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.
A: What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
Q: This 1887 act attempted to "Americanize" Native Americans by ending tribal land-owning and dividing land into individual plots.
A: What is the Dawes Act?
Q: This infamous political boss ran the Tammany Hall political machine in New York City.
A: Who is William "Boss" Tweed?
Q: Ida Tarbell published an investigative series that led to the judicial breakup of this massive trust.
A: What is the Standard Oil Company?
Q: Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy of maintaining strong military power while negotiating peacefully was known by this phrase.
A: What is Big Stick Diplomacy?
Q: This American General commanded the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) in battle during World War I.
A: Who is General John J. Pershing?
Q: Enacted in 1890, this act was the first federal measure designed to prevent companies from forming trusts that destroy competition.
A: What is the Sherman Antitrust Act?
Q: This late 19th-century term is defined as favoring native-born inhabitants over foreign immigrants.
A: What is nativism?
Q: Public outrage over the assassination of President James A. Garfield led directly to the passage of this civil service reform law.
A: What is the Pendleton Act?
Q: This 17th Amendment expanded democratic participation by establishing the direct popular election of these officials.
A: Who are U.S. Senators?
Q: This former conscientious objector charged machine gun nests in the Argonne Forest, captured over 100 prisoners, and earned the Medal of Honor.
A: Who is Alvin York?