Gilded Age
Describe the experience of Native Americans in the Gilded Age.
Loss of land, forced onto reservations, attempts at assimilation, Native American wars.
Define imperialism.
Imperialism is when a large, powerful country takes over a smaller, weaker country for economic, political, or military control.
Define progressivism.
Reforming America’s social, economic, and political problems
What were the causes of WWI?
Militarism
Alliances
Nationalism
Imperialism
Assassination (of Archduke Franz Ferdinand)
This movement in a New York City neighborhood was an explosion of art, culture, music, and politics that centered around the experiences of African Americans.
Harlem Renaissance.
These organizations of workers formed to fight for better wages, work conditions, hours, etc.
Labor unions.
What are two reasons for imperialism?
Economic reasons (markets for trade), military strength, and cultural superiority.
The passage of the __________ Amendment led to women's suffrage.
19th
For the first three years of the war, the United States would not join due to the popularity of this foreign policy throughout the country. It emphasizes staying out of foreign wars and foreign agreements.
Isolationism.
Explain the differences between modernism and traditionalism.
Traditionalism - belief system that held onto entrenched social customs and values (especially gender and race), was largely religiously based, was mostly seen in rural populations, distrusted alcohol and new technologies and convenience, opposed scientific advancement
Modernism - belief system that embraced social and cultural changes (especially gender and race), embraced scientific advancements, was mostly seen in urban populations, drank alcohol and promoted the use of new technologies and convenience, were more likely to question religion
Explain the difference between a captain of industry and a robber baron.
A captain of industry is a person with extraordinary wealth that uses it for the good of humanity. A robber baron is someone who uses unethical business practices to obtain their wealth.
Name three countries/territories (that we covered) in which the United States imperialized.
Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Philippines, China, Mexico, Panama
This type of journalist shed light on things like poor working conditions, living conditions, unfair business practices, etc. 150 Bonus points for naming the muckraker who wrote The Jungle.
Muckraker; Upton Sinclair.
What are two reasons for the US entering into WWI?
Zimmerman Telegram, Unrestricted Submarine Warfare, sinking of the Lusitania, "Fight for Democracy"
What was the Red Scare?
This massive transportation project connected both sides of the nation, cut across native land, and helped the American economy boom.
Transcontinental Railroad
What was America's "Open Door" policy in China?
The concept that all nations ought to have equal access to trade and resources in China. It led to an increased US presence in China.
Name two reforms (laws or amendments) of the Progressive Era and explain what they aimed to do.
16th-19th amendments, Sherman Antitrust Act, Clayton Antitrust Act, Federal Trade Commission, Federal Reserve Act, Pure Food and Drug Act, Meat Inspection Act, Keating-Owens Act, US Forest Service, National Park Service, settlement houses.
What happened to the size of the federal government during WWI?
It vastly expanded.
Creation of the War Industries Board, National War Labor Board, Food Administration, Committee on Public Information, and the Espionage & Sedition Acts
Fill in the blanks: Despite the nation wide ban on alcohol, also called ______________. Young people still went out drinking at secret bars called _______________. Women who challenged gender roles at this time by drinking, partying, smoking, and dressing in new fashion were called _______________. The most popular type of music at this time was ______________, and you would probably be seen doing this dance: _______________.
Prohibition, speakeasies, flappers (New Woman is acceptable, Jazz, the Charleston.
Describe the experience of immigrants coming to the United States in the Gilded Age.
Most immigrant workers moved to cities (URBANIZATION) and worked in low-paying, dangerous jobs. They often lived in tenement apartments and lived in poor conditions.
What is "yellow journalism" and how did it lead to the US entering the Spanish-American War?
Yellow journalism is exaggerating and sensationalizing the news in order to attract more readers. Yellow journalism sensationalized and exaggerated the sinking of the USS Maine and blamed it on the Spanish before evidence could prove they were at fault.
Name the three presidents of the Progressive Era.
Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson.
President Woodrow Wilson advocated for the creation of this organization to create and maintain peace following the Great War. The United States would not join it and did not ratify the Treaty of Versailles.
League of Nations.
Explain how the Scopes Trial represented the entirety of the 1920s.
Clash between modernism and traditionalism.