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What is the largest island in the world?
Greenland
What major transportation project was completed in the Gilded Age that connected the East and West coasts of the United States?
Transcontinental Railroad
Who declares war on Serbia to officially begin WWI?
Term for women's right to vote
What is suffrage?
Zeus
Author of The Jungle who exposed bad practices in the meatpacking industry
Upton Sinclair
What was the main goal of the labor unions during the Gilded Age?
To improve working conditions and secure better wages for workers.
What is the definition of imperialism?
Policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories
What is the definition of a demagogue?
a political leader who seeks support by appealing to the desires and prejudices of ordinary people
What is the largest mammal in the world?
Blue whale
These were formed to organize workers and bargain for more rights and pay.
Unions
Which law, passed in 1882, was the first to restrict immigration to the U.S.?
What is the definition of militarism?
Development of armed forces and their use as a tool of negotiation
Political Party that wanted to change the system and increase government involvement to improve lives
Progressive Party
In what year did the first Super Bowl take place?
1967
A ban on the making and selling of alcohol, later repealed by the 21st Amendment
Prohibition
What is the most famous example of the political machine at work?
Tammany Hall
What year did WWI start and end?
1914-1918
What was the Missouri Compromise (1820)?
Who was the third president of the United States?
Thomas Jefferson
Teddy Roosevelt loved to hunt, so he encouraged the creation of what.
National Parks
What is the definition of muckrakers?
Journalists who exposed corruption, unsafe working environments, and social injustices
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
Assassination
List 4 causes of the Civil War