Titans of Time
This steel magnate used vertical integration to dominate the steel industry.
Andrew Carnegie
This Amendment gave women the right to vote after World War I
19th Amendment
This reform movement sought to eliminate corruption and increase democracy in government.
Progressive Era/Movement
This event in 1914 triggered the start of World War I.
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Name the treaty that ended World War I:
Treaty of Versailles
This oil tycoon built Standard Oil into a near-monopoly using trusts and horizontal integration.
John D. Rockefeller
This 1890 law was designed to limit monopolies and promote competition
Sherman Anti Trust Act
This president became known as a “trust-buster” and promoted the Square Deal.
Teddy Roosevelt
This telegram promised Mexico U.S. territory if it joined Germany in World War I.
Zimmerman Telegram
This term describes the rapid growth of cities during the Gilded Age.
Urbanization
This banker helped stabilize the U.S. economy during financial panics and influenced federal banking policy.
JP Morgan
This law required railroads to charge fair rates and banned rebates.
Interstate Commerce Act
This amendment established the direct election of U.S. senators.
17th Amendment
This German tactic of attacking civilian ships helped draw the U.S. into World War I.
Submarine Warfare
This movement encouraged the banning of alcohol and eventually led to Prohibition.
The Temperance Movement
This railroad tycoon symbolized both rapid expansion and corruption during the Gilded Age.
Cornelius Vanderbilt
This Progressive Era amendment established a federal income tax.
16th Amendment
This book exposed dangerous conditions in the meatpacking industry and led to federal food safety laws.
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
President of the United States during World War I
Woodrow Wilson
This migration saw African Americans move north for industrial jobs during World War I.
The Great Migration
This muckraking journalist exposed Standard Oil’s business practices in The History of the Standard Oil Company.
Ida Tarbell
This 1913 act created the Federal Reserve System to regulate the nation’s money supply.
Federal Reserve Act
This social reformer founded Hull House to help immigrants in urban areas.
Jane Adams
This act limited free speech during World War I by punishing criticism of the government.
Sedition Act of 1918
The novel "The Shame of Cities" was written in 1904 by this muckraking author. The novel focused on corruption in the major cities in the US including New York, Chicago and Philadelphia.
Lincoln Steffens