Gilded Age
This was a period from 1865 to 1900 of new innovations, industralization, and urbanization.
What is Gilded Age?
The belief that if one country fell to communism, many others would follow.
What is Domino Theory?
This female social reformer lead an anti-lynching campaign and organized a national crusade to outlaw it.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
This amendment freed all slaves in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
Regulated the amount of goods that a consumer could obtain. Focused on important resources like meat, sugar, gasoline, and rubber.
What is rationing?
Inventor of the light bulb. The creation of electricity lead to the rise of machines, streetcars and subway trains.
Who is Thomas Edison?
This act required the president to inform Congress of any commitment of troops abroad within 48 hrs and to withdraw them in 60-90 days unless congress approves.
What is War Powers Resolution (1973)?
This president was famous for serving in the Spainsh-American War, starting the Bull-Moose Party, and being a "trust buster".
Who is Teddy Roosevelt?
This is the name for the first 10 amendments to the Consitution that establish our unalienable rights as Americans.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This document ended WW1 and was a cause of WW2.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
A group of people of a similar political party that controlled large cities throughout the Gilded Age. Known for being corrupt and promoting voter fraud.
What is a political machine?
This term described the public’s skepticism over Pres. Johnson’s statements and policies on the Vietnam War.
What is the credibility gap?
"The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair detailed the horrific conditions of meat packing plants and caused this legislation to be passed.
What is the Meat Inspection Act or Pure Food and Drug Act?
These amendments provided suffrage to African Americans and women.
What are the 15th and 19th Amendments?
This passenger ship was sunk by a German submarine, and provided a reason for the US to get involved in the war.
What is the Lusitania?
Railrod transportation that was completed in 1869. It made it possible to travel to California from the East Coast.
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
This amendment was passed after the Vietnam war under the slogan "Old enough to fight, old enough to vote"
What is the 26th Amendment?
This federal agency was created by Teddy Roosevelt to manage and protect unique and beautiful areas of nature in the United States.
What is the National Park System?
This amendment is the only one to ever repeal a previous amendment.
What is the 21st Amendment?
This court case ruled that limits can be placed on free speech during times of war.
What is Schenck vs. US?
These groups of people attempted to get better working conditions in factories and end child labor.
What are labor unions?
This Cold War Era Asian conflict closely mirrored the Vietnam War.
What is the Korean War?
These two men founded the NAACP but had different approaches for how African Americans should achieve equality.
Who is W.E.B Dubois and Booker T. Washington?
What four major amendments were passed during the Progressive Era? (write all four)
What is 16-Taxes, 17-Senators, 18-Alcohol, 19-Women.
This is why the US joined WW1 late and refused to join the League of Nations after the war.
What is isolationism?