SSUSH13 Progressive Era
This man wrote a book about the Meat Packing industry and immigrant treatment in the Americas.
Who is Upton Sinclair?
Who imperialized Cuba and the Philippians?
Who are the Spanish?
These two industrialists dominated the oil and steel industries in the late 19th century, with one founding Standard Oil and the other leading Carnegie Steel, both of which became symbols of monopolistic practices.
Who are John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie?
This event, along with the interception of the Zimmermann Telegram, played a key role in shifting American public opinion and prompting the U.S. to enter World War I in 1917.
What is the sinking of the Lusitania?
The Amendment that prohibited manufacture, selling and consumption of Alcohol in the United States
What is the 18th Amendment?
This Muckraker developed Hull House for immigrants to transition to American life and to not be taken advantaged of by Big Businesses.
Who is Jane Adams?
A Rough Rider and Future President of the United States.
What is Theodore Roosevelt?
During the late 19th century, these organizations formed to protect workers' rights, improve working conditions, and secure better wages, often through strikes and collective bargaining.
What are labor unions?
This 1919 treaty officially ended World War I and incorporated some of President Wilson’s Fourteen Points, though it notably excluded his vision for a collective security organization, the League of Nations, which was rejected by the U.S. Senate.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
What two technological innovations shaped the creation of a national idenity?
What is the Radio and Movies?
Court case that led to the Supreme Court deciding that "Separate is Equal."
What is Plessy V. Ferguson?
What structure was built by the United States to make trade more easier? (E to W)
What is the Panama Canal?
These investigative journalists, including Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, and Jacob Riis, exposed corruption, poor working conditions, and social injustices, helping to spark reforms during the early 20th century.
Who are the muckrakers?
This decade was marked by economic prosperity, the rise of consumer culture, the growth of jazz music, and significant social changes, including the women's suffrage movement and the Harlem Renaissance.
What are the 1920s (Roaring 1920s)?
Who is Langston Hughes?
Which organization was formed to combat unjust treatment of African Americans? Primary focus was to reverse Plessy V. Ferguson.
What is the NAACP?
These are four countries that were imperialized by the United States.
What is Philippians, Guam, Hawaii and Puerto Rico?
This 1898 conflict led to the United States gaining territories like Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines, marking a significant shift toward American imperialism.
What is the Spanish-American War?
Who was arrested for violating the espionage act? (Hint: he ran for president many times, socialist, union leader)
Who is Eugene Debbs?
What is a primarily result of American's fears of the Red Scare?
What is the shut down of immigration to the United States.
*****DOUBLE JEOPARDY*****
This first governing document of the United States created a weak central government, which was later replaced by the U.S. Constitution to provide a stronger federal structure.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
What country imperialized Panama?
What is Columbia?
This addition to the Monroe Doctrine, announced by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1904, justified American intervention in Latin America to maintain stability and prevent European influence in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
This amendment led to the direct vote of senators.
What is the 17th Amendment?
List 4 innovations created/used by Henry Ford at shaped society.
What is the Assembly line, Mass production, Mass Advertising and the Model T-Ford. Also acceptable, an affordable vehicle that was accessible to a majority of the population.