This man was the political boss in charge of New York City during the Gilded Age.
What is Boss Tweed?
100
These journalists worked to expose the ills of society and corrupt government?
What is a muckracker?
100
America became a world power in 1898 due to this event.
What is the Spanish-American War?
100
President Woodrow Wilson kept America out of WWI with this policy?
What is the neutrality?
100
The 18th Amendment or the Volstead Act angered many Americans and was often not enforced. What is the another term for this Act/Amendment.
What is Prohibition (the banning of all alcohol from the US)?
200
This man, considered by some a robber baron and by others a captain of industry, took control of the oil industry in the United States.
What is John D. Rockefeller?
200
This settlement house was created by Jane Addams in Chicago.
What is the Hull House?
200
Sensational journalism that fuels a war in 1898.
What is Yellow Journalism?
200
During WWI, US Congress censured Americans with these policies...
What is Espionage & Sedition Acts?
200
This event occurred on October 29th, 1929, a day known as Black Tuesday.
What is the Stock Market Crash?
300
The ____________________ connected the east and west coast in 1869, allowing people to travel easily across the country for the first time.
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
300
The 19th Amendment changes voting in America by?
What is gives women the right to vote?
300
Queen Lillioukalani is forced to give up her throne and the US annexes this country.
What is Hawaii?
300
The sinking of the Lusitania, the Zimmerman Telegram, and unrestricted submarine warfare.
What are the reasons the United States joined WWI?
300
These ladies were known for smoking, drinking and wanting equal rights for women, such as equal pay.
What are flappers?
400
This type of government provided little to no protection to individuals and was often seen as corrupt because of its focus on big business and the wealthy?
What is lassiez-faire government
400
Upton Sinclair's book _______________ pushed to have reform in this _______________ industry?
What is the Jungle and the meat packing industry?
400
This 51 mile tract allows the United States to import/export products more quickly.
What is the Panama Canal?
400
The US Congress would not approve this due to their refusal to be involved in European affairs?
What is the League of Nations?
400
Art, literature and music in the 1920s in this area helped create a rebirth in African-American culture.
What is Harlem Renaissance?
500
Immigrants steadily came from these two areas in Europe?
What is South and East Europe?
500
This reform requires companies accurately label the ingredients in processed food items...
What is the Pure Food and Drug Act?
500
This policy allowed open trade with China.
What is the Open Door Policy?
500
This was the last battle of WWI led by John Pershing that helped the Allies push back Germany's defenses...
What is the Battle of Argonne?
500
American consumers used this tactic to purchase things they wanted during this decade.