Unit 1
He was the richest man to ever live, the owner of the Standard Oil company and trust.
These journalists made their names exposing corrupt industries and politicians during the Progressive Era.
What are muckrakers?
This type of news reporting was a major factor in the eventual decision of the United States to go to war with Spain.
What is yellow journalism?
October 29th, 1929 was given this nickname after the stock market crashed and launched the country into the Great Depression.
What is "Black Tuesday?"
This piece of infrastructure was built after the United States backed a revolution to change the government responsible for selling the land.
What is the Panama Canal?
These two islands were home to US immigrations and customs facilities for decades, one in New York and the other in San Francisco.
What are Ellis and Angel Island?
This name describes the process by which a country uses its power to gain territory and influence.
What is imperialism?
This amendment banned alcohol, but was quickly repealed because of crime and lost government funding.
What is the 18th Amendment?
The Dust Bowl was partially caused by what issue that arose in the Great Plains from human activity?
What is over-farming?
This is a name given to a company that represents an overwhelming majority of an industry.
What is a monopoly?
This megaproject connected the two sides of the United States and helped fulfill Manifest Destiny.
What is the transcontinental railroad?
This term was used to describe the laws that segregated American cities, particularly in the south.
What is Jim Crow?
This was Woodrow Wilson's proposal to the peace conference after World War I that he said would guarantee world peace.
What are the Fourteen Points?
What is the New Deal?
This was invented in the early 1800s and enabled the first ever long-distance communications.
What is the telegraph?
This battle was one of the few rare times the United States Army lost in combat to a group of Native Americans, the only at its scale.
What was the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
This group was intended to receive the biggest benefits from Progressive government reforms, such as initiatives, referendums, recalls, and the 17th Amendment.
Who are voters? ("the people" is also acceptable)
This was the government policy that added the promise of military retaliation to the Monroe Doctrine.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
This measure considered by FDR to ensure the success of the New Deal faced major backlash from politicians.
What is court packing?
This innovation allowed for consumer goods to be produced quickly and in large numbers, which lowered prices.
What is the assembly line? (Mass production also acceptable)
This group was organized as a peaceful union for collective bargaining by skilled workers.
What is the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?
This woman is notable for founding a house for the poor and needy in Chicago known as Hull House.
Who is Jane Addams?
These three territories were taken by the United States as the spoils of war after defeating Spain in 1898.
(Must get all correct for points)
What are Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines?
These two forms of media were instrumental in forming the new national culture of the 1920s?.
Must get BOTH correct to be awarded points.
What are movies and radio?
This country received support from the United States during the Spanish-American War, but became independent quickly.
What is Cuba?