Gilded Age/Progressive Era
Imperialism
Great Depression/New Deal
Eras: 1920s & 1950s
WWI & WWII
100
John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie had _________________ on the Oil and Steel industries during the Gilded Age. These types of business had FULL CONTROL over their industries.
Monopoly or trust
100
The end of this war gave the US the territories of the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam. and Cuba, which marked the beginning of US Imperialism
Spanish American War (1898)
100
This event on October 29,1929 marked the beginning of the Great Depression.
Stock Market Crash
100
During the 1920s, these women challenged the traditional roles of women by wearing choppy hair, short dresses, and going out without chaperones *gasp :O*
Flappers
100
This technological innovation made WWI a deadlier war than there had ever been before, which led to both sides resorting to trench warfare to protect themselves from this new technology
Machine Guns
200
These progressives were the investigative journalists who exposed the cruel realities of big business during the Progressive Era.
Muckrakers
200
This Pacific Island served as a "bridge to China," opening the Asian trade market for the United States.
Philippines
200
These makeshift shelters were built during the Great Depression as a response to sudden homelessness.
Hoovervilles/Shanty Towns
200
This was the movement that saw a growth in the appreciation and acceptance of African American culture in the United States. Jazz music was a main contribution of the movement towards society.
Harlem Renaissance
200
These weapons were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, forcing Japan to surrender and leading to the end of WWII
Atomic/Nuclear Bomb
300
Progressives pushed for the government to pass these legislations to fix the problems in the economy, society, and government.
Reforms
300
Panama received military aid from the United States to gain its independence from Colombia, in exchange for the US having control over this important trade route.
Panama Canal
300
This massive legislation was President Franklin D Roosevelt's solution to the Great Depression. This plan focused on using government money and actions to provide relief, recovery, and reform to Americans during the Depression.
New Deal
300
During both the 1920s and 1950s, the United States experienced a mass fear of communism known as--
Red Scare
300
____________ were dug by soldiers during WWI to protect themselves from machine gun fire, which lead to long periods of ____________.
trenches, stalemate
400
Workers joined these to collectively bargain for better hours, safer working conditions, and fair wages.
Labor Unions
400
Roosevelt's foreign policy that opened Latin America to US influence.
Roosevelt Corollary/Big Stick Policy
400
Prior to the Stock Market Crash, banks were engaging in ___________ __________, investing depositor's money into the stock market and losing the life savings of Americans all around the country.
Shaky Banking
400
The 1920s saw a shift from ____________ values, based on religious beliefs, to ____________ values, based on science and social advancement.
Traditional, Modern/New
400
These two battles were considered turning points of the war for the United States during WWII
Midway & Invasion of Normandy/D-Day
500
These types of leaders abused their positions of power in government to benefit themselves socially, politically, or financially
Political Machines/Bosses
500
This policy was enacted to ensure the United States had an open the door to the Chinese trade market
Open Door Policy
500
Presidents Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover all enacted ____________ ____________ government policies, which kept the government from interfering with the economy. These policies prevented the government from taking action to stop the progression of the Great Depression
Laissez Faire
500
This belief by "native" US citizens (White/Protestant Americans) that they were superior to other nationalities, which included Chinese immigrants and Eastern European immigrants.
Nativism
500
This treaty established Germany as the country to blame for WWI, and punished them by making them pay reparations, give up imperial territories, and reducing their military power to almost nothing.
Treaty of Versailles