Gilded Age
Rockefeller, Carnegie, & Vanderbilt held this title in common.
What are robber barons/captains of industry?
Often recognized as one of the founding mothers of the women's rights movement, this activist organized the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) alongside Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
A series of programs commonly referred to as the ABCs of aimed to provide relief, recovery & reform.
What is FDR's New Deal?
This event was a major scientific win during the Cold War and established U.S. dominance.
What was the moon landing of 1969?
In an effort to end the doctrine of mutually assured destruction (MAD), President Ronald Reagan developed this defense program.
What is the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)?
Immigration caused the expansion of _____ ______.
What is machine politics?
Two acts inspired by Sinclair's The Jungle.
What are the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act?
This political figure is credited with establishing the Social Security Administration.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This conflict began in 1950 and formal combat concluded with an armistice agreement.
What is the Korean War?
President Clinton is credited with establishing this organization, which promoted free trade across North America.
What was the North American Free Trade Agreement?
Policies of minimal federal intervention in the economy.
What is laissez-faire?
A city is in many respects a great business corporation, but in other respects it is enlarged housekeeping. . . . May we not say that city housekeeping has failed partly because women, the traditional housekeepers, have not been consulted as to its [various] activities? - Jane Addams
What are the breakthroughs in women's suffrage?
This New Deal program protects individual bank deposits.
What is the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)?
This organization was formed as a collective security response -- an attack on one is an attack on all.
What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?
This political ideology resurged in the 1980s and was propelled by organizations such as the Heritage Foundation and the Moral Majority.
What is conservatism?
Beginning with the regulation of railroads, this act expanded governmental oversight of commerce across the nation.
What is the Interstate Commerce Act?
As the co-founder of the NAACP, this activist expanded the era's reforms to include racial equality.
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
The stock market crash of 1929 is attributed to these two factors.
What is speculation and buying on margin?
This term is used to describe the accusatory claims of communist activities and associations without sufficient evidence.
What is McCarthyism?
This economic platform aims to liberalize business regulations and disproportionately favors the wealthy.
What is trickle-down economics?
This piece of legislation combated monopolistic processes. In doing so, market competition flourished.
What is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?
This event evolved as a result of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890.
This protectionist act regulated foreign trade by raising tariffs to generate revenue for the federal government and protect American jobs.
What was the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930?
This Vietnamese military campaign included an assault on an American embassy and significantly decreased American support for involvement in the war.
What was the Tet Offensive?
Triggered by Iran's invasion of Kuwait regarding oil disputes, the U.S. led a military campaign to liberate Kuwait.
What was the Gulf War?