Gilded Age Politics
This act aimed to regulate railroads and prevent monopolies.
What is the Interstate Commerce Act?
This amendment prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcohol.
What is the 18th Amendment?
This war was fought between the US and Spain in 1898.
What is the Spanish-American War?
This event triggered the start of WWI.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
This industrialist founded Standard Oil.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
This term describes the massive wave of immigration to the US in the late 19th century.
What is the New Immigration?
This political machine in New York City was notorious for corruption.
What is Tammany Hall?
This journalist exposed the meatpacking industry in 'The Jungle.
Who is Upton Sinclair?
This territory was acquired by the US after the Spanish-American War.
What is Puerto Rico, Philippines or Guam?
This country was part of the Central Powers.
What is Germany, Austria-Hungary or the Ottoman Empire?
This inventor created the light bulb.
Who is Thomas Edison?
This law restricted Chinese immigration to the US.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
This president was assassinated by a disgruntled office seeker, leading to civil service reform.
Who is James Garfield?
This movement fought for women's right to vote.
What is the Suffrage Movement?
This policy stated that the US would intervene in Latin American affairs.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
This US president led the country during WWI.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
This suffragette co-founded the National Woman Suffrage Association.
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
This movement advocated for better working conditions and shorter workdays.
What is the Labor Movement?
This amendment allowed for the direct election of senators.
What is the 17th Amendment?
This act aimed to break up monopolies and promote competition.
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act?
This canal connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, built by the US.
What is the Panama Canal?
This treaty ended WWI.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This African American leader founded the Tuskegee Institute.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
This event in 1886 involved a bombing and highlighted tensions between labor and management.
What is the Haymarket Riot?
This scandal involved the Credit Mobilier company and corrupt railroad contracts.
What is the Credit Mobilier Scandal?
This president was known for his 'trust-busting' policies
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
This term describes the US policy of expanding its influence through economic and military means.
What is Imperialism?
This organization was proposed by Wilson to prevent future wars.
What is the League of Nations?
This muckraker wrote 'The History of the Standard Oil Company.'
Who is Ida Tarbell?
This Supreme Court case upheld segregation under the 'separate but equal' doctrine.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?