West Expan./Gilded Age
Progressivism
Imperialism/WWI
Roaring 20's/G.D.
Misc.

100

period of time from 1870-1900 that depicted America as have a booming economy and industry but extreme political corruption and a major disparity of wealth

What is the Gilded Age?

100

The MAIN reform that women wanted to accomplish in the early 20th century.

What is women's suffrage or the right to vote?

100

a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.

What is imperialism?

100

A rebellious woman in the 1920's, who changed her style of dress and behavior

What is a flapper?

100

Conflict between the United States and Spain over ownership of Cuba in 1898.

What is the Spanish American War?

200

This invention ended the open range and tamed the west by setting property boundaries.

What is barbed wire?

200

This amendment established the direct election of US Senators by the people rather than the state legislature?

What is the 17th amendment?

200

M.A.I.N.: Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism

What are the 4 major causes of WWI?

200

A period in the 1920's when African Americans Created noteworthy works of art and literature

What is the Harlem Renaissance?

200

The inventor that created the first telephone.

What is Alexander Graham Bell?

300

The idea that wealth was a measure of one’s inherent value and those who had it were declared the most “fit.”

What is social darwinism?

300

The first of the Progressive Presidents in the early 20th century

What is Theodore Roosevelt?

300

News paper writers who used sensationalistic headlines and stories to sell newspapers that ended up getting many Americans to push for war against Spain.

What are yellow journalists?

300

“Houses were shut tight, and cloth wedged around the doors and windows, but the dust came in so thinly that it could not be seen in the air, and it settled like pollen on the chairs and tables, in the dishes.”

-John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

What is the Dust Bowl?

300

The process of buying other companies in the same industry and consolidating them under one company is known as:

What is Horizontal Integration?

400

The name of the first antitrust act that was not enforced for the first few decades.

What is the Sherman Anti Trust Act?

400

The name of Roosevelt’s political agenda that aimed to keep the wealthy and powerful from taking advantage of small business owners and laborers.

What is the square deal?

400

The document that officially ended World War I after the signing of the armistice.

What is the treaty of Versailles?

400

FDR’s approach to the Great Depression that provided government aid to many sectors (areas) of the economy at once.

What is the New Deal?

400

This led to the stock market crash in 1929.

What is overproduction/excessive buying on margin?

500

This allowed corporations to fix prices and regulate wages and prices.


What is the function of a trust?

500

Protecting social welfare, Promoting moral improvements, and Creating economic reform were all platforms for which group?

What are the Progressivists?

500

Name 2 new technological advances in weaponry during WWI

What are Machine guns, chemical warfare (Mustard gas), and barbed wire?

500

The most profound and long-lasting effect of the New Deal on American politics

What is increased the power of the President & federal government?

500

The reason why the United States was interested in acquiring Cuba as a territory in the late 1890’s

What are large U.S. investments in the Cuban sugar industry?