Review: Lectures 18-20 (4-6)

Question 1

Thomas Edison

Answer 1

Inventor of phonograph, practical electric light bulb and motion picture.

Question 2

Nicholas Tesla

Answer 2

Inventor, electrical engineer, and futurist. Pioneer of AC current.

Question 3

War of the Currents

Answer 3

Competition between Edison’s DC and Tesla’s AC power systems.

Question 4

George Westinghouse

Answer 4

Industrialist and inventor, key player in AC electricity distribution.

Question 5

Alexander Graham Bell

Answer 5

Inventor of the telephone and aeronautical engineer. Deaf education advocate.

Question 6

Great Migration

Answer 6

Movement of millions of African Americans from South to North.

Question 7

Tenements

Answer 7

Crowded, multi-family urban housing, often unsanitary and unsafe conditions.

Question 8

Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

Answer 8

Deadly industrial fire in 1911 that led to workplace safety reforms.

Question 9

Tammany Hall

Answer 9

Democratic political organization that controlled New York City politics.

Question 10

The Jungle

Answer 10

Novel by Upton Sinclair that exposed the meatpacking industry’s horrors.

Question 11

Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)

Answer 11

US law prohibiting sale of adulterated or mislabeled food/drugs.

Question 12

Jane Addams

Answer 12

Social reformer, founder of Hull House, Nobel Peace Prize recipient.

Question 13

Settlement movement

Answer 13

Progressive social movement, focused on urban poverty and inequality.

Question 14

Philanthropy

Answer 14

The act of donating time, money or resources for charity.

Question 15

Mann Act

Answer 15

The act of donating time, money or resources for charity.

Question 16

Populism

Answer 16

Political philosophy that supports the rights of ordinary people.

Question 17

Progressivism

Answer 17

Political and social movement, for reforms and social justice.

Question 18

Civil Service Commission (1882)

Answer 18

A government agency, established to regulate and improve federal civil service.

Question 19

Patronage

Answer 19

Awarding government jobs to supporters of elected officials.

Question 20

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

Answer 20

US law prohibiting monopolies and anti-competitive business practices.

Question 21

Trust

Answer 21

Legal arrangement where control of assets is held by trustees.

Question 22

People’s Party

Answer 22

US political party, also known as the Populist Party.

Question 23

Farmer’s Alliance

Answer 23

US political movement, advocating for rural interests and communities

Question 24

Coxey’s Army

Answer 24

Group of unemployed men, who marched to Washington, D.C. for jobs.

Question 25

Inflation

Answer 25

The general increase in prices of goods and services over time.

Question 26

Tom Watson

Answer 26

US politician, Populist Party leader, and agrarian activist.

Question 27

poll taxes

Answer 27

Taxes levied as a prerequisite to vote, often used to disenfranchise.

Question 28

literacy tests

Answer 28

Tests administered to voters, often used to disenfranchise minorities.

Question 29

electoral ‘fusion’

Answer 29

Practice of endorsing a candidate across multiple political parties.

Question 30

17th amendment

Answer 30

US constitutional amendment, providing for the direct election of senators.

Question 31

Plessy v. Ferguson

Answer 31

1896 Supreme Court case, establishing "separate but equal" doctrine.

Question 32

Jim Crow laws

Answer 32

State and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the US.

Question 33

W.E.B. Dubois

Answer 33

African American scholar, activist, and co-founder of the NAACP.

Question 34

Teddy Roosevelt

Answer 34

26th President of the United States, known for conservation and progressivism.

Question 35

The Great White Fleet

Answer 35

US naval fleet, sent on a world tour by President Roosevelt.

Question 36

Woodrow Wilson

Answer 36

28th President of the United States, led during World War I.

Question 37

Federal Reserve Act

Answer 37

US law creating a central banking system, the Federal Reserve.

Question 38

Income Tax

Answer 38

Tax is provided on personal income, and used to fund government programs.

Question 39

16th amendment

Answer 39

US constitutional amendment, authorizing a federal income tax

Question 40

Federal Trade Commission

Answer 40

Independent US federal agency, promoting consumer protection and competition.

Question 41

Industrial Workers of the World

Answer 41

US labor union, advocating for revolutionary industrial unionism.

Question 41

Commodore Perry

Answer 41

US labor union, advocating for revolutionary industrial unionism.

Question 42

Alfred T. Mahan

Answer 42

US naval officer, strategist, and author of "The Influence of Sea Power upon History".

Question 43

Spanish American War

Answer 43

Conflict between the US and Spain, resulting in US acquisition of territories.

Question 44

Jose Marti

Answer 44

Cuban poet, journalist, and revolutionary leader.

Question 45

U.S.S. Maine

Answer 45

US naval ship, which sank in Havana harbor, leading to Spanish-American War.

Question 46

Emilio Aguinaldo

Answer 46

Filipino revolutionary leader, who fought for Philippine independence.

Question 47

Platt Amendment

Answer 47

US law, giving control over Cuban affairs to the US government.

Question 48

Triple Entente

Answer 48

Military alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia before WWI.

Question 49

Triple Alliance

Answer 49

Military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy before WWI.

Question 50

‘Black Jack’ Pershing

Answer 50

US Army general, who led US forces in World War I.

Question 51

War industries Board

Answer 51

US federal agency, coordinating US production during World War I.

Question 52

War Finance Corporation

Answer 52

US federal agency, providing financial support to industries during WWI.

Question 53

Committee on Public Information

Answer 53

US government agency, promoting pro-war propaganda during WWI.

Question 54

14 points

Answer 54

A statement of principles for world peace, proposed by President Woodrow Wilson.

Question 55

Balfour Declaration

Answer 55

Public statement issued by the British government during WWI, expressing support for a Jewish homeland in Palestine.

Question 56

Espionage (1917) and Sedition Acts (1918)

Answer 56

Laws passed during WWI restricting speech and actions against US government.