General American History Context Flashcards
What major event were the 1880s the core period of?
the second Industrial Revolution
What industrial advances occurred during the 1880s?
Large economic boom,
railroad production,
When was the ‘Gilded Age?’
1874-1907
When was the Chinese execution act passed in the US?
1882
When was legislation of segregation introduced?
1883
What did the 1887 Hatch Act encourage?
agricultural experimentation.
What were the 1890s marked by?
economic depression
What decade were the early models of cars introduced?
1890s
What year was ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ published?
1884
When did the commercial production of cars begin?
1891
When did the New York stock exchange collapse?
1893
What was the Panic of 1893?
Great economic depression.
When did the Klondike Gold Rush begin?
1897
When was President William H. McKinley shot?
1891
When was the first Field Tractor invented?
1904
What did the Financial crisis of 1907 trigger?
another economic depression.
When did America declare war on Germany and Join the first world war?
1917
When was the 18th Amendment passed, prohibiting alcohol in the United States?
1917
When did prohibition become a Law of the Land?
1919
What year were women given the right to vote?
1920
When was a quota system established to document the amount of immigrants entering the country?
1921
When was the stock market crash?
1929
When was the construction of the Empire State Building completed?
1931
When was the Dust Storm that plagued the farm lands of the west?
1933
When was Gone with the Wind published?
1936
When was Mark Twain’s The Gilded Age published?
1873
When did the term Gilded Age come into use?
1920s & 30s
What was the Gilded Age?
The Reconstruction era: rapid economic growth, rapid industrialisation; immigration led to the development of the west.
What struggle did Immigrant’s face during the Gilded Age?
inequality
What led the twenties to be referred to as the Jazz Age?
Prohibition of alcohol led music venues to serve illegal alcohol, promoting Jazz Music.
What movement allowed women to take their cultural position in the 1920s?
The Flapper Movement.
