Key Ideas and Movements

Question 1

What term describes large corporations that dominated industries?

Answer 1

Monopolies/Trusts

Question 2

What belief applies ‘survival of the fittest’ to business and society?

Answer 2

Social Darwinism

Question 3

What movement advocated for farmers’ rights, free silver, and anti-monopoly reforms?

Answer 3

Populism

Question 4

What is the reform movement aimed at addressing industrialization, urbanization, and corruption?

Answer 4

Progressivism

Question 5

What philosophy encourages philanthropy by wealthy individuals?

Answer 5

Gospel of Wealth

Question 6

What groups advocate for workers’ rights, such as the AFL and Knights of Labor?

Answer 6

Labor Unions

Question 7

What term refers to journalism that exposes corruption and social issues?

Answer 7

Muckraking

Question 8

What term describes the U.S. expansion of influence abroad, such as in the Philippines and Cuba?

Answer 8

Imperialism

Question 9

What doctrine states that the U.S. would intervene in Latin America to prevent European interference?

Answer 9

Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

Question 10

What movement sought women’s right to vote, culminating in the 19th Amendment?

Answer 10

Women’s Suffrage

Question 11

What effort aimed to ban alcohol, leading to the 18th Amendment?

Answer 11

Prohibition

Question 12

What was the movement of African Americans to northern cities for jobs and better opportunities called?

Answer 12

The Great Migration

Question 13

What efficiency techniques were introduced by Frederick Taylor?

Answer 13

Scientific Management

Question 14

What U.S. policy aimed to avoid European conflicts, particularly before World War I?

Answer 14

Isolationism