Gilded Age — key features?
Rapid growth, wealth inequality, urbanization
Progressivism — role?
Social reform movement promoting government action
Trust-Busting — example?
Dissolution of Northern Securities in 1904
Separation of Powers — function?
Divides government into three branches
Checks and Balances — purpose?
Limits powers of each branch to prevent abuse
Electoral College — composition?
538 electors elect the President indirectly
Federal Reserve — creation?
Established in 1913 as central banking system
New Deal — aim?
Economic recovery and social reform during Great Depression
WPA — function?
Created jobs building public infrastructure
US WWI — declaration?
Wilson requested war on April 2, 1917
Selective Service — law?
1917 law establishing peacetime draft
Espionage Act — purpose?
Suppress dissent during WWI
Marshall Plan — goal?
Rebuild Europe, prevent communism, 1948-1951
Truman Doctrine — policy?
Support democratic nations threatened by authoritarianism
Manhattan Project — achievement?
Developed first atomic bombs
US postwar — primary policy?
Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine for Cold War foundation
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1. What was a characteristic feature of the Gilded Age from the 1870s to 1900?
2. How does the Selective Training and Service Act differ from the Espionage Act of 1917 in its purpose during World War I?
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