Vocabulary
The ____________ tried to urge people to stay away from alcohol altogether in order to form a safer and more productive society with good moral standings
Temperance Movement
First female millionaire in United States
CJ Walker
Exaggerated news reporting
Yellow Journalism
He invented the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
What Ocean are the Philippines located near?
Pacific Ocean
____________is when one big business had large control over an entire product or service.
Monopoly
Prince of Steel
Andrew Carnegie
Ellis Island of the West
Angel Island
He developed the idea of the assembly line and later the Model T in 1908.
Henry Ford
What peninsula is located just north of Cuba?
Florida
This began the Prohibition Era, which lasted until the ______________was ratified in 1933.
21st Amendment
He made his fortune in the Railroad business
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Canal built to improve trade and shipments from New York to West Coast of USA
Panama Canal
__________________is most known for his knowledge of plant chemistry and studying over 300 uses for peanuts, sweet potatoes, soybeans, and clay.
George Washington Carver
US President from Greeneville, TN
Andrew Johnson
Who organized the women's rights convention of 1848?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott
______________was an entrepreneur and inventor who is most well-known for his development of the first practical refrigerated railroad car.
Gustavus Swift
Country 90 miles south of Florida
Cuba
He led the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill in 1898
Theodore Roosevelt
George Washington warned against what idea?
Imperialism
Immigrants called New York City what?
The Golden Door
He invented the lightbulb and phonograph
Thomas Edison
What continent is Spain located?
Europe
The United States purchased the Philippines for how much money?
20 Million Dollars
What happened in Havana, Cuba that caused the USA to declare war against Spain?
Explosion of USS Maine and over 260 US sailors were killed