Reconstruction
The name of the racist president who came to power after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
The nicknames for towns that exploded in population size due to miners flooding in.
What are Boom Towns?
A massive state bought in 1867 by William Henry Seward.
What is Alaska?
The US president who oversaw most of progressive reform.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
This man's assassination started WWI.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
The term for former slaves who had been freed during or after the Civil War
What is freedmen?
The name of the inventor who made the lightbulb.
Who is Thomas Edison?
Queen Lili'uokalani was the monarch of this future US state.
What is Hawaii?
The name of the factory which erupted into flames, causing the death of 146 people.
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory?
The name of the all African American group that fought valiantly in WWI.
Who are the Harlem Hellfighters?
The terrorist group that attacked black people, know for their white robes and pointed white hats.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
The name of the man who created the telephone.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
What is the USS Maine?
The term for exclusive market control of a product or service.
What is a monopoly?
The name of the US president during WWI.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
The federal agency created to protect freedmen.
The act that tried to assimilate Native Americans into US culture.
What is the Dawes Act?
The term for newspapers overexaggerating claims during the Spanish-American war to get more sales.
What is Yellow Journalism?
The nickname for the platform of Teddy Roosevelt, which put pressure on large business owners to change their ways.
What is the Bully Pulpit?
The name of the intercepted telegraph sent from Germany to Mexico, promising Mexico US lands if they invaded.
What is the Zimmerman Telegraph?
The president who fought to protect black people and give them more rights.
Who is Ulysses S Grant?
The animal that was hunted to near extinction by white settlers in the west.
What is the bison?
Name one territory the US received after the Spanish-American war.
What is Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, or the Phillipines?
The name of the book, written by Jacob Riis in the 1890s, exposing the horrible living conditions of the poor people in New York.
What is How the Other Half Lives?
The name of Woodrow Wilson's ideas to stop future wars.
What are Wilson's 14 Points?