Imperialism
Who was President during the Spanish American War?
300 points!!
McKinley
This arrogant American leader was defeated at Little Bighorn.
500 points!!!
George Custer
This invention basically ended the cattle drives North to the railroad.
barbed wire
President McKinley was a veteran of which war?
Civil War
What 1862 act signed by Lincoln provided free land for settlers that moved out west?
Homestead Act
The Treaty of _________ ended the Spanish American War.
Paris
The Carlisle School for Indians is and example of what tactic used by the American government?
Assimilation
This incident in Havana Harbor was essentially the "spark" that started the Spanish American War.
Sinking of the Maine
Theodore Roosevelt was a veteran of what war?
Cuba or Spanish American
Before the railroad, the journey across the U.S. took __________, after it took _____________.
6 months, 6 days
"Speak softly and carry a big stick."
The provided for the Union to deal with individual Native Americans rather than tribes.
Dawes Act
This is a media tactic which used big headlines and essentialism to sell newspapers around 1900.
yellow journalism
Theodore Roosevelt was a member of what group who charged San Juan Hill in the battle against the Spanish in Cuba?
Rough Riders
The following quote is from what action by the U.S. government?
“Ten thousand dollars per year shall be devoted to the education of said Indians to be used as to best promote the educational and moral improvement of said tribes.”
Assimilation or Laramie Treaty
Platt Amendment
American soldiers not being given war medals for the Indian battles is an example of what American tactic for dealing with Native Americans?
800!!
Retribution
This famous American writer was an anti-imperialist who wrote about the mistreatment of Island Natives.
Mark Twain
General George Dewey became a hero from the war in ___________.
the Philippines
This creation of Roosevelt's ______________helped allow for a better 2-ocean Navy.
Panama Canal
The power behind Teddy Roosevelt's Big Stick theory
US Navy
At the Wounded Knee MASSACRE, what were the Native Americans doing when the killing began?
1,000 Points!!!
Turning in their weapons
This group helped build the most dangerous part of the transcontinental railroad coming from the West.
Chinese Immigrants
He believed that Naval power and a 2-ocean fleet was essential to world dominance.
Alfred Mahan
The United States helped Panama gain independence from which country in order to build the Canal?
1,000!!
Columbia