Westward Expansion
Name one push factor that encouraged people to move west after the Civil War.
What is economic hardship or racial oppression?
What term refers to overcrowded, unsanitary housing where many immigrants lived?
What are tenements?
What were the goals of the Progressive Movement?
What are social, political, and economic reforms
What act provided 160 acres of free land to settlers willing to cultivate it?
What is the Homestead Act?
Who wrote "How the Other Half Lives," exposing the conditions in urban tenements?
Who is Jacob Riis?
Which amendment established the direct election of U.S. Senators?
What is the 17th Amendment?
hich group faced significant conflict due to territorial expansion in the West?
Who are Native Americans?
What innovation allowed cities to expand outward and improved transportation?
What is the electric trolley?
Name a prominent muckraker who exposed the meatpacking industry.
Who is Upton Sinclair?
What was the main impact of the Transcontinental Railroad on westward expansion?
What is the acceleration of migration and economic development?
What was a significant effect of rapid urbanization in the late 19th century?
What is overcrowding and poor sanitation?
What was the main purpose of the Sherman Antitrust Act?
What is to prevent monopolistic practices and promote competition?
What was the belief that justified American expansion across North America?
What is Manifest Destiny
Which act allowed for the establishment of the Federal Reserve System in 1913?
What is the Federal Reserve Act?
Who were the three main Progressive Presidents?
Who are Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson?