Settling the West
Industrialization
Urban America
Imperialism
WWI
100
Belief that Americans had the divine right to move west.
What is Manifest Destiny?
100
What is Laissez-Faire?
Government hands off buisness
100
Polluted cities, health issues, insufficient housing, and diseases are all negative effects of this period in American History
What is large number of immigrants in the Gilded Age?
100
What is imperialism?
The colonization or aggressive annexation of foreign lands and territories?
100
Message sent to mexico to ask them to invade the United States from the south?
What is Zimmerman Telegram?
200
United States needed more land for white settlers in the south which led to this major event.
What is Indian Removal?
200
Increased mobility and created jobs in the early 20th century.
What is the automobile?
200
Name at least two Robber Barons.
Morgan
Vanderbilt
Carneigne
Rockefeller
200
What territory did we annex by using a military coup to overthrow the local monarchy?
What is Hawaii?
200
Largest Battle in American History?
What is Meuse-Argonne Offensive?
300
This event led to a drastic increase in population in California
What is Gold Rush?
300
Invention that increased markets and facilitated growth of the West in the late 1800s.
What is the railroad?
300
A low-cost apartment building with poor sanitation, safety, & comfort designed to house as many families as possible.
What is tenement housing?
300
What is this image depicting?
What is White mans burden?
300
How did WWI begin?
Assasination of Arch Duke Ferdinand?
400
Purchase that doubled the size of the United States over night
What is Louisiana Purchase?
400
Robberbaron known for control over Oil
What is Rockefeller?
400
Upton sinclair authored a popular book that exposed what? For double points what is the name of the book.
What is Meat packing & The Jungle
400
Journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration.
What is Yellow Journalism?
400
WWII follows WWI in 20 years, why?
Treaty of Versailles and the war guild cause awarded to Germany?
500
Act that would account for increase in population of the West after 1860 and will immediately result in land being granted to settlers at no cost.
What is Homestead Act?
500
What is a SCAB?
what is Someone who crosses the picket line or goes to work instead of prostesting?
500
Journalists who uncover wrong doing in politics and business.
Who is Muckracker?
500
Foreign Policy which states one’s country is always right, called for aggressive action against others.
What is Jingoism?
500
What Battle gave the Marines the nickname, Devil Dog?
Belleau Wood?