Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Terms to Know
CULTURE
100
This country is known as "the nation of immigrants"
What is The United States of America
100
In 1873, Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner coined this term to depict the corruption and greed then running rampant through corporations and politics.
What is the “Gilded Age”
100
This president was the first to officially recognize Hawaii and its request to become a territory. Previous presidents refused to accept it as they did not want to reward the dishonorable actions of sugar cane planters.
What is President William McKinley
100
When elections occurred, the political parties got out the vote by having people parade down the street by paying them to come out and vote, which was illegal but common. Also, political parties distributed liquor freely in order to entice people to the voting booth. A prime example of this was this New York politician
Who is New York City’s William “Boss” Tweed of Tammany Hall
100
Claim to being America’s national pastime. Only white players were allowed in the major leagues; African-Americans were allowed in minor leagues or Negro leagues.
What is baseball
200
This movement during the 1840s and 50s had supporters that believed that immigrants threatened traditional American culture.
What is the "Nativist" Movement
200
During the James Blaine campaign, a group of newspaper editors known as the ... published embarrassing letters illustrating that Blaine was in the pocket of the railroad barons.
What is the Mugwumps
200
These two territories provided the United States with land resources for naval bases and raw materials that included sugar cane
What is Samoa and Hawaii
200
A horse-drawn streetcar moving along rails in New York City is an example of
What is urban mass transit
200
This two wheeled invention was introduced in the 1870s, and it swept the country by the end of the decade.
What is the bicycle
300
These two islands were the first stops for immigrants coming into the U.S. They were sometimes called the gateways to America.
What are Ellis and Angel Island
300
In 1896, the Supreme Court ruled in this controversial case that segregation was legal so long as both races received the same quality of accommodations or services. Separate but equal.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
300
Having bases in this territory would enable Americans to take advantage of the huge growing market in Asia.
What is the Philippines
300
Charles Darwin's theory of the survival of the fittest being applied to humans
What is Social Darwinism
300
T/F Women remained more restricted in their options than their male counterparts. Married women were expected to raise children and keep up with housework, while their husbands frequented saloons.
True
400
Members of the working class could afford the inexpensive rides at this popular amusement park in New York
What is Coney Island
400
The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad declared bankruptcy, and took with it several banks and other overextended railroad companies. This sparked an economic panic that lasted four years, with an unemployment rate of 20 percent.
What is the Depression of 1893
400
In 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry had sailed to this Asian country to force its acceptance of items from Western markets
What is Japan
400
The first federal law to restrict immigration on the basis of race and class, shutting the door to Chinese immigrants for ten years.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act
400
A variety show of comedians, singers, and musicians, became increasingly popular, as more citizens took advantage of city cultural life.
What is vaudville
500
Due to this problem at the end of the nineteenth century, a drive to reform sanitation systems succeeded in banning hogs and cattle from cities, building separate water and sewage systems, and establishing trash collection services.
What is large urban population growth
500
These new laws were enacted to prevent blacks from achieving their Constitutional Rights. These were mandating the separation of races in public places. These effectively negated the rights African Americans had earned under Reconstruction constitutions.
What are the “Jim Crow” laws
500
This battleship was sent to Havana harbor to protect American citizens and interests. Shortly thereafter, this battleship exploded, killing 260 sailors. The U.S. would later go to war with Spain.
What is the battleship Maine
500
This Act forbade contracts, combinations, or conspiracies in restraint of trade to create monopolies. However, the wording of the law was too vague to be of any real value.
What is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act
500
It was much easier to go through this central American canal, which opened in 1914,to get from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the Panama Canal
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