Started when the Pullman Palace Car Company cut wages. Debs was imprisoned for not ceasing the strike.
What is the Pullman strike of 1894
100
A regiment of volunteers consisting of cowboys and ex-athletes. Commanded by Colonel Leonard Wood, the group was organized principally by Theodore Roosevelt.
Who were the Rough Riders
100
Canal in Panama that was built as a passageway for trade and commerce. Most famous canal
What is the Panama Canal
100
Only president with 3 terms, also helped america through wars and tough times. Was vice president of William Mckinely before becoming president.
Who was Theodore Roosevelt.
200
He taught in 1881 at the black normal and industrial school at Tuskegee, Alabama. His self-help approach to solving the nation's racial problems was labeled "accommodationist" because it stopped short of directly challenging white supremacy. He also avoided the issue of social equality.
Who is Booker T Washington
200
In 1889-1890, the Republican Congress, seeking more Republican electoral and congressional votes, admitted six new states. What are those states?
What are ND, SD, MT, WA, ID, and WY.
200
Insisted that native Hawaiian should control the islands even while being conquered by america.
Who is Queen Liliuokalani
200
Dispatched to all the great powers a communication known as the Open Door note. He urged the powers to announce that in their leaseholds or spheres of influence they would respect certain Chinese rights and the ideal of fair competition.
Who is John Hay
200
Designed to prevent the adulteration and mislabeling of foods and pharmaceuticals.
What is the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906
300
The two biggest names in the press during the late 1800's, one worked in St. Louis the other in San Fransisco. Helped the Associated Press gain prominence.
Who are Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst
300
This act dissolved many tribes as legal entities, wiped out tribal ownership of land, and set up individual Indian family heads with 160 free acres. If the Indians behaved like "good white settlers" then they would get full title to their holdings as well as citizenship.
What is the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887
300
It proclaimed to the world that when the United States had overthrown the Spanish misrule, it would give the Cubans their freedom.
What is the Teller Amendment
300
The treaty gave the U.S. control of a 10-mile zone around the proposed Panama Canal.
What is the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
300
A program that consisted of 3 parts: control of the corporations, consumer protection, and conservation of natural resources.
What is the square deal
400
Ida B. Wells helped to launch the black women's club movement, which led to the establishment of what organization?
What is the National Association of Colored Women
400
This indian tribe was forced to surrender and was deceived into being sent to a dusty reservation in Kansas in 1877