Westward Expansion
The construction of this connected the economies of the East and West, making shipping and travel faster and cheaper.
The Transcontinental Railroad
This phrase refers to the government's "hands off" approach to business.
Laissez-Faire
This group of people used novels, magazines, and newspapers to expose problems occurring in the United States.
Muckrakers
This was the form of journalism that exaggerated and embellished stories about the Spanish.
Yellow journalism/press
This territory provided the US with many natural resources, all for only $0.02.
Alaska
This act provided settlers with 160 acres for a $10 filing fee and 5 years of farming.
The Homestead Act
This occurs when a country shifts from an economy based on agriculture to one based on production.
Industrialization
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
This ship exploded in Havana Harbor, leading to a US declaration of war.
USS Maine
This was the belief that the stronger cultures will survive and must rule over weaker cultures and societies.
Social Darwinism
The loss of this resource had a negative impact on the Native American population.
Buffalo
These types of businesses made sure to eliminate their competition in order to be the only company within a market.
Monopolies
These organizations would use strikes to demand better working conditions, higher wages, and more worker's rights.
Labor Unions
The US gained these 3 areas after defeating Spain in the Spanish-American War.
The Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam.
The US saw this island as an opportunity for sugar investments and a location for a naval base. The US military then overthrew the monarchy to annex it.
Hawaii
assimilate
Rapid ___________ would lead to crowded cities, disease, poor sanitation, and high crime.
Urbanization
This book helped expose the deplorable living conditions experienced in America's cities during the late 1800s and early 1900s.
How the Other Half Lives
The construction of this engineering marvel cut down on military and commercial shipping time, distance, and cost.
The Panama Canal
This group of people believed that imperialism went against American ideals of freedom and liberty and that America should focus on domestic issues before building an empire.
Anti-imperialists
This act attempted to assimilate natives by breaking up tribal lands and redistributing them to individual families in order to farm and ranch.
The Dawes Act
Capitalism
This book exposed the working conditions within meat packing plants and raised concerns about the safety of products being sold to Americans.
The Jungle
This country earned its independence following the defeat of Spain at the end of the Spanish-American War.
Cuba
The Philippines