Immigration
Language that immigrants to America spoke while at school or work
English
What does YMCA stand for?
Young Men's Christian Association
President who was known for preserving forests and wildlife
Theodore Roosevelt
The right to vote
Suffrage
Secretary of State who purchased Alaska from Russia
William Seward
Island that the U.S. wanted to free from Spanish control
Cuba
Immigrant processing center in New York
Ellis Island
Height of the first "skyscraper"
10 stories
President who was seen as a failure for failing to follow his predecessor's policies (and who, according to legend, once got stuck in a White House bathtub)
William Howard Taft
No production or sale of alcohol
Prohibition
Main crop in Hawaii
Sugar
U.S. battleship that exploded; inciting the war
The Maine
Immigrant processing center in San Francisco
Angel Island
Type of writing and art that focused on actual life events and people
Realism
President who was seen as a good progressive president and was in office during WWI
Woodrow Wilson
Amendment that gave all men (not women) the right to vote
15th Amendment
Policy that foreign nations could trade within their own sections of China
Open Door Policy
Type of journalism that sought to stir up Americans to fight the war
Yellow journalism
Areas of Europe that "old" immigrants were from
Northern and Western Europe
Art style that focused on capturing light, color, and patterns
Impressionism
This amendment decreed that U.S. senators would be chosen by direct election.
17th Amendment
Amendment that gave women the right to vote
19th Amendment
Nickname for the fleet of American ships sent to intimidate Japan
"Great White Fleet"
Name for the group of U.S. soldiers led by Teddy Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Areas of Europe that "new" immigrants were from
Southern and Eastern Europe
Name for this period in American history (hint: gold)
The Gilded Age
Nickname for the Progressive Party started by Theodore Roosevelt
Bull Moose Party
The two leaders of the National Woman Suffrage Association
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
American commodore sent to Japan to open trade
Matthew Perry
Port in Cuba which currently serves as a U.S. prison
Guantanamo Bay (Gitmo)