Name two inventions that changed Americans' way-of-life?
electric light bulb, telephone, dynamite
100
What does Prohibition prohibit?
alcohol
100
What is imperialism? Tell me what places the US was an imperialistic power.
the policy of extending a nations authority
Hawaii, Philippines, Panama Canal, Cuba, Puerto Rico
200
What is a "freedman"?
ex-enslaved person
200
What is a "cattle drive"?
driving large herds of cattle to a northern railhead to be shipped to Chicago
200
What is a patent?
you register your invention with the government to protect it
200
Farmers established cooperatives, or co-ops. What is a co-op?
farmers grouped together to buy and sell at greater quantities for cheaper prices
200
What does "neutral" mean?
not taking either side
300
What is a "sharecropper"?
a person who couldn't afford to own his own land, so he farmed another person's land. In return, he paid the landowner rent in crops, not in money
300
What is a "corral"?
a fenced-in pen where cattle are kept
300
What is a famine?
total destruction of crops due to disease
300
What is conservation?
preserving land, water and forests
300
What was the purpose of the League of Nations?
a place where countries could talk out their problems between each other, so as not fight in a war about it
400
Name two ways the Freedman's Bureau helped ex-slaves.
they gave out food, clothes, and set up schools for the freedmen
400
What is the Great Plains or the prairie?
long flat land in the mid-west, not much rain or trees
400
What is a tenement?
a building in the cities where poor immigrants lived
400
What does "money on the gold standard" mean.
money is only backed by gold, not silver
400
What is "propaganda"?
used to persuade people to do and think as you want them to
500
Define "lynching"?
executing someone (usually by hanging) without a trial
500
What was a sod house? Why were they needed?
settler's house on the Great Plains made out of sod. There was no trees for lumber, so they had to use sod.
500
Carnegie and Rockefeller were philanthropists. What is a philanthropist?
a person who donates a lot of money to charities
500
What was a muckraker?
a writer who made people aware of social problems
500
Explain how the locks work in the Panama Canal.
a ship goes into a lock, the doors close, water is pumped in, the ship floats to the next level, the other doors open, and the ship floats into the next level