Gave Americans the chance to move west and start over with 160 acres of lands so long as they farmed it
What was the Homestead Act
100
Someone who invests time and money into an idea
What is an entrepreneur
100
Those that spoke out against political corruption and business wrongdoings
What is a muckraker
100
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The attempt to expand politically, economically, and militarily to other parts of the world
What is imperialism
200
Amendment that gave equal protection to all citizens under the law
What is the 14th amendment
200
Connected East to West; pushed American migration West
What was the Transcontinental RR
200
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A business practice that sees business' buy out competition
What is horizontal integration
200
The most notorious Political Machine boss that was brought down by political cartoonist Thomas Nast
Who is Boss Tweed
200
Land obtained as spoils of the Spanish-American War
What was Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines
300
Amendment that gave voting rights to African Americans
What is the 15th Amendment
300
The massacre of sum 200 Native Americans; seen as the end of Native American conflicts in the West
What is Wounded Knee
300
A business practice that sees a business buy parts of their business to assist production costs
What is vertical integration
300
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Amendment that gave women the right to vote
What is 19th amendment
300
Boosted the Monroe Doctrine and gave America the freedom to police the Western Hemisphere
What is the Roosevelt Corollary
400
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Laws that segregated the south, keeping white and black separated
What were Jim Crow laws
400
What natural hazard concern for settlers on the great plains
What were prairie fires
400
Overcrowding of cities due to high volumes of immigration and industrialization
What is urban sprawl
400
The three Progressive Era Presidents
Who is Theodore Roosevelt, William Taft, and Woodrow Wilson
400
Teddy's "big stick" when addressing foreign policy
What was the US Navy
500
Court case the legalized segregation on the basis of separate but equal was legal
What is Plessy vs. Ferguson
500
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The three main jobs of those who ventured west
What was farmer, cattle rancher, and miner
500
Was seen a harsh blow to the organized labor movement and brought an effective end to the Knights of Labor when a bomb killed six people, one being a police officer
What was the Haymarket Square incident
500
Muckraker that helped to bring down John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil
Who is Ida Tarbell
500
Amendment that identified Cuba as a US protectorate following the Spanish-American War