Gilded Age
Bessemer Process
growth of large cities
Urbanization
Amendment that requires income tax
16th Amendment
Why did we go to war with Spain?
USS Maine exploded
Why did we make the Panama Canal?
To get to the other side of the US faster.
completed in 1869 at Promontory Point, Utah making it possible to travel by land to California
Transcontinental Railroad
Favoring native-born Americans over immigrants
Nativists
Leader of the Bimetallist Movement and ran for president in 1896. "Cross of Gold" Speech
William Jennings Bryan
sensationalized events in Cuba by American newspapers eager for war with Spain
Yellow Journalism
What were some of the problems with making the Panama Canal?
Yellow fever, Mudslides, cost, and malaria.
complete control of a product or service; the elimination of fair competition
Monopoly
Book about the Meatpacking plant
Upton Sinclair- The Jungle
Amendment that gave women the right to vote
19th Amendment
What year was the Spanish American war?
1898
What was the importance of imperializing the Phillipines?
It was a stepping stone to China.
Example of a Robber Baron or Captains of Industry
Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, J.P. Morgan, Cornelius Vanderbilt
Process by which people of one culture merge into and become part of another culture
Assimilation
Presidents that led the trust-busting campaign.
T. Roosevelt, W. Wilson, W. Taft
After the Spanish American War, What became of Cuba's relationship to America?
They became a Protectorate of America
What was Roosevelt's Foreign Policy, and how did he enforce it?
Big Stick Diplomacy, Roosevelt corollary, White Fleet
economic philosophy based on the “Survival of the Fittest”
Social Darwinism
Photographer who took photos of the slums in the cities to show to the rich in hopes of exposing what is going on to gain monetary support.
Jacob Riis
Movement aimed at correcting the political and social injustices resulting from industrialization.
Progressive Movement
What countries did America gain after Spanish-American War?
Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines
What policy did we pace to gain a Sphere of Influence in China
Open-Door Policy