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I am known as the first modern president. My Domestic Policy is referred to as "The Square Deal" which consist of the three C's. To destroy trusts, I had filed 43 cases under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act during my presidency.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
The years Westward Expansion started and ended.
What is 1862 to 1890?
For America becomes an Empire, Spain possessed four territories that the United States wanted. Two of them were in the Pacific Ocean, the other two were in the Caribbean. Name one of these territories.
1) What is Guam?
2) What is the Philippines?
3) What is Cuba?
4) What is Puerto Rico?
This treaty guaranteed the Dakota Sioux the Black Hills.
What is the Treaty of Laramie of 1868.
The amount of land given to any citizen of the United States who did not take up arms against the Union.
160 acres.
I led the 7th Calvary and my ego was very high. I led my men into their deaths because I underestimated how many Dakota Sioux there really were in one of the battles.
By this year, Spain was a dying empire.
What is 1898?
This battle put an end to the Dakota Sioux and Native American resistance. This battle also marked the end of Westward Expansion.
What is the Battle of Wounded Knee of 1890?
These two acts were signed by Abraham Lincoln during the civil war. 1) This act did not give farm land to those who took up arms against the Union. 2) In this act, the United States would help two companies build a railroad across the United States called the Transcontinental Railroad.
What is the Homestead Act of 1862 and the Pacific Railroad Act of 1862?
The United States agreed to give Panama a one-time payment of 1) $______. In addition, the United States agreed to give Panama an annual 2) $_______.
1) What is $10 million?
2) What is $250,000?
I assassinated President McKinley in the Temple of Music in 1901 at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
Who is Leon Czolgosz?
The date Theodore Roosevelt lost both his mother and wife.
What is February 14, 1884?
This led to Theodore Roosevelt becoming president.
What is the assassination of president McKinley?
Between the years of 1850 and 1890, this policy was to remove Native Americans away from public view. Its goal was to isolate Native Americans.
1) The Number of Dakota Sioux Custer thought there were.
2) The number of Dakota Sioux there actually were.
1) What is 400 Dakota Sioux?
2) What is 4,000 Dakota Sioux?
I am one of the four major chiefs of the Dakota Sioux from Westward expansion. I was killed after I tried to negotiate with the 7th Calvary and ordered my people to lower their weaponry.
Who is Chief Big Foot?
The year the Panama Canal was completed.
What is 1914?
In this battle, which was more of a massacre, Custer's "family" was killed. Custer underestimated how many Dakota Sioux there actually were. This battle is also known as Custer's Last Stand.
What is The Battle of Little Big Horn of June 25, 1876?
Theodore Roosevelt introduced these two acts for Consumer Protection.
What is The Meat Inspection Act and The Pure Food & Drug Act?
The act introduced by Senator Henry Dawes reduced Native American land from ____ million acres to _____ million acres.
1) 138 million acres.
2) 48 million acres.
I am one of the four major chiefs of the Dakota Sioux from Westward Expansion. I was killed in 1887.
Who is Chief Crazy Horse?
The year Theodore Roosevelt ran for mayor in New York City, but lost.
What is 1889?
The United States needed a pretext to go to war against Spain in order to avoid being seen as expanding or building an empire. Something happened outside of Cuba on Feb. 15, 1898 that the United states blamed on Spain. 1) What happened? 2)What was the name of the war?
1) The USS Maine ship was blown up and the United States used this as a reason to wage war against Spain to take the territories.
2) The Spanish American War.
This act, introduced by Senator Henry Dawes of Massachusetts, called for no more reservations and placed native Americans onto farmlands.
What is the Dawes Act of 1887?
The amount of Dakota Sioux killed during the last battle of Westward expansion.
What is 120 men and 230 women and children?