Vocabulary
Jazz
What are loud, lively, and unusual sounds?
Henry Ford
who created and published the first automobile?
plumbing, construction
what are 2 examples of vocational jobs?
Chinese Exclusion Act
What act prohibited Chinese labor for 10 years?
This battle became known as "Custer's Last Stand."
What is the Battle of Little Bighorn?
Pandemic
What is a worldwide epidemic?
Captain James Cook
Who was the first European to have contact with the Hawaiian Islands?
Magnolia, cypress
What are 2 types of trees in Louisiana?
Homestead Act
What act allowed African Americans to acquire property for themselves?
This battle was also called Fetterman Fight.
What was the Battle of Hundred Slain?
Trust
What is a combination of corporations that reduce or may reduce competition?
Susan B. Anthony
who was the leading figure in the women's suffrage movement?
Red River Valley region, Mississippi Floodplain region
what are 2 of the natural regions in Louisiana?
Dawes Act of 1887
What act was authorized by Governor Grover Cleveland and authorized the breakup of reservation land held in common by the tribe and divided the land between its members?
This Battle displayed American Naval superiority.
What is the Battle of Manilla Bay?
Yellow Journalism
What are sensationalized and exaggerated stories?
Samuel Morse
Who created the first telegraph and Morse code?
Light bulb, telephone
what were 2 inventions made in the industrial revolution?
Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890
What act prohibited businesses from charging too high of a price for goods?
Battle in which the U.S fought the Spanish in the Philippine Islands.
What is the Spanish-American War?
Convict lease system
what was a system where prisoners were leased out to work for private businesses; often abused?
President Theodore Roosevelt
Who was sworn into office just hours after President McKinley's death?
Southeast and Northwest
What were 2 regions of Louisiana with the most and the least amount of rainfall?
Pure Food and Drug Act
What act preserved free enterprise and protected the American people?
war that occurred November 29, 1864 and when President Grant was in office.
What was the Sand Creek Massacre?