A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force
What is imperialism?
100
A group of people elected to govern a city, town, or borough
What is corporation?
100
A very tall building of many stories.
What is a skyscraper?
100
A crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower.
What is cash crop?
100
People's Party: a former political party in the United States; formed in 1891 to advocate currency expansion and state control
What is the populist party?
200
the slogan describing U.S. President Theodore
What is "big stick" Diplomacy?
200
A factory or workshop, esp. in the clothing industry, where manual workers are employed at very low wages for long hours
What is a sweatshop?
200
Public transportation
What is mass transit?
200
The action of reserving something
What is reservation?
200
A tax levied on every adult, without reference to their income or resources.
What is poll tax?
300
United States federal law that established civilian government on the island of Puerto Rico
What is the Foraker Act?
300
he Battle of Matewan (also known as the Matewan Massacre) was a shootout in the town of Matewan, West Virginia in Mingo County on May 19, 1920 between local miners and the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency.
What is Matewan?
300
The policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants
What is natavism?
300
Sioux Indian chief; Sioux name Tatanka Iyotake. He led the Sioux in the fight to retain their lands
What is Sitting Bull?
300
The permanent professional branches of a government's administration, excluding military and judicial branches and elected politicians.
What is civil service?
400
The theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals
What is Social Darwinism?
400
The exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service
What is a monopoly?
400
In American history, the Gilded Age refers to the era of rapid economic and population growth in the United States during the post-Civil War and post-Reconstruction eras of the late 19th century
What is Gilded Age?
400
Take in (information, ideas, or culture) and understand fully
What is assimilate?
400
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
What is WCTU?
500
Extreme patriotism, esp. in the form of aggressive or warlike foreign policy
What is jingoism?
500
the production of large quantities of a standardized article (often using assembly line techniques)
What is mass production?
500
A type of entertainment popular chiefly in the US in the early 20th century, featuring a mixture of specialty acts such as burlesque
What is vaudeville?
500
A large area of grazing land without fences or other barriers
What is open range?
500
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.