Monopoly Businesses
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Name of the first businessman to monopolize the railroad business
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?
The policy of protecting Native-born or inhabitant citizens over immigrants is known as?
Nativism
Which amendment called for direct election of senators?
The 17th Amendment
What is the name of the war fought between America, Cuba, and Spain?
Spanish-American War
A political theory created by Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publically owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs
Communism
Who was the creator of the telegraph?
Samuel Morse
Which state was home to many big commercial farms in 1900
California
What is a Muckraker
One who searches for corruption, cruelty, or scandal in businesses or politics.
Which lands did America gain after the end of the Spanish-Amerian War?
Guam, Puerto Rico, and, the Phillipines.
A political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
Socialism
Who was the founder or Standard Oil?
John D. Rockerfeller
What is the name of the country-wide railroad system that was worked on by Chinese and Irish immigrants?
What is the Transcontinental Railroad.
Name of a famous muckraker and author that was known for their book "The Jungle"?
Upton Sinclair
A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy, or military force.
Imperialism
President Woodrow Wilson broke off all diplomatic relations with Germany due to?
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Andrew Carnegie
Who were the "Buffalo Soldiers"?
Freedmen (freed slaves) that were used to fight battles
What was the name of the acts that allowed children to work at 14 years?
Child Labor Acts.
Style of Journalism that told horrible true stories on how Native Cubans were being treated.
Yellow Jourlnalism.
German U-boat policies changed after the sinking of which ship?
Explain the difference between the origins of immigrants in Ellis Island and Angel Island
Ellis Island- Irish immigrants
Angel Island- Chinese Immigrants
What is the name of the act that indoctrinated Native Americans into the "American Culture"? They were forced to abandon their culture.
Who suggested full civil rights protest, and was one founders of the National Association of the Advancement of Colored Persons (NAACP)?
W. E. B. Dubois.
How did Hawaii become one of the US states?
It was annexed.
What act banned negative talk on the American Government?
Sedition Acts