Imperialism
What independent nation would be annexed by the United States?
Hawaii
What government organization did Teddy Roosevelt help start to regulate food and drugs?
FDA
The United States wanted to engage in colonization for what three reasons?
Markets, Military, Social Darwinism
New ultra wealthy, ruthless buisnessmen were called _____
Robber Barrons
Workers groups concerned with better wages and working conditions are called _____
Unions
What two Caribbean possessions were taken by the US from Spain?
Cuba, Puerto Rico
'10 days in the Madhouse' was written to expose the conditions of _____________
Mental Hospitals (who wrote it)
The three reasons the US went to spain are ____________________
De lome letter, yellow journalism, USS Maine
One person/company controlling an entire industry is called ___________
Monopoly
What riot resulted in 10 people killed with a bomb?
The Haymarket Affair
Alaska (from who?)
What book was written to expose the American meatpacking industry?
The Jungle (who wrote it?)
Teddy Roosevelt charged up what hill in Cuba?
San Juan Hill
This idea (used to justify imperialism) began to be weaponized against poor people and social reforms
Social Darwinism
Mother Jones lead a group of __________ to Congress to pressure the passing of ______________
children, child labor laws
What poem reinforced white supremacist ideas towards imperialism?
White Mans Burden
This industrial fire exposed the hazardous working conditions for garment workers
Triangle shirtwaist factory fire
What amendment established Cuba as a protectorate of the United States
Platt amendment
Define wealth inequality
A gap in levels of wealth, a highly stratified society
What labor activist and socialist ran for president 5 times?
Eugene V. Debs
The US (and other imperial powers) pursued what kind of policy in China?
Open door policy
What was the first legislation that banned a specific ethnic group in US history?
Chinese Exclusion Act
Who was the Filipino freedom fighter that fought the Spanish and then the US?
Emilio Aguinaldo
A holding company is a company that does what?
Buys other companies
Define socialism
Worker control of the means of production