Transcontinental Railroad
The railroad was built mostly by immigrants from these countries
What is China and Ireland
This book written by Upton Sinclair exposed the meat packing industries
What is The Jungle
This country revolted against Spain and led to the US entering the Spanish American War
What is Cuba
Finish this quote, "You furnish the pictures and ______________________."
What is "I'll furnish the war."
Private businesses and individuals own the means of production (factories, machines, and land)
What is capitalism
The meeting point of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads
What is Promontory, Utah
The 17th amendment called for this
What is the direct election of senators
This amendment put limits on what the Cuban could do and gave the US two naval bases in Cuba
What is the Platt Amendment
These two newspaper tycoons were famous yellow journalists
Who are Hearst and Pulitzer
Survival of the fittest
What is Social Darwinism
Standard 4.1 says the student will be able to summarize the effect the transcontinental railroad had on the ___________________
What is the national market
Name given to journalists and writers who exposed abuse in government and big business
What is Muckrackers
This man resigned as Secretary of the Navy, became a Lt. Colonel and commanded a group of volunteer fighters known as the Rough Riders
Who is Theodore Roosevelt
Yellow Journalism uses ____________________ headlines to elicit a response from the reader
What is sensationalist
This guy established Standard Oil and the nations first trust
Who is John Rockefeller
Plains Indians relied on this animal for food, shelter, and fuel
What is the buffalo
This amendment gave women the right to vote
19th Amendment
This man encourage the US to improve its navy to compete with other imperialists powers
Who is Alfred Mahan
This letter written by a Spanish foreign minister called President McKinley weak and a bidder for the admiration of the crowd
What is the De Lome Letter
Carnegie attempted to control as much of the steel industry as he could. He bought out the suppliers and competing steel producers
What is vertical integration
Both the North and South were determined to build a route to this place
What is the Pacific Ocean
Nicknamed the mother of social work, She opened Hull House as a settlement house in Chicago
Who is Jane Addams
These annexed lands were convenient fueling stations on the war to China
What are Hawaii and the Philippines
This event was blamed on the Spanish by some newspapers. Led to the United States entering the Spanish-American War
What is the explosion of the USS Maine
When the government takes a hands off approach to business activites
What is laissez-faire