Main Ideas
The idea that a country can increase its power by taking control of or influencing less powerful nations
Imperialism
Who was the President that asked Congress to declare war on Spain?
William McKinley
The moving ___________, farm machinery, flying shuttle, spinning jenny, textiles, sewing machines, and interchangeable parts contributed to rapid industrialization and the __________of goods.
assembly line
mass production
Invented by _______ in 1837, the ________ efficiently turned the hard and heavy prairie soil.
John Deere
steel plow
___________________ became the first self-made female millionaire in the United States by establishing a business that sold hair care products for African American women.
Madam CJ Walker
In 1874, __________________invented barbed wire
A. Herbert Hoover
B. Joseph Glidden
He introduced the Refrigerated Railroad Car.
He was known for his knowledge of plant chemistry and studying over 300 uses for peanuts, sweet potatoes, soybeans, crop rotation, and clay.
Gustavus Swift
George Washington Carver
Women were finally guaranteed the right to vote in local, state, and federal elections throughout the United States when the _____________ was ratified in 1920.
What state was the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment? (Perfect 36) Who was convinced by his mother to support the 19th Amendment in Tennessee?
19th Amendment
Tennessee
Harry Burn
This was completed in 1869 when the two railroads met at Promontory Point, Utah.
Transcontinental Railroad
________________ became the most famous slogan of the Spanish-American War.
"Remember the Maine!"
Exaggerated news reporting was called what
He created the refrigerated Railroad car
Yellow Journalism
Gustavus Swift
The _______________, passed in 1890, was the first government action to limit monopolies.
Sherman Antitrust Act
The act let settlers claim up to 160 acres of surveyed federal lands. After the homesteaders had lived on the land for five years and improved it (such as by building a house), they could pay a small registration fee and get the title for the land.
Homestead Act of 1862
A special group called the _________ patrolled the American West after the Civil War. This group was made of all African American soldiers, and they were the first unit of their kind to be chartered during peacetime. They served as guards for wagon trains and helped develop western towns.
Buffalo soldiers
An important unit during the war was the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry, known as the ____________
"Rough Riders"
Railroad entrepreneur
Prince of Steel
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Andrew Carnegie
These men introduced the first electrified Home in New York City
JP Morgan
Thomas Edison
In 1892, ____________ began to serve as the chief immigration station of the United States.
Ellis Island
The role of businesses expanded in the late 1800s. Large corporations were formed, and some business were able to create ______________. This is a business that completely controls an industry. An example of this type of business was the Standard Oil Company, owned by ____________.
monopolies
John D. Rockefeller
The Spanish-American War lasted less than four months. Spain was defeated, Cuba gained its _____________, and the U.S. gained _______________________________________
independence
Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam.
What happened that caused the United States to declare war on Spain in 1898?
the explosion of the USS Maine
In 1886, ______________ founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL), a union made up of skilled workers.
Samuel Gompers
Known as the "Ellis Island of the West,"_____________ was an immigration station in San Francisco Bay, California that processed immigrants from 1910 to 1940.
Angel Island
The Spanish-American War began in April of ______. During the war, the United fought against Spain in order to help _____ gain independence.
1898
Cuba
Technologies that were developed to ease communications during the Civil War became useful to everyday people and business. _________ developed the first telegraph in 1844. In 1876, ____________invented the telephone. Both innovations stimulated growth of businesses.
Samuel Morse
Alexander Graham Bell