Railroads and Big Business
This industry grew rapidly alongside the railroads due to its use in building tracks and trains.
What is the steel industry?
The construction of this railroad completed Manifest Destiny by connecting the East and West coasts.
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
This landmark court case upheld segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
Ellis Island primarily processed immigrants from this region of the world.
What is Europe?
This 1898 war marked the U.S.'s emergence as a global power.
What is the Spanish-American War?
He was the founder of Standard Oil and became known for creating one of the first major trusts in the U.S.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
This group of immigrants was instrumental in constructing the western portion of the Transcontinental Railroad.
Who are the Chinese immigrants?
This group of journalists exposed corruption and societal problems during the Progressive Era.
Who are muckrakers?
Immigrants entering through Angel Island often came from this country.
What is China?
This canal was constructed to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, improving global trade.
What is the Panama Canal?
This innovation by Alexander Graham Bell revolutionized communication in the late 19th century.
What is the telephone?
This invention, created by Joseph Glidden, helped farmers protect their land and marked the end of the open range for cattle.
What is barbed wire?
She was a key leader in the women’s suffrage movement and helped push for the 19th Amendment.
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
These laws were designed to limit immigration from Asia, particularly targeting Chinese immigrants.
What are the Chinese Exclusion Acts?
The Roosevelt Corollary expanded upon this earlier U.S. foreign policy statement.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This business strategy, used by Andrew Carnegie, involved controlling every step of the production process, from raw materials to distribution
What is vertical integration?
This tragic 1890 event marked the end of large-scale armed resistance by the Plains Indians.
What is the Wounded Knee Massacre?
The conservation movement, led by figures like Theodore Roosevelt, resulted in the creation of this federal agency.
What is the National Park Service?
Immigrant labor was essential for the growth of these two industries during westward expansion.
What are railroads and mining?
This island territory in the Pacific was annexed by the U.S. after the overthrow of its monarchy.
What is Hawaii?
This term describes a business that eliminates competition to dominate an industry, as seen with Carnegie Steel and Standard Oil.
What is a monopoly?
This 1876 battle, also known as Custer's Last Stand, was a major victory for the Plains Indians against U.S. forces.
What is the Battle of Little Bighorn?
This Progressive reform allowed voters to propose legislation directly.
What is the initiative?
Immigrants often lived in these crowded and unsanitary urban housing units.
What are tenements?
This debate centered on whether the U.S. should acquire overseas territories and expand its empire.
What is the debate over imperialism?