AMENDMENTS
WESTWARD EXPANSION
THE GILDED AGE
THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
IMPERIALISM
100

The 1ST AMENDMENT established these things...

FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM OF PRESS, FREEDOM TO PRACTICE RELIGION ETC.

100

RAILROAD CONNECTED THE US  EAST AND WEST COASTS

TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD

100

Term that describes the GROWTH OF CITIES

URBANIZATION

100

REPORTERS AND WRITERS WHO EXPOSED GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION

MUCKRAKER

100

WARSHIP BLOWN UP OFF COAST OF CUBA

USS MAINE

200

Prohibited the sale and manufacture of alcohol

18th Amendment

200

LAW THAT PROVIDED 160 ACRES OF LAND -- ENCOURAGED FARMERS TO MOVE WEST

HOMESTEAD ACT 1862

200

The leader of Tammany Hall who became notorious for political corruption and embezzlement.

Who is Boss Tweed?

200

AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN WHO TRIED TO STOP LYNCHING 

Who is IDA B WELLS?

200

The 3 territories annexed at the end of the Spanish-American War

What are Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines?

300

The 13th Amendment established this...

Abolition of Slavery

300

COWBOYS DROVE HERDS OF CATTLE TO THE RAILROADS TO  BE SHIPPED EAST

CATTLE DRIVES

300

REGULATION OF RAILROADS, SPECIFICALLY TO CONTROL TRADE GOING FROM STATE TO STATE

INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT

300

Author of The Jungle which led to consumer protection and meat inspection reforms

UPTON SINCLAIR

300

MAN-MADE WATERWAY THAT CONNECTS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND THE PACIFIC OCEAN

PANAMA CANAL

400

The 16th amendment established this...

income tax

400

Nativist law that banned laborers from one Asian country from immigrating to the United States for 10 years. Many businesses criticized this law (because they lost their cheap source of labor)

Chinese Exclusion Act

400

NAME THREE OF THE FOUR ROBBER BARONS and HOW THEY MADE THEIR MONEY.

CARNEIGIE - STEEL, ROCKEFELLER - OIL, J.P. MORGAN - BANKING/RAILROADS, VANDERBILT - RAILROAD

400

Name at least two laws, reforms, or amendments that expanded voting rights during the progressive era

17th amendment - direct election of senators
19th - women vote
direct primaries
initiative, referendum, recall

400

ENSURED THAT THE US COULD TRADE WITH CHINA -- ALLOWED ALL TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRADE.

OPEN DOOR POLICY

500

The 19th amendment established this...

RIGHT TO VOTE FOR WOMEN

500

US law that divided Native American land into individual plots, aiming to assimilate Native Americans into U.S. society and reduce tribal land ownership. 

DAWES ACT

500

WORK WRITTEN BY ANDREW CARNEIGIE STATING THE WEALTHY SHOULD PRACTICE PHILANTHROPY

GOSPEL OF WEALTH 

500

Muckraker who took photos of terrible child labor conditions to advocate for reforms

Lewis Hine

500

NEWS THAT EXAGGERATES THE TRUTH TO GET A REACTION -- "REMEMBER THE MAINE! TO HELL WITH SPAIN!"

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