Wild West
Second Industrial Revolution
Gilded Age
Imperialism
Progressivism
100
Allowed 160 free acres to any “head of household”
What is Homestead Act
100
Natural resources, governmental support, urbanization, human resources, and transportation
What is Factors led to the growth of industrialization
100
The Clayton Antitrust Act just strengthened the Sherman Antitrust Act and made it so that the Sherman Antitrust Act could not be used against labor unions
What were two provisions of the Clayton Antitrust Act?
100
The rebellion of Cuba
What is Spanish American War
100
Protect social welfare, promote moral improvement, create economic reform and foster efficiency
What is Main goals of progressivism
200
The attempting to assimilate Native Americans
What is Dawes Act
200
Growth of towns, new markets, and opportunity for profiteers
What is Transcontinental railroad transforms the west
200
The Federal Trade Commission ensured fair competition. By creating monopolies and trusts, fair competition could no longer exist, so it was also a way of prohibiting monopolies and trusts.
Describe the Federal Trade Commission
200
Policy in which stronger nations extent control over weaker nations
What is Imperialism
200
Social problems introduced in the 20th century
What is Progressivism
300
The end of the “Indian Wars,” with the slaughtering of 300 unarmed Native Americans, by the Seventh Calvary
What is Battle of Wounded Knee
300
Buy out your suppliers in order to control materials
What is Vertical integration
300
Theodore Roosevelt was known as a "trustbuster" because he wanted to test the power of the government to break up bad trusts. He even asked the Attorney General to bring a lawsuit against a trust to make his point
Why was Theodore Roosevelt known as a "trustbuster"?
300
US receives Guam, Puerto Rico, and “bought” the Philippines for $20 million
What is Results of the Spanish American War
300
Exposed corruption in big businesses
What is Muckrakers
400
Boomtowns, mineral strikes for gold, silver, copper, and lead attracted waves of prospectors to the American west.
What is Mineral discoveries lead to establishments of towns
400
Buying up competition through friendly and hostile takeovers
What is Horizontal integration
400
Labor unions experienced difficulty in the late 1800s because courts used the Sherman Antitrust Act against them to ban unions and business people hired strikebreakers to intimidate the laborers
Why did labor unions experience so much difficulty in the late 1800s?
400
Us should join European nations and establish colonies overseas
What is Reason for American becoming involved in imperialism
400
Domestic program formed upon three basic ideas of conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection
What is Teddy Roosevelt’s square deal
500
Drinking, gambling, and prostitution.
What is Violence in the wild west
500
Cut throat tactics of industrialists
What is Robber barons
500
The urban poor lived in crowded tenements with no windows, heat, or indoor bathrooms. Diseases like typhoid and cholera spread quickly. They worked in crowded, unsafe factories for little pay. On the other hand, wealthy people lived in clean, luxurious mansions, and often even had multiple homes.
How did the lives of the urban poor compare to those of the middle class and wealthy?
500
Volunteer Calvary unit in the Spanish American War
What is Rough Riders
500
Coal miners in Pennsylvania went on strike for increased wages
What is 1902 Coal Strike
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