Westward Expansion
This aided in the settlement of the West in the late 1800s.
Transcontinental Railroad
Which industry created the first corporations and paved the path of what American business still looks like today?
Railroads
Which muckraker exposed Standard Oil for its corrupt business practices and caused the breakup of monopolies?
Ida Tarbell
Over 12 million European immigrants entered through here from 1890-1920:
Ellis Island
This was the name given to the segregation laws used in the South following Reconstruction until the 1960s.
Jim Crow
Belief in preserving America’s wilderness and creating new public spaces for enjoyment.
Conservation
What is created when an industry or business operates with zero competition?
Monopoly
This man was the founder and president of the American Federation of Labor and helped his members fight for higher wages and better working conditions.
Samuel Gompers
Most of the new immigrants coming to the US in late 1800s and early 1900s came from where?
Eastern and Southern Europe
"Plessy v. Ferguson" upheld which doctrine in the south?
"Separate but Equal"
Segregation
The last major victory of Native tribes over American forces.
The Battle of Little Bighorn
Although he isn’t really a Capt. of Ind., we can thank him for inventing things like the electric light bulb and motion pictures.
Thomas Edison
She created the Hull House to help new immigrants make their way in the US.
Jane Addams
Because immigrants did not assimilate properly into American culture, they formed __________ to protect themselves and surround themselves with familiar culture and language.
Ethnic neighborhoods
Who founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?
W.E.B. Dubois
This invention created tension between White ranchers and farmers and the Plains Indians.
Barbed Wire
This steel tycoon was known for his harsh treatment of workers in his mines but eventually became a great philanthropist.
Andrew Carnegie
This author wrote a book to expose the meatpacking industry for its disgusting condition of meat, leading to the Meat Inspection Act and the creation of the FDA.
Upton Sinclair
Angel Island processed immigrants mainly from where?
Asia
How do the NAACP win battles against Jim Crow?
Legal Methods
In Court
Final major conflict between the Plains Indians and US government. 300 Indians were massacred.
The Massacre of Wounded Knee
What are the aggressive business tactics that eliminate competition and own every level of a business, creating monopolies and dominating markets.
Horizontal/Vertical integration
Name 2 of the 3 voting related reforms that came about during the Progressive Era.
17th amendment
Recall
Referendum/Initiative
The act passed by the US gov’t that attempted to keep an entire race of people out of the country in 1882.
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
What foreign, overseas territories do we acquire from the Spanish American War?
Guam
Puerto Rico
The Philippines