SSUSH11
Corporate mergers and the creation of holding trusts and companies led to the development of _______________.
monopolies
_____________ immigrants played a significant role in the construction of the Central Pacific track of the Transcontinental Railroad.
Chinese
Ida Tarbell's work on exposing the unfair business practices of the Standard Oil Company, led to the beginning of ______________ _______________.
investigative journalism
President Theodore Roosevelt's policy that believed that negotiations were key to any relationship, but if negotiations did not work, then the U.S. would use its military to enforce order.
"Big Stick" Diplomacy
Journalist who reported on social problems in the United States.
Muckraker
The ___________ improved communication across all regions of the country.
telegraph
The construction of the Transcontinental Railroad helped to fulfill the _____________ ____________ policy in the U.S.
Manifest Destiny
____________ ____________ founded Hull House to improve the living conditions of the urban poor.
Jane Addams
This organization opposed the annexation of the Philippines on grounds that it went against America's founding principles of freedom and independence.
American Anti-Imperialist League
A legal framework for separating Whites and Blacks, especially in public facilities.
Jim Crow Laws
____________ ___________ led to an increase in factory operation hours.
Electric lighting
The US government established the ______________ system for American Indians to open land for settlers and limit conflict between them and American Indians.
reservation
The ____________ ____________ allowed for the direct election of United States Senators.
17th amendment
The U.S. became more involved in global politics as an _____________ power from 1898 to 1904. The U.S. acquired territories and expanded its presence in the Pacific and the Caribbean.
Imperial
When newspapers exaggerate an event in order to influence public opinion about that event.
Yellow Journalism
Approximately 1 million Asian immigrants were processed at ___________________.
Angel Island Immigration Station
The innovation of __________ ___________ led to Native Americans being restricted from their nomadic lifestyle in the Plains.
Barbed wire
The publication of Upton Sinclair's book ____ _______, led to these two progressive legislations: the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food Act.
The Jungle
Following the Spanish-American War, the U.S. quickly became involved in another war because it refused to grant independence to the _______________.
Philippines
The location where over 300 Sioux men, women, and children were massacred. This was the last major conflict between American Indians and the U.S. Army.
Wounded Knee Creek
___________ ___________ increased the influence of the American labor movement, helping workers gain more rights.
Samuel Gompers
A religious movement that involved a dancing ceremony that Native Americans believed would reestablish their ancestral lands and repopulate the buffalo herds.
Ghost Dance
__________/___________ increased citizen participation by empowering voters to directly affect the lawmaking process.
Initiative/referendum
Panama Canal
An addition to the Monroe Doctrine that emphasized that the United Stated had the right to intervene in the affairs of Latin America and would use military force if necessary to protect its economic interest.
Roosevelt Corollary