Vocabulary
The policy of extending U.S. power and influence over other nations.
American Imperialism
"Steel King" instrumental in the development of the American steel industry, creating one of the wealthiest companies of the late 19th century.
Andrew Carnegie
This city became the center of the American steel industry
Pittsburgh PA
This 1890 "battle" marked the end of the Indian resistance in the Great Plains.
Wounded Knee Massacre
Political movement, mainly composed of farmers, advocated for the free coinage of silver, government regulation of railroads, and the direct election of U.S. senators.
Populist Party
The ownership of business by a small number of large companies or individuals, resulting in the concentration of wealth and power.
Monopoly
Founded the Tuskegee Institute and advocated for vocational training for Black Americans, promoting a philosophy of accommodation to segregation.
Booker T Washington
This U.S. territory was annexed in 1898, following a controversial overthrow of its monarchy by American businessmen and military forces, sparking a debate over American imperialism.
Hawaii
This 1894 nationwide strike, led by Eugene V. Debs and the American Railway Union, paralyzed the railroad industry and led to violent clashes with federal troops.
Pullman Strike
The organized movement for farmer resistance to the economic and social challenges they faced. They pushed for reform with government regulation of railroad rates, cooperative farming, and anti-monopoly laws.
National Grange Movement
Theory that argued that wealth and power should be concentrated in the hands of a few, often justified by the belief that the wealthy were "fittest" for survival.
Social Darwinism
One of the founders of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and was an advocate for skilled workers' rights.
Samuel Gompers
This Caribbean island was acquired by the United States following the Spanish-American War in 1898, becoming an unincorporated U.S. territory and subject to debates over imperialism.
Puerto Rico
Intense economic depression in 1893, led to widespread unemployment, business bankruptcies, and mass protests across the country.
Panic of 1893
A term coined by Theodore Rosevelt to describe those who exposed corruption and unsafe working conditions
Muckrakers
System that allowed landowners to lease small plots of land to farmers (usually freedmen) in exchange for a portion of their crops, often leading to cycles of debt.
Sharecropping
Key figure in the Populist Movement and ran for president in 1896, advocating for bimetallism, government regulation of business, and the free coinage of silver.
William Jennings Bryan
Where was the golden spike that symbolized the meeting of the two rails that connected to make the transcontinental railroad planted?
Promontory Summit, Utah
This 1898 conflict resulted in the U.S. gaining territories like Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines, establishing the U.S. as a colonial power.
Spanish-American War
Founded by W.E.B Du Bois and Ida B. Wells and focused on fighting racial discrimination, getting civil rights for African Americans, and challenging segregation and disenfranchisement.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
This law, passed in 1887, aimed to break up tribal lands and encourage assimilation of Native Americans by dividing reservations into individual plots of land.
Dawes Act
This journalist exposed the harsh working conditions in the meatpacking industry with his book "The Jungle,"
Upton Sinclair
Name two places one of the transcontinental railroad built by the end of the 1800s connected
Nebraska to California
New Orleans to Los Angeles
Kansas City to Los Angeles
Minnesota to Washington
What is the business strategy where a company merges with other industries in the same industry to expand and reduce competition
Horizontal Integration
Name two people part of the group of those who played a major role in the expansion of their respective industries considered to be “captains of industries” or “robber barons”.
John D. Rockefeller (oil industry)
Andrew Carnegie (steel industry)
J.P Morgan (banking and finance)
Cornelius Vanderbilt (railroads)