Small towns that seemingly appeared overnight, after a surge in population, when hopefuls migrate west to mine for minerals.
What are boomtowns
100
The man who devised the monopoly business strategy and reinvented the oil business
What is John D Rockefeller
100
A group that controls the activities of a political party in a particular city, and works to make sure "their" candidate gets elected.
What are Political Machines
100
Desire for military strength, expansion of economy and the belief in Anglo-Saxon superiority
What are the causes of American imperialism
100
The amendment that gave women the right to vote
What is the 19th amendment
200
The act that attempted to assimilate native Americans. It called for the break up of reservations and the introduction of natives into American life.
What is the Dawes Act
200
The belief in individual business initiative and minimal government regulations/intervention.
What is Laissez-Faire
200
The event that took place when William M Tweed became head of Tammany Hall and lead a corrupt group of politicians in defrauding the city.
What is The Tweed Ring Scandal
200
Teddy Roosevelt's Calvary that became famous because of the battles in Cuba, including their victory at San Juan Hill
What are the Rough Riders
200
Journalists that exposed corrupt business
What are muckrakers
300
The event that occurred when the Seventh Cavalry rounded up 350 Sioux and took them to Wounded Knee; Within minutes 300 unarmed Natives were slaughtered.
What is The Battle of Wounded Knee
300
A plutocrat that acquired their fortune by ruthless means ex) JP Morgan, John D Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt
What is Robber Baron
300
A nationwide economic recession in which railroads went bankrupt, stocks lost value, 13,000 businesses and 500 banks collapsed, and 3 million people were left unemployed.
What is the Panic of 1893
300
Secretary of State William Steward's arrangement for the United States to buy Alaska from the Russians for $7.2 million
What is Steward's Icebox
300
Roosevelt's plan to bust trusts, regulate the food industry, and provide environmental care.
What is The Square Deal
400
The act that granted 160 free acres of land to any "head of household."
What is Homestead Act
400
The act that outlawed monopolies
What is The Sherman Anti Trust Act
400
The case in which the Supreme Court ruled segregation was legal and didn't violate the 14th amendment. This case cultivated the mantra "separate but equal."
What is the Plessy v Ferguson case
400
The armistice signed by The U.S. and Spain ending the "splendid little war." As a result Cuba was independent and the U.S. received Guam, Puerto Rico, and bought the Philippines for $20 million.
What is The Treaty of Paris
400
A program that attacked trusts, tariffs and high finances
What is Wilson's New Freedom
500
One of the worst U.S. defeats of the Native American Wars. Custer’s attack on a large combined force of Cheyenne and Lakota Sioux resulted in the death of all but one of Custer’s 210-man cavalry.
What is The Battle of Little Big Horn
500
The belief, originating in the theory of evolution, in the survival of the fittest. Becoming rich was a sign of Gods favor, while being poor meant you were unmotivated and lazy.
What is Social Darwinism
500
The set of rules that required blacks to take a literacy test, pay the poll tax and endure police intimidation.
What are voting restrictions
500
U.S. Secretary of State, John Hay's plan for free trade among nations in China.
What is The Open Door Policy
500
To protect social welfare, promote morale improvement, create economic reform, and foster efficiency.