Expansion of American Industry
This impacted daily life more than any other invention
Pioneers settled from ___________ to ____________ after the civil war
What is the Mississippi to California
Phrase for covered in a thin layer of gold, coined by Mark Twain. This was a time when corruption was common in America
The Gilded Age
This school assimilated Native Americans to be like white people
What is the Carlisle Indian School
Strong nations attempting to expand their empires by taking over weaker nations
What is Imperialism
This was used to access oil in a cheeper, more efficient way and make oil a major industry
What is a Drill
Farmland being destroyed by the civil war, Religious repression, and the expensive cost of living on the east coast are all examples of
Push factors
A hands off approach to economic matters in America
What is Laissez-Faire
support for education for these people was much less than support for white people
Who are African Americans
This continent is leading the way in imperialism
What is Europe
This person made electric more widely available and created the workable filament in 1880
Who is Edison
had to be 21, an American citizen or filing for citizenship, had to farm land for 5 years
What is the Homestead act
This business would charge the Union Pacific Railroad more than the actual cost and illegally give shares to members of congress in order for them to keep funding.
Only a small percent of Americans could go to college because many lacked this resource
What is money
This man was an American Commodore who sailed to Japan to force them to trade w America
Who is Matthew Perry
This industry expanded after the civil war and took 7 years to complete thanks to the work of immigrants
What is the Railroad
The West was already settled by this group of people
Who are Native Americans
Elected officials could choose friends and supporters to get gov't jobs causing the government to be full of unqualified people
What is the Spoils System
These 2 men had very different opinions of how black Americans should be in America
Who are Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois
This is the foreign policy of the united states that declared itself neutral in European Wars and claimed control over the Western Hemisphere
What is the Monroe Doctrine
This man formed the standard oil company in 1870 and used shady methods to control the oil industry
Who is John D. Rockefeller
This Animal provided food, shelter and clothing to the Plains Indians
What are The Buffalo
These presidents were both shot and killed during their presidencies
Who are Andrew Garfield and William McKinley
Women who went to college were deemed this because they were going to become too independent
Protecting American Security, Preserving American Spirit and Promoting Economic growth are all
What are arguments for U.S. expansion
This term was coined to describe the big business culture. it is based on survival of the fittest
What is Social Darwinism
This animal was traded to the Indians by the Spanish that changed their way of life
What is The Horse
Immigrants would mostly travel in this part of a ship because they could not afford anything else.
What is steerage
These laws were used to create an unfair life for African Americans
What are Jim Crow Laws
The Spanish American war was primarily fought in what part of the U.S.
What is Latin America
Markets dominated by few large men, who used unfair methods to gain an edge on their opponents
What are monopolies
The name for Indians who roamed following the buffalo
What are Nomads
This was a symbol of refuge and hope to immigrants when they were close to docking at Ellis Island
What is the Statue of Liberty
This supreme court case established Separate v. Equal
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
Newspapers or other media outlets reporting exaggerated or false stories
Yellow Journalism
This outlawed any monopolization or conspiracy to monopolize
What is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act
The act of Americans putting different tribes of Native Americans together in order to move them out of an area to a reservation
What is Tribe Grouping
As people moved to cities, these were replaced with 6 story apartments
What are Homes
This group was formed to abolish segregation discrimination and gain civil rights for African Americans
What is the NAACP
The U.S. wanted to continue trading with this place and talked with other countries so they wouldn't take control
Open Door to China
in these workplaces you were paid by product not time, where with big business you were just another part to a machine
What is factories
This was money given to railroads to expand. This happened on two separate occasions
What is the Pacific Railway Act
There was a lack of these three things in the slums
What are light, air and water
The first department store
Macy's in NYC
William Howard Taft created this kind of foreign policy
In 1880 this group of people made up 5% of the labor force and worked to help feed their families
Who are Children
African Americans who moved west in order to flee violence in the East. They believed that their journey was similar to Moses in the Bible.
Who are Exodusters
The Charity Organization movement, the social gospel movement, helping the needy, and prohibition are all examples of
What is reform
Magazines targeted this kind of people because they were primary consumers.
who are Women
Teddy Roosevelts "big stick" in his diplomacy represents what?
What is the U.S. Navy