US Imperialism
This war in 1898 between the United States and Spain resulted in the U.S. gaining territories such as Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.
Spanish-America War
This term describes the powerful business leaders such as Rockefeller and Carnegie during the late 1800s.
Captains of Industry/Robber Barons
Which amendment prohibited the sale of alcohol in the United States, and which amendment gave Women the right to vote?
18th, and 19th amendment
This president led the United States during the Civil War and supported a lenient Reconstruction plan before his assassination
Abraham Lincoln
What was the treaty that ended the Spanish-American War, and ceded Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam over to the US
Treaty of Paris (1898)
This style of journalism helped spread sensational stories that pushed Americans toward war with Spain.
Yellow Journalism
What were the three primary sources of immigration during the Gilded Age
Ireland, Italy, and China
This book by Upton Sinclair exposed dangerous conditions in the meatpacking industry.
The Jungle
This amendment granted citizenship and equal protection under the law to formerly enslaved people.
14th amendment
Is Puerto Rico a state or a territory of the United States?
Territory
Name three countries the United States annexed.
Puerto Rico, Philippines, Hawaii, Guam, America Samoa
An organization of workers formed to protect workers’ rights and improve wages, hours, and conditions.
Labor Union
Investigative journalists, authors, and photographers during the Progressive Era (1890s–1920s) who exposed corruption in business and government, driving major social reform.
Muckrakers
This group used violence and intimidation to oppose Reconstruction and suppress Black voting rights.
Ku Klux Klan
The act of taking control of another country or territory and making it part of your own nation.
Annexation
Who was the Queen in power before the United States overthrew the Hawaiian Government?
Queen Liliʻuokalani
This 1882 law was the first major federal law restricting immigration to the United States.
Chinese Exclusion Act
Explain the difference between NAWSA and the NWP
NAWSA believed in using moderate, legal, and respectful methods to win the right to vote, while the NWP believed in using Civil Disobedience
An agricultural system in which farmers (often formerly enslaved people) rented land from white landowners and paid rent with a share of their crops.
Sharecropping
Under this President, the United States officially annexed Hawaii through a joint resolution of Congress during the Spanish-American War.
William McKinley
This Filipino leader fought first against Spain and then against the United States during the Philippine-American War.
Emilio Aguinaldo
Why was this time period called the Gilded Age
Because it was a period that was glittering on the surface with rapid industrialization and extreme wealth, but corrupt, poor, and rotten underneath
Explain the difference between W.E.B Du Bois and Booker T Washington
W.E.B Du Bois believed in liberation through Black education, while Washington argued liberation can only come through labor
This Supreme Court case in 1896 upheld racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine
Plessy v Ferguson
This ideology portrays colonized peoples as "new-caught, sullen peoples, / Half devil and half child," who need guidance and "civilizing".
White Man's Burden