The belief that it was America's God given right to expand westward
Manifest Destiny
Who won the civil war?
The Union (the North)
The Gilded Age was given its name from a Mark Twain book that basically said this time period was…
Glittering and gold on the surface but corrupt underneath
This event led to the Spanish-American War
The Explosion of the USS Maine
Last official Monarch of Hawaii; Forced to give up thrown
Queen Liliuokalani
What was the Indian Removal Act?
Policy that removed Native Americans from the Southeast and forced them west of the Mississippi River
White Supremacist organization that emerged during Reconstruction
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
What is a tenement?
run-down apartment building
White Man’s Burden is the idea that...
Europeans and Americans were responsible for civilizing non-white people
President that led the U.S. into war against Spain and annexed Hawaii
William McKinley
Which president was in office during the Mexican American war and promised to fulfill Manifest Destiny by adding the New Mexico and California territories to the U.S.
President James Polk
The Emancipation Proclamation was an Executive Order signed by President Lincoln; freed slaves in the rebelling South. Why didn’t this order apply to slaves in the Border states?
He did not want slave states who were loyal to the Union to rebel
what does it mean to be assimilated?
To be absorbed into American society; Americanize
How did the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty support the U.S. in Central America?
it gave the U.S. exclusive rights to build the Panama Canal
Fought against the U.S. in the Philippine-American War
Emilio Aguinaldo
What is the name of the "D" territory?
The Louisiana Purchase
Name 2 for the leading factors for the division if the nation (there is multiple)
Compromise of 1850
Election of Abraham Lincoln
Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854
Dred Scott Case, 1857
John Brown's Raid, 1859
A Robber Baron is a businessman who engages in unethical and corrupt practices for their own personal gain. Which Robber Baron mass-produced steel?
Andrew Carnegie
Who played a significant role in the annexation of Hawaii by the United States in 1898?
American businessmen seeking to protect their sugar plantations and trade interests
President who wanted to make the U.S. a world power
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
What historical event led to the Mexican-American War in 1846?
"American blood was spilt on American soil"
President Polk placed American troops in disputed territory and American soldiers were killed
What were the 3 reconstruction amendments and what did they do?
13th: Ended slavery
14th: Citizenship extended to African Americans
15th: Enfranchisement (the right to vote) for African Americans
What was the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?
Ended Chinese immigration for 10 years and rejected citizenship for Chinese already living In the U.S.
There were multiple justifications for Imperialism. Name 2
1) Economic Gain
2) Military Advantage
3) Political Influence
4) Spread Religion and Civilization
5) Save the "Less Fortunate"
Established Reconcentration Camps in Cuba; Known as ”the Butcher” in the Yellow Papers
General Valeriano Weyler