History
This was a grant by the federal government giving an inventor the exclusive right to develop, use, and sell an invention for a set period of time.
Patent
These were systems that depended on machinery to carry out tasks that were one done with hand tools.
Mass Production
This is a policy in which strong nations extend their political, military, and economic control over weaker territories.
Imperialism
This person was a photographer for a local newspaper. He took pictures of tenement buildings to show the world the conditions they lived in
Jacob Riis
This was the name given to a business that had complete control of a product or service.
Monopoly
This was a type of tax that would make imported goods cost more than those made locally.
Protective Tariffs
This was a belief that native-born white Americans were superior to newcomers.
Nativism
Congress formed this organization to monitor business practices that might lead to a monopoly.
The Federal Trade Commission
Southern States enacted these laws that required voters to pay a tax to vote.
Poll Tax
This type of warfare consisted of hit-and-run raids against Spanish forces during the Spanish-American War.
Guerilla Warfare
This person created the safety elevator for skyscrapers so that if the rope broke, the elevator wouldn’t fall.
Elisha Otis
These volunteer institutions ran Americanization programs, helping newcomers learn English and adapt American dress and diet.
Settlement Houses
This amendment outlawed the production and sale of alcohol.
18th Amendment
This person drilled the world’s first oil well in Titusville, PA.
Edwin Drake
This amendment prohibits state governments from denying someone the right to vote because of “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”
15th Amendment
This Amendment gave women the right to vote.
19th Amendment
This political party warned about the dangers of political corruption, an inadequate monetary supply, and were on the side of farmers.
Populists
This was a type of economy where an imperial country removed raw materials from their colony and shipped them to their home country.
Extractive Economies
This person argued that the US would need foreign bases where American ships could refuel and gather fresh supplies.
Alfred T. Mahan
This was a system where politicians awarded government jobs to loyal party workers, with little regard for their qualifications.
Spoils System
This type of diplomacy was created by Woodrow Wilson, and it worked to “promote human rights, national integrity, and opportunity.”
"Moral Diplomacy"
This person sailed a fleet of American warships into present-day Tokyo Bay Japan. He negotiated a treaty that would open up trade between Japan and America.
Matthew Perry
This person demanded that African Americans should demand full and immediate equality and not limit themselves to vocational education.
This type of business allowed companies to reduce costs and charge higher prices to competitors.
Vertical Integration
This person became governor of the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.
William Howard Taft