Reconstruction
What year did the Civil War end starting Reconstruction?
1865
What industry was John D. Rockefeller involved in?
Oil industry
What did Teddy Roosevelt suffer from as a child?
Asthma
Invention that made travel easier, and quicker around the country
Railroads
This ship exploded in Havana Harbor in 1898
The USS Maine
13th
This was completed in 1869, connecting east coast and west coast
Transcontinental Railroad
What political party did Roosevelt belong to when he was a child?
Republican Party
Who invented the Telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
Name for the volunteer Cavalry regiment led by Teddy Roosevelt
Rough Riders
The assassin of Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Who was known for their business in the Steel Industry?
Andrew Carnegie
What major project did Teddy support to make shipping from atlantic to pacific easier?
Panama Canal
Inventor credited with thousands of invention patents
Thomas Edison
This term describes exaggerated or sensationalized newspaper reporting
Yellow Journalism
How did the south gain more power from reconstruction?
They gained more power in congress with higher populations, the North did not enforce federal restrictions, and the south was allowed to undermine civil rights
This term means a company controls nearly all of an industry or market
Monopoly
What was Teddy Roosevelt's quote about how the US should handle foreign policy?
"Speak softly, and carry a big stick"
What invention/idea was applied to manufacturing cars by Henry Ford?
The Assembly Line
Name 2 interests the US had in Cuba
Sugar plantations, it was only 90 miles from Florida Keys, Navy Base
Who became president after Abe Lincoln?
Andrew Johnson
List 3 effects of the Transcontinental Railroad being built
End of the cowboys, Native Americans being removed from land, near extinction of buffalo, westward expansion of American citizens, increased western agriculture, improvements to economy, easier/faster to travel, etc.
List 3 of Teddy Roosevelt's previous jobs/positions before becoming President
Leader of the Rough Riders, Police Chief of New York City, Governor of New York, New York State Legislature, Ranch hand, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Vice President
Term to describe the movement of people from rural areas into cities
Urbanization
Name 2 of the territories acquired by the US after the war (not Cuba)
Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico