American Imperialism
Said "Speak softly but carry a big stick"
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
Assassinator of Lincoln
Who was John Wilkes Booth?
Native American's primary source of food and clothing
What are buffalo?
Jane Addams
Who founded the Hull House?
Banned Chinese from immigrating to the U.S.
The Chinese Exclusion Act
Reasons for America's desire for expansion
What are natural resources, new territories, and new markets
After secession from the Union, southern states formed this
What is the Confederacy?
The major reason for hostilities between Native Americans and settlers
What is land ownership?
Investigative reporters who exposed corruption and abuses of big businesses
Who were the muckrakers?
Major entry point for European immigrants to the U.S.
What is Ellis Island?
Contributed to American's desire to go to war with Spain
What is Yellow Journalism?
This battle marked the turning point of the Civil War
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
First brought to New Mexico by Spaniards, these changed the Native American way of life
What are horses?
This movement brought about the 18th Amendment
What is Prohibition?
Lower cargo area of ship where immigrants often booked passage to America
What is steerage?
Known as Seward's folly
What is Alaska?
This Amendment established new rules about citizenship
What is the 14th Amendment?
An attempt to force Native Americans to adopt white culture
What is Assimilation?
These groups offered services to voters in exchange for political support
What are political machines?
Favoritism to people born in your own country
What is nativism?
American's backed a revolution against these people
Who are Columbians?
Laws enacted by white Southerners to deny African Americans their rights
What are Jim Crow laws?
Great Sioux leader who fought at Little Big Horn and refused to sign any treaties with the white man
Who was Sitting Bull?
Movement that promoted good deeds as a pathway to heaven
What is the Social Gospel Movement?
Multifamily, urban dwellings where many immigrants lived
What are tenements?