Imperialism and US Expansion
In 1898, the U.S. annexed this Pacific island kingdom after overthrowing Queen Liliʻuokalani.
What is Hawaii?
Journalists like Upton Sinclair and Ida Tarbell were known by this nickname for “digging up dirt” on corruption.
Who were Muckrakers?
This anti-immigration law was the first to ban a specific ethnic group from entering the U.S.
What was the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?
This 19th-century ideology held that the United States was destined to expand westward across North America, regardless of the impact on Native peoples.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This forced relocation of the Cherokee and other Southeastern tribes during the 1830s led to the deaths of thousands as they were marched west.
What was the Trail of Tears?
This brief 1898 conflict gave the U.S. control over Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.
What was the Spanish-American War?
Passed in 1906, this law regulated food labeling and drug safety
What is the Pure Food and Drug Act?
This constitutional amendment established a federal income tax.
What is the 16th Amendment?
This series of laws was designed to settle disputes over the expansion of slavery into territories gained after the Mexican-American War.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
The killing of over 250 Lakota Sioux by U.S. soldiers in 1890 marked the final large-scale clash between Native Americans and the U.S. government.
What was the Wounded Knee Massacre?
This conflict erupted after the U.S. annexed the Philippines, as Filipino revolutionaries fought for independence in a war from 1899 to 1902
What was the Philippine-American War?
This 1906 novel exposed unsanitary conditions in Chicago’s meatpacking industry.
What is The Jungle by Upton Sinclair?
This amendment allowed for the direct election of U.S. Senators.
What is the 17th Amendment?
This 1848 treaty ended the Mexican-American War and resulted in Mexico ceding a large portion of its northern territory to the United States.
What was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
This government-run school aimed to assimilate Native children by erasing their cultures.
What was the Carlisle Indian School?
This U.S. naval officer argued that sea power was key to world dominance in his influential book The Influence of Sea Power upon History
Who was Alfred T. Mahan?
This Progressive president promoted the “Square Deal” and established national parks.
Who was Theodore Roosevelt?
This amendment prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transport of alcohol.
What is the 18th Amendment?
In this 1885 Wyoming incident, white miners killed dozens of Chinese workers in an act of racist violence.
What was the Rock Springs Massacre?
In 1864, U.S. soldiers attacked a peaceful village of Cheyenne and Arapaho in Colorado, killing over 150 people, mostly women and children.
What was the Sand Creek Massacre?
Theodore Roosevelt used this foreign policy, summed up by the phrase “Speak softly and carry a big stick.”
What was the Roosevelt Corollary (Big Stick Diplomacy)?
This volunteer cavalry unit, led by Theodore Roosevelt during the Spanish-American War, became famous for their charge up San Juan Hill.
Who were the Rough Riders?
This amendment, passed in 1920, granted women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
This 1924 law granted full U.S. citizenship to Native Americans.
What was the Indian Citizenship Act?
This 1860s forced march relocated the Navajo people hundreds of miles to the harsh reservation at Bosque Redondo, causing widespread death and suffering.
What was the Long Walk of the Navajo?