Westward Expansion
The belief that Americans were ordained by God to stretch across the North American continent.
What is Manifest Destiny?
Taxes that are placed of foreign goods to encourage Americans to buy domestic products.
What are tariffs?
Term used to describe writers who focused on social and political problems in the U.S. during the "Progressive Era."
What are Muckrakers?
This island nation got its independence from Spain in 1898.
What is Cuba?
His assassination in 1914 is considered the "spark" that started World War I.
Who is Francis Ferdinand?
Act passed by the U.S. Congress that "pulled" settlers into the Great Plains in the late 19th century.
What is the Homestead Act of 1862?
Was formed by American labor during the Gilded Age to improved working conditions, pay, and reduce working hours.
What are Unions?
Female author who wrote, The History of the Standard Oil Company which led to the breakup of John D. Rockefeller in 1911.
Who is Ida Tarbell?
Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines were annexed by the U.S. during this war.
What is the Spanish-American War of 1898?
This was the policy of the U.S. during the first three years of World War I.
What is isolationism?
This railroad was completed in 1869 and it was the first to connect the eastern U.S. to the Pacific coast.
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
Was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1890 and gives the federal government the power to "break up" monopolies.
What is the Sherman Anti-trust Act?
Movement made up primarily of Christian women that promoted the prohibition of alcohol in the U.S.
What was the Temperance Movement?
This U.S. President was instrumental in increasing U.S. involvement in Latin American through his "Big Stick"/"Gun Boat Diplomacy."
Who is Teddy Roosevelt?
This telegram was a German offer to Mexico to join the Central Powers if the U.S. joined World War I on the side of the Allied Powers.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
Ethnic group from Asia that played the biggest role in building the railroads in the western U.S.
Who are the Chinese?
Political party formed during the Gilded Age to protect the political interests of farmers in the U.S.
What is the Populist Party?
This book was a major factor in the passage of the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906.
What is "The Jungle?"
The U.S. helped this Latin America country gain its independence from Colombia so a canal could be built to provide a short cut from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean.
What is Panama?
The U.S. joined W.W. I in 1917 because of this German policy which went against the ideology of the freedom of the seas.
What is unrestricted submarine warfare?
It was a popular form of house constructed in the Great Plains because of the areas lack of trees.
What are Sod Houses?
He wrote the Gospel of Wealth and made his fortune in the steel industry during the late 19th century.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
This woman established, Hull House in Chicago and was instrumental in the Settlement House movement to help those in poverty.
Who is Jane Adams?
Policy implemented by U.S. President, William Howard Taft to encourage U.S. businesses to invest money into Latin American countries.
What is Dollar Diplomacy?
This organization of countries to promote peace after W.W. I was the idea of President Woodrow Wilson but the U.S. never joined.
What is the League of Nations?