Westward Expansion
Method of transportation that made it easier to travel out West before the Panama Canal.
Railroads
Who created the game of basketball?
Naismith
Act that made it illegal to aid the enemy.
Espionage Act
The belief that if a person works hard and commits themselves, they can make a good life for themselves.
American Dream
What is the spreading of ideas for the purpose of swaying opinion?
propaganda
Ranches that covered thousands of acres.
hacienda
What was the famous amusement park opened in New York City?
Coney Island
Act that gave people 160 acres of land for a small fee if they were willing to move out West
Homestead Act
Who are the unions of TODAY attracting?
college graduates
Telegram that was intercepted by the United States from Germany to Mexico.
Zimmerman Note
Vast area of land that the federal government owned and it was unrestricted by private property
open range
What famous book did Mark Twain write that questioned right from wrong standards in the era of the 1800s?
Huckleberry Finn
What barred Chinese people from entering the US for 10 years?
Chinese Exclusion Act
Who was the Scottish immigrant who began Carnegie Steel?
Andrew Carnegie
Act that required all men between 21 and 30 to register for the draft during World War I.
Selective Service
Self appointed volunteers who would track down and punish wrongdoers.
viligance committees
What was the original name of New York City (Manhattan)?
New Amsterdam
Which amendment gave white women the right to vote in the USA?
19th Amendment
What was the philosophy that government should interfere as little as possible in the nation’s economy?
laissez faire
Who did Cuba want to win their independence from?
Spain
Towns that grew in a short period of time because of mineral finds
boomtowns
How many flags has the United States had?
27
Act of contacting a political leader to explain a concern in order to convince them to vote a certain way.
Lobbying
Who are the people who organize, manage, and assume the risks of a business?
entrepreneurs
What took 10 years to build and significantly shortened the traveling distance to get to the Pacific Ocean?
Panama Canal