Vocab
Yellow Journalism
What is to increase sales, the newspaper sensationalized and exaggerated stories
Lousis Armstrong
Who is the person who spread jazz all across the nation
Avery island, Weeks island
What are two of the largest salt domes in New Iberia Parish
Custers Last Stand
The battle that was also known as The Battle of Little Bighorn
Dawes Act of 1887
what is the act that authorized the breakup of reservation land held in common by the tribes.
Pandemic
What is a worldwide epidemic
Samuel Morse
Who is the person who created the telephone and created many job opportunities
Hills, Mississippi floodplains, the Red River Valley, the terraces, and the marsh region
What are the 5 natural regions of Louisiana
Wounded Knee Massacre
What war became the rallying cry of the native Americans' rights and justice
Homestand Act
Help African Americans be able to afford land
Streetcars
What is a passengers vehicles that ran on rails and were pulled by mules
Captian James Cook
Who is the man who was first in contact with the Hawaiians
A type of education and training focused on developing practical skills and knowledge for a specific job or trade. EX. plumber
What does vocational training mean, and give an example?
Sand Creek Massacre
What war occurred during the Civil War, while President Grant was in office?
Chines Exclusion Act
What is the act that prohibited Chinese labor for ten years
Trust
What is a combination of corporations that reduces or may reduce competition
Susan B. Anthony
Railroads, typewriter, telephone, the cash register, and adding machine
What is an example of inventions made during the Industrial Revolution
Fetterman Fight
What battle was known as the Battle of the Hundred Slain
Sherman Antitrust Act
What is the act that prohibited monopolistic practices
Muckrakers
What is a crusading newspaper reporters and authors who influenced public opinion and prodded the government into action
Booker T. Washington
Who is the man who started Tuskegee College
Bald Cypress and Sweetgum
What are examples of trees in Louisiana
Battle of Little Bighorn
What is the battle that General Custer fought in
Pure Food and Drug act
What is the act that prohibits the sale of misbraded food