Westward Expansion & Industrialization
This act secured homesteads to actual settlers on unoccupied lands.
What is the Homestead Act of 1862
___________ factors and ________ factors are reasons for immigration.
what are push and pull factors
Who wrote the Jungle?
Who is Upton Sinclair?
Under the Platt Amendment the United States was considered a ___________ of Cuba.
What is a "protectorate"
What year did the U.S. enter the war?
When was 1917
Who was negatively impacted by the Transcontinental Railroad being built?
Acceptable answers:
Who are the Native Americans?
Who are the many immigrants who dies while building it?
The belief that the new immigrants' poverty and lack of education would negatively affect American society and that opportunities and benefits of American should be reserved for native born Americans is known as ________________.
Nativism
What were the reform minded journalists during the first part of the 20th century called?
What are muckrakers?
What were the four main causes of WW1 and the 1 immediate cause of WW1?
Militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism
The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and his wife
Woodrow Wilson joined the war for what reason
The use of children in industry or business, especially when illegal or considered inhumane is called ______________
What is child labor
scarce land, farm jobs lost to new machines and poverty and hard lives are examples of ____________.
What are Push factors
The sinking of this ship was considered a trigger for this war.
What is the USS Maine
The addition to the Monroe Doctrine that says the U.S. can interfere in Latin America was called _______________.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary.
A political cartoon has the following characteristics:
three leaders holding up glasses for a cheers
What reason for war would this be an example for
An alliance
Chief Joseph reluctantly surrenders and accepts ________________ life for himself and his people.
What is reservation life
Give two examples of pull factors
what are promise of freedom and better life
family or friends already settled in an area
factory jobs available
What was the purpose for writing the Jungle?
What was to let people know about the terrible working conditions people faced
What were Woodrow Wilson's feelings towards the war in the beginning?
What are he wanted to remain neutral
This note proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram
___________ took photographs in factories to shed light on the working conditions in factories
Who is Lewis Hine
The Great Potato Famine would be an example of a __________ factor
What is a push factor
What was the relationship between Spain and Cuba in the last part of the 19th century like.
What is Spain was dominating Cuba and Cuba wanted to be free from Spain.
Who assassinated Archduke Ferdinand and his wife?
Who is Gravilo Princip?
What reason do you think was the most important for joining World War 1? Explain.
Answers will vary