Presidents
President who spearheaded civil service reform including a merit system for many government jobs.
Who was Chester Arthur?
This president dealt with a 4 year depression after the Panic of 1893.
Who was Grover Cleveland (2nd term)?
This ship's sinking was one of the causes of the Spanish American War.
What is the USS Maine?
The long cattle drives of the mid to late 1800's came to an end because of the growth of the railroad and _____________.
The second industrial revolution caused ______________
This popular president was for higher tariffs and a gold standard. The Spanish American War occurred during his presidency.
Who was William McKinley?
This president won a disputed election in exchange for the federal troops removed from the southern states.
Who was Rutherford B. Hayes?
For more than 3 years this country revolted against Spanish Rule.
What was Cuba?
This development helped promote migration to the Great Plains.
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
What is the Social Darwinist rationale?
This president was shot by a disgruntled person who thought he should be given a position... and died a few months later.
Who was James Garfield?
This controversial president expanded the powers of the presidency at the expense of Congress, big business, and the states. He purported a "square deal" for all Americans.
Who was Teddy Roosevelt?
We fought Spain in what 4 island countries?
What is Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and Philippines?
When gold was found in the Black Hills of S. Dakota, this general and his troops were decimated by Sitting Bull and the Dakota tribe.
Who was Custer
These groups came into being to help workers get better working conditions and better wages
What is unions?
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
This president took on the railroads and helped institute the Interstate Commerce Act putting regulations on the railroads.
Who was Grover Cleveland (First Term)?
American Imperialism was controversial because of what viewpoints?
What is Manifest Destiny and Anti-Imperialist views?
This 1862 act allowed settlers to claim 160 acres of public land in the West by living on and cultivating it for five years.
What is the Homestead Act?
The advance of this technology helped increase communication.
What is the telephone and telegraph?
This president signed into law the Sherman Anti-trust Act which gave congress more control over monopolies.
Who was Benjamin Harrison?
This president used American economic power to drive his foreign policy... sometimes called, "dollar diplomacy".
Who was William Taft?
This tenet from earlier in American history was a part of why we declared war on Spain.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
At the end of the 1800's and well into the 1900's many Native American children were sent to boarding schools because_____________
(many choices) ... What is to be assimilated, trained in White ways, be taken away from their traditions and languages, etc.
Many people worried about job competition because of these people.
Who are immigrants?