Legislation
This was an act that excluded Chinese immigration for 10 years.
What was the Chinese exclusion act?
Conflict between US and Spain triggered by the explosion of the USS Maine in 1898
What was the Spanish American War
A rush which was sparked by the discovery of certain valuable metal at Sutter's Mill, CA in 1848
What was the California Gold Rush?
Alexander Graham Bell invented this in 1876
What was the telephone?
Self made multimillionaire who was famous for the steel industry
Who was Andrew Carnegie
Laws passed which codified racial ideologies and segregation.
What are the Jim Crow Laws?
The near annihilation of the Cheyenne by drunk American troops in 1864 called?
What was the Sand Creek Massacre?
Term applied to late nineteenth-century America that refers to the shallow display and worship of wealth characteristic of that period.
What is the Gilded Age?
This method of transportation became widely popular.
The Transcontinental Railroad
He founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
Who was Samuel Gompers?
This act granted 160 acres of land to all settlers who lived on the land for 5 years or more.
What was the Homestead Act?
One of the bloodiest conflicts between the US and Native Americans taking place from 1874 - 1875
What was the Red River War?
In December 1890, the Farmers’ Alliance called a meeting at Ocala, Florida, to press for a national third-party movement called the _______.
What was the Populist Party?
At the end of the 19th century the US was known for this industry.
What was the steel industry?
25th President serving until assassination in 1901. He led the country during the Spanish-American war.
Who was William McKinley?
This amendment claimed that once the US had been defeated, they would give Cuba their independence.
What was the Teller Amendment?
A volunteer cavalry regiment led by Theodore Roosevelt that became famous for their attack on Cuba.
Who were the Rough Riders?
The assassination of the 20th president of the United States.
What was the Garfield Assassination
A thesis which claims “hard work and perseverance leads to wealth, also implying poverty is a flaw.
What is the Gospel of Wealth?
American Protestant organizer, editor, and author. Also was a leader of the Social Gospel.
Who was Josiah Strong?
A federal statute which prohibited activities which restricted interstate commerce and competition in the marketplace.
What was the Sherman Antitrust Act?
This was a protest turned riot after someone threw a bomb at the police and it ended with 1 police man dead and 7 wounded.
What was the Haymarket Square Riot?
The New South was where the North used the South's raw resources for consumption.
What was the “New South”
Rockefeller's Standard oil company used this production strategy
What is vertical integration?
He was a US commander during the war in the Philippines during 1899-1902.
Who was George Dewey?