Gilded Age America
African Americans were often facing the fear of _______ in the South
lynching
This is a multi-story, cramped, small housing unit that holds multiple families.
Tenement Apartment
the concerns of _____________ led to this movement
Farmers
The U.S. wanted this land mass for a strategic naval base.
Hawaii
Theodore Roosevelt led this group of volunteer cavalry up San Juan Hill.
Rough Riders
This court case claimed that "separate but equal" was ok.
Plessy V. Ferguson
The Chinese Exclusion Act banned who? (ITS TRICKY)
UNSKILLED Chinese immigrants
The reason the Populists supported the Democratic candidate in the Election of 1896
What is supporting "free silver?"
This was the actual event that caused the United States to finally declare war on Spain.
U.S.S. Maine
This nation attempted to achieve independence by going to war against the United States.
The Philippines
This president almost bankrupted the government with his financial plan
Benjamin Harrison
What were the jobs of most Chinese workers before 1900
Railroad/Farming/Mining
Explain how the subtreasury plan supported struggling farmers
Allowed for low interest loans with crops as collateral. Store crops until markets rose.
Name 2 islands/territories we received as a result of the Spanish American war.
Puerto Rico & Guam
A sensational style of writing that exaggerates the news in order to get more readers.
Yellow Journalism
This act called for civil service exams to counteract patronage.
Pendleton Act
Identify the main issue that arose out of poor living conditions in cities
disease
The Grange was the name of the union created by farmers in order to counteract the power of the ______________
Railroads
Name two reasons the United States decided to adopt a policy of imperialism in the late 19th century.
What is new economic markets, a belief in our cultural superiority, and a desire to be seen as a world power, military superiority.
The United States received land in Cuba for a naval base here. It is a prison today for suspected terrorists
Guantanamo Bay
This activist wanted immediate equality for African Americans and started the NAACP to support
This movement blamed immigrants for the problems of America.
Nativism
Who did the Populists support in the Election of 1896
William Jennings Bryan
This amendment nullified the prior promise that the United States would not try to take "control" of Cuba after sovereignty had been reached.
Platt Amendment
Of all the territory we acquired from 1863 until after the Spanish American War, which was NOT an island.
Alaska