SSUSH11: Big Money
This industrial leader became famous for building a massive steel company.
Andrew Carnegie
Completed in 1869, this transportation system connected the eastern and western United States.
The transcontinental railroad
Journalists who exposed corruption and social problems during the Progressive Era were called this.
Muckrakers
Sensational newspaper reporting that increased American anger toward Spain was known as this.
Yellow journalism
QUADROUPLE POINTS!: “Workers together have more power to demand better pay and safer conditions.”
Labor union
TRIPLE POINTS!: This businessman built Standard Oil into one of America's most powerful companies.
John D. Rockefeller
These two immigrant groups provided important labor in building the transcontinental railroad.
Chinese and Irish immigrants
This author exposed conditions in Chicago's meatpacking industry in The Jungle.
Upton Sinclair
Double points!: The explosion of this American battleship in Havana Harbor increased tensions between the United States and Spain.
USS Maine
“Expose the truth. Make the public see the problem. Pressure government to act.”
Muckraking
Workers formed these organizations to fight for better wages, shorter hours, and safer working conditions.
Labor unions
DOUBLE POINTS!: This inexpensive fencing helped ranchers and farmers divide western land and contributed to the end of the open range.
Barbed wire
This investigative journalist became famous for exposing the business practices of Standard Oil.
Ida Tarbell
After the Spanish-American War, the United States gained control of these three territories from Spain.
Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines
“A powerful country extends its political, economic, or military influence over territories outside its borders.”
Imperialism
Lose DOUBLE points if wrong!: One immigrant arrives through Ellis Island and another through Angel Island. Which immigrant would most likely have arrived through Angel Island?
A. An immigrant from Italy
B. An immigrant from Ireland
C. An immigrant from China
D. An immigrant from Germany
An immigrant from China
Why did the destruction of buffalo herds have such a devastating effect on many Plains Indians?
Plains Indian communities depended heavily on buffalo for food, clothing, shelter, tools, and other necessities.
Initiative, referendum, and recall were Progressive reforms designed primarily to do what?
A. Give citizens greater influence over government
B. Give corporations more political power
C. Expand American territory
D. Reduce voter participation
A. Give citizens greater influence over government
Filipinos fought against American forces after 1898 primarily because they wanted:
A. Spanish rule restored
B. Independence rather than American control
C. To become part of Cuba
D. To close the Panama Canal
B. Independence rather than American control
“The United States claimed a greater right to intervene in Latin American affairs.”
Roosevelt Corollary
Factories became larger and more productive, but workers often faced long hours, low wages, and dangerous conditions. What was one major response to these problems?
Workers organized labor unions and used strategies such as strikes and collective bargaining.
Lose a turn if wrong!: A historian writes:
“The railroad brought settlers, farms, ranches, and new towns into areas already occupied by Native peoples.”
Which consequence is best supported?
A. Native nations gained more control over western lands.
B. Conflict increased as settlers expanded onto Native lands.
C. Western settlement caused buffalo populations to increase.
D. Railroads reduced migration into the West.
B. Conflict increased as settlers expanded onto Native lands.
Progressives claimed they were making America better, yet Jim Crow segregation remained widespread. Which Supreme Court case had upheld the “separate but equal” doctrine?
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
How did the Panama Canal strengthen American power?
It shortened the route between the Atlantic and Pacific, allowing American trade and naval ships to move between the oceans much faster.
Big Business → Westward Expansion → Progressive Reform → Overseas Expansion
What major transformation connects all four standards?
The United States became increasingly industrialized, expanded westward, attempted domestic reforms, and developed into a major world power.