Unit 1
This is the state where the Battle of Little Bighorn took place.
What is Montana?
The island where many immigrants were processed before entering the United States.
What is Ellis Island?
A law that prohibited Chinese immigrants from entering the United States for 10 years.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
This war occurred in 1898.
What is the Spanish American War?
This gave the U.S. a lot of control over Cuba.
What is the Platt Amendment?
A wealthy and powerful business owner that uses unfair methods to make money.
What is a robber baron?
This event attracted Chinese immigrants to the United States.
What is the California Gold Rush?
A term given to investigative journalists during the Progressive Era who exposed corruption, scandal and other wrongdoings in society, politics or business
What is a muckraker?
America bought this from Russia that was $7.2 million.
This country was on Germany's side and lost the heir to their throne.
What is Austria-Hungary?
This is the leader of the U.S. Army who died at Bighorn along with most of his men.
Who is General Custer?
A reason that forces people to leave their home country, such as war, poverty, or natural disasters.
What is a push factor?
This muckraker exposed the tenement housing conditions of New York City.
Who is Jacob Riis?
The first volunteer cavalry led by Teddy Roosevelt.
Who are the Rough Riders?
This is the name of the industry that created and sold alcoholic beverages during Prohibition.
What is bootlegging?
This occurs when one company controls the entire market for a product or service, leaving no room for competition.
What is a monopoly?
This was an event in Ireland that caused mass starvation and nearly 2 million Irish to immigrate to the United States.
This amendment gave the government the ability to collect income tax.
What is the 16th amendment?
This man was president after Herbert Hoover.
Who is Franklin Roosevelt?
This gave the U.S. a lot of control over Cuba.
What is the Platt Amendment?
A period in American history when the country experienced rapid economic growth and industrialization, but also a lot of inequality and corruption.
What is the Gilded Age?
The belief that anyone in the United States can achieve success and prosperity through hard work and determination, regardless of their background.
What is the American Dream?
The years that prohibition was active...
What is 1920 - 1933?
The name of the program Roosevelt established to fix the Great Depression.
What is the New Deal?
What is the Stock Market Crash?