Farms owned by big businesses that mass produced crops
What is BONANZA FARM
100
What president was really aggressive with his foreign policy and put together the "Rough Riders" group, and also added a "corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine
Who is Teddy Roosevelt
100
What state was gold discovered in 1848?
What is CALIFORNIA
100
What word means when a stronger country controls a weaker country
What is IMPERIALISM
100
What law passed allowed for people to buy 160 acres of land for $10
What is HOMESTEAD ACT
200
9th and 10th all black cavalry
What is Buffalo Soldiers
200
What was the group of African Americans that fled the south to the west in search of new lives - name is a play on a name from the Bible
What are the EXODUSTERS
200
What state was annexed as a result of influence from Sanford B. Dole?
What is HAWAII
200
What immigration check point did most immigrants go through upon arrival to the US?
What is ELLIS ISLAND
200
What is the term that refers to the groups of people who left early and illegally in the run for land
What is SOONERS
300
Term that refers to something that is made of a material and then covered in a thin film of gold
What is gilded
300
Women in the late 19th and early 20th century were fighting for their right to vote - which is also called...
What is SUFFRAGE
300
What two places did the Spanish-American War take place?
What is CUBA and PHILIPPINES
300
What even that killed over 200 US soldiers sparked the beginning of the Spanish-American War?
What is the explosion of the USS Maine
300
Why was the Panama Canal abondoned by its first owner?
What is YELLOW FEVER or MOSQUITOS or TOO MANY DEATHS
400
Process by which one culture becomes part of another culture
What is ASSIMILATION
400
Men and women that used water in a pan to find gold is called what?
What is PLACER MINING
400
What country started digging the Panama Canal before the United States?
What is FRANCE
400
What is the name of the time period between 1890-1920 where there were many changes for the good in the United States?
What is the PROGRESSIVE ERA
400
Who coined the phrase "The Gilded Age"?
Who is Mark Twain
500
Granting a piece of land in exchange for a promise to use the land for a specific purpose (Panama Canal)
What is CONCESSION
500
He was the candidate for the Populist party in 1896 (cowardly lion in Wizard of Oz)
What is William Jennnings Bryan
500
In what state did the first land runs take place?
What is OKLAHOMA
500
Who was assassinated to spark the beginning of WWI?
Who is ARCHDUKE FRANCIS FERDINAND (Austro-Hungarian heir)
500
Who's thesis said that the west shaped the American character (not including women and minorities)