Gilded Age
Bessemer Process
growth of large cities
Urbanization
Amendment that requires income tax
16th Amendment
Why did we go to war with Spain?
USS Maine exploded
Why did we make the Panama Canal?
To get to the other side of the US faster.
completed in 1869 at Promontory Point, Utah making it possible to travel by land to California
Transcontinental Railroad
Favoring native-born Americans over immigrants
Nativists
movement led mostly by women like Francis Willard to eliminate alcohol
Temperance Movement
sensationalized events in Cuba by American newspapers eager for war with Spain
Yellow Journalism
What were some of the problems with making the Panama Canal?
Yellow fever, Mudslides, cost, and malaria.
complete control of a product or service; the elimination of fair competition
Monopoly
Book about the Meatpacking plant
Upton Sinclair
Amendment that gave women the right to vote
19th Amendment
group of volunteers led by Teddy Roosevelt gained fame in the Spanish-American War
Rough Riders
What was Alaska called when we bought it?
Example of a Robber Baron or Captains of Industry
Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, J.P. Morgan, Cornelius Vanderbilt
Process by which people of one culture merge into and become part of another culture
Assimilation
Social reformer that organized a national anti-lynching crusade.
Ida B. Wells
letter written by a Spanish official claiming Pres. McKinley was weak.
DeLome letter
Why did we take over Hawaii?
People were tired of paying tariffs on the sugar owned by American citizens.
economic philosophy based on the “Survival of the Fittest”
Social Darwinism
most notorious political machine designed to keep Democrats in control of New York City
Tammany Hall
aimed at correcting the political and social injustices resulting from industrialization.
Progressive Movement
What countries did America gain after Spanish-American War?
Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines
Who was in charge when we took over Hawaii?
Queen Liliuokalani