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100
Wealthy industrialists who were believed to have stolen their fortunes by paying their workers low wages.
What is a robber baron.
100
The Location where most Asian immigrants entered the United States.
What is Angel Island.
100
Writer who uncovers and exposes misconduct in politics and business.
What is a muckraker.
100
The United States purchased Alaska for $7.2 million from this country.
What is Russia.
100
Term to describe African Americans leaving their homes in the South and moving North during WWI.
What is the Great Migration.
200
Term for when a single corporation controls an entire industry.
What is a monopoly.
200
Tiny, crowded apartment where many immigrants lived.
What is a tenement.
200
This amendment granted women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment.
200
The U.S. was able to get the Panama Canal built by first starting a Panamanian rebellion against this country.
What is Colombia.
200
Name for Woodrow Wilson's goals for an agreement ending the war.
What is Fourteen Points.
300
View of the world which states that life consists of a competitive struggle where only the fittest survive.
What is social darwinism.
300
Law that prevented Chinese people from immigrating to the United States.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act.
300
Political Party under which Teddy Roosevelt ran for president in the election of 1912.
What is the Progressive Party.
300
American statement that the government did not want colonies in China, but favored free trade there.
What is the Open Door Policy.
300
Term describing the fighting during WWI, where neither side was able to gain any ground.
What is a stalemate.
400
Workers during the late 1800s form labor unions in hopes of gaining better conditions and wages. Name one of the labor unions formed at this time.
What is the American Federation of Labor or the Knights of Labor.
400
People who believed that the U.S. was allowing too many immigrants into the United States
What are Nativists.
400
Roosevelt gained this nickname because during his presidency he broke up the monopolies that were cheating consumers and bullying small businesses.
What is Trustbuster.
400
Rebellion that began in China due to the growing influence of outsiders in their country.
What is Boxer Rebellion.
400
Passed in May 1917 which authorized a draft of young men for military service in Europe.
What is the Selective Service Act.
500
In the late 1880s and early 1890s farmers show their discontent with declining prices and rising debt by forming this group.
What is the Populist Party.
500
There were many push and pull factors that brought immigrants to the U.S. during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Name one push factor and one pull factor.
Pull Factors: Jobs, greater political and religious freedom, better future for children. Push Factors: Religious persecution and mandatory military service.
500
Name of President Teddy Roosevelt's program of reform. Its goals were to keep the wealthy and powerful from taking advantage of small business owners and the poor.
What is the Square Deal.
500
Economy in a colony where the colonizing country removed raw materials and shipped them back home to benefit its economy.
What is extractive economy.
500
This act allowed the postal authorities to ban treasonable newspapers, magazines, or printed materials form the mail.
What is the Espionage Act.