Remembered as a hero of the Spanish-American War and created the Roosevelt Corollary
Who is Theodore Roosevelt
Land that Native Americans were forced to live on
What is reservation
Time period when there was a large focus on moving West in the United States
What is Westward Expansion
Offered 160 acres of land to farmers who worked land for 5 years
The Homestead Act
Survival of the fittest and the wealthy are in the best position to lead society
What is Social Darwinism
Advocated that African Americans focus on higher education to end segregation
Who is W.E.B. Dubois
Housing that many immigrants and poor laborers were forced to live in
What is tenement
Time period in which industrialization and urbanization continued to grow along with various social problems
Limited Chinese immigration to the U.S. and placed restrictions on Chinese immigrants already in the country
The Chinese Exclusion Act
Negative beliefs and feelings of superiority and resentment toward immigrants
What is nativism
Attempted to move his people to Canada
Who is Chief Joseph
Major issue during the Gilded Age that impacted children
What is Child Labor
Time following the Civil War in which African Americans began to gain rights in the South. Was followed by harsh laws that negatively impacted Blacks
What is Reconstruction
Forced relocation of Native Americans onto communally held land
The Dawes Act
God given right to move West
What is Manifest Destiny
Supported that African Americans focus on work and education instead of segregation
Who is Booker T Washington
Separate but equal
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
Time period that focused on exposing the issues of the Gilded Age
What is the Progressive Era
Passed in 1890 which outlawed monopolies
The Dawes Act
White Americans have a "responsibility" to get involved in foreign nations and allowed for the increase in imperialism
What is White Man's Burden
Muckraker who focused on exposing living conditions in tenements
Jacob Riis
The state of being deprived of the right to vote
What is disenfranchisement
Time period that allowed for increase trade with imports and exports
What is imperialism
Offered subsidies to companies in order to support the building of the Transcontinental Railroad
The Pacific Railroad Act
Strong feelings of pride toward one's own nation and interests
What is nationalism