Reconstruction
What was the name of the court case that essentially legalized segregation in the United States?
Plessy v. Ferguson
What is the name of the investigative journalists in the late 1800s who exposed corruption and other social issues
Muckrakers
Policy of a stronger country exercising power and control over a weaker one
Imperialism
Name a country within the Central Powers
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria
Forcing one culture to adopt or be like another culture is called what?
Assimilation
A selfish, rich business owner who exploits/takes advantage of their workers
Robber Baron
What term do we use for the exaggerated newspaper writing that is designed to create an emotional reaction
Yellow Journalism
President Woodrow Wilson is credited with creating this international organization, but the U.S. did not join
League of Nations
What was the name of the Act that allowed certain American citizens to apply for free land out West?
Homestead Act
What is the name of organizations designed to protect worker's rights?
Unions
Theodore Roosevelt's diplomacy style "Remain peaceful in negotiations, but be prepared to attack just in case "
Big Stick Diplomacy
What does the "A" stand for in the M.A.I.N. causes for World War I?
Alliances
Which amendment outlawed slavery?
13th Amendment
Nativists were known for strongly disliking who?
Immigrants
Name one of the places the United States annexed during or after the Spanish American War
Hawaii, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philippines, Guam
This treaty ended World War I
Treaty of Versailles
What was the name of the school we investigated where Native Americans were forced to become more "American"
Carlisle Industrial School
It blocked and limited Chinese immigrants from entering the United States
Why did the U.S. declare war on Spain in 1898?
The mysterious explosion of the USS Maine. U.S. opposed Spain's control of Cuba and Philippines
Zimmerman Telegram