List #1
Long Drives
Ranchers walked cattle by railroads West
Tenements/Slums
Housing for the poor often without safety or sanitation.
Militarism
building up of the army / navy
Alliance
groups of countries that help each other
Nationalism
pride in your country
Oklahoma Land Rush
Last free land in America (former Indian Territory)
Sweatshops
factories that are unsafe, crowded, and pay workers very little (Triangle Shirtwaist Factory)
Muckrakers
journalists that wrote about corruption
19th Amendment
Women's suffrage
15th Amendment
Right to vote as a US Citizen (male)
Sharecropping
System of poverty set up by plantation owners for former slaves to work.
Nativism
People that are antiimmigrant (often the "children" of immigrants)
17th amendment
Direct election of Senators
18th Amendment
Prohibition- no alcohol
14th Amendment
Birthright Citizenship
13th Amendment
Emancipation- Freed the slaves
Hull House
Founded by Jane Addams to help poor / immigrant women in Chicago.
Yellow Journalism
exaggerated stories to sell more newspapers
Imperialism
conquer / control other lands
Ellis Island
Island where European immigrants would be documented when entering the US (NYC)
Dawes Act
Act that forced Natives to become farmers and end their traditions
Political Machines
Corrupt politicians that ban together to support each other at the cities expense
Roosevelt Corollary
The US would intervene if need to help Latin American countries with debt
Espionage/Sedition Acts
illegal to speak out against the gov't during WW 1
16th Amendment
Income Tax