Gilded Age
These promoted growth and movement out west
Railroads
Title of Upon Sinclair's book that exposed the meat packing industry and helped pass the Pure Food and Drug Act
The Jungle
One of the two examples of Theodore Roosevelt's Big Stick Diplomacy being used
Panama Canal &/or Great White Fleet
Oct 29, 1929
Term meaning a dislike of foreigners
Nativism
Poor, unsanitary, and crowded housing where families lived during the growth of cities
Tenements
Political party that represented the interests of farmers, laborers, and other groups who felt marginalized
Populist Party
Three territories that America gained from the Spanish-American War
Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico
Makeshift shantytowns for homeless people during the Great Depression
Hoovervilles
Term describing a hands off government style
Laissez-Faire
This group was forced to attend boarding schools in order to assimilate to American culture
Native Americans
Term referring to protecting the environment
Conservation
Sinking of Lusitania & Zimmerman Telegram
President that is blamed for the Great Depression and how his administration handled it.
Herbert Hoover
Term for expanding one country's influence over other countries through diplomacy or military force
Imperialism
Act that broke up tribal land into individual plots that would be given to Native American families under the agreement they would assimilate
Dawes Act
Name of woman who co-founded NAACP and wrote about anti-lynching
Ida B. Wells
Name of the addition to the Monroe Doctrine that Theodore Roosevelt created; Meant America could involve itself in Latin America affairs.
Roosevelt Corollary
President that created New Deal programs that were meant to promote economic and social recovery during the Great Depression
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Term for gaining the right to vote
Suffrage
Corrupt political leaders that would bribe people for votes (often immigrants)
Political bosses
Act that prohibited unfair practices by railroads such as charging higher rates for shorter routes.
Interstate Commerce Act
The League of Nations
Name two of the four reasons for the Great Depression
Tariffs on world trade, Stock market speculation, bank failures, overproduction of goods
Forcefully deporting Mexican and Mexican-American citizens to Mexico if they could not immediately prove their citizenship
Repatriation