AMENDMENTS
The 1ST AMENDMENT established these things...
FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM OF PRESS, FREEDOM TO PRACTICE RELIGION ETC.
RAILROAD CONNECTED THE US EAST AND WEST COASTS
TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
Term that describes the GROWTH OF CITIES
URBANIZATION
REPORTERS AND WRITERS WHO EXPOSED GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION
MUCKRAKER
WARSHIP BLOWN UP OFF COAST OF CUBA
USS MAINE
Prohibited the sale and manufacture of alcohol
18th Amendment
LAW THAT PROVIDED 160 ACRES OF LAND -- ENCOURAGED FARMERS TO MOVE WEST
HOMESTEAD ACT 1862
The leader of Tammany Hall who became notorious for political corruption and embezzlement.
Who is Boss Tweed?
AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN WHO TRIED TO STOP LYNCHING
Who is IDA B WELLS?
The 3 territories annexed at the end of the Spanish-American War
What are Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines?
The 13th Amendment established this...
Abolition of Slavery
COWBOYS DROVE HERDS OF CATTLE TO THE RAILROADS TO BE SHIPPED EAST
CATTLE DRIVES
REGULATION OF RAILROADS, SPECIFICALLY TO CONTROL TRADE GOING FROM STATE TO STATE
INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT
Author of The Jungle which led to consumer protection and meat inspection reforms
UPTON SINCLAIR
MAN-MADE WATERWAY THAT CONNECTS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND THE PACIFIC OCEAN
PANAMA CANAL
The 16th amendment established this...
income tax
Nativist law that banned laborers from one Asian country from immigrating to the United States for 10 years. Many businesses criticized this law (because they lost their cheap source of labor)
Chinese Exclusion Act
NAME THREE OF THE FOUR ROBBER BARONS and HOW THEY MADE THEIR MONEY.
CARNEIGIE - STEEL, ROCKEFELLER - OIL, J.P. MORGAN - BANKING/RAILROADS, VANDERBILT - RAILROAD
Name at least two laws, reforms, or amendments that expanded voting rights during the progressive era
17th amendment - direct election of senators
19th - women vote
direct primaries
initiative, referendum, recall
NEWS THAT EXAGGERATES THE TRUTH TO GET A REACTION -- "REMEMBER THE MAINE! TO HELL WITH SPAIN!"
Yellow Journalism
The 17th amendment established this...
Direct election by voters for US Senators
US law that divided Native American land into individual plots, aiming to assimilate Native Americans into U.S. society and reduce tribal land ownership.
DAWES ACT
WORK WRITTEN BY ANDREW CARNEIGIE STATING THE WEALTHY SHOULD PRACTICE PHILANTHROPY
GOSPEL OF WEALTH
The Populist Party Platform consisted of: (You must name THREE)
1.Coinage of silver and gold
2.Public ownership of railroads, telegraph & telephone lines
3.Land reform
4.graduated income tax
5. Direct Election of US Senators
Aimed to ensure equal trading rights for all nations within China and maintain China's territorial integrity, preventing its partition into exclusive European or Japanese colonies. It upheld fair access to Chinese ports for American businesses, setting a major precedent for U.S. foreign policy in Asia until the mid-20th century.
Open Door Policy