Immigration
What was Ellis Island?
Ellis Island was the main processing center for European immigrants arriving in the U.S.
Who wrote about the meatpacking industry?
Upton Sinclair
What is a monopoly?
A company that controls almost all of an industry with little or no competition
What territories did the U.S. gain after the Spanish-American War?
Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines
Who was known for the Square Deal?
Theodore Roosevelt
What jobs did many Chinese immigrants work?
Building the railroad.
What was a muckraker?
An investigative reporter who exposed corruption and problems in society
Who controlled/owned Standard Oil?
John D. Rockefeller
What is imperialism?
Expanding a country’s power through land, colonies, or influence
Who was known for Dollar Diplomacy?
William Howard Taft
What was nativism?
An anti-immigrant movement where people wanted to limit immigration.
What does trust-busting mean?
Breaking up monopolies to make businesses compete fairly
What was the Gilded Age known for?
A big gap between the rich and the poor
What was Yellow Journalism?
Exaggerated news stories used to sell newspapers
What is Dollar Diplomacy?
A policy of using American money and business investments to influence other countries
What did the Chinese Exclusion Act do?
It banned/limited Chinese immigration to the United States.
What was the Square Deal?
Theodore Roosevelt’s program to ensure fairness, control corporations, and protect consumers.
Name one way cities grew in the late 1800s
Skyscrapers, subways, elevated trains, factories
Why was the Panama Canal important?
It made trade and travel faster between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
What is Moral Diplomacy?
A foreign policy where the U.S. only supported governments that shared American values
Why were many Americans against immigrants?
They feared job competition, cultural differences, and believed immigrants would lower wages.
How were Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois different?
→ Booker T. Washington believed in gradual equality through education and job skills.
→ W. E. B. Du Bois believed African Americans should demand immediate equality and full civil rights
Why was it called the “Gilded” Age?
It looked rich and successful on the outside, but had serious problems like poverty and corruption underneath
Why did the U.S. want to become an imperial power?
For trade, military strength, new markets, and global power
Which president was known for trust-busting?
Theodore Roosevelt