Turn of the 20th Century / America Claims an Empire

20th

100

was implemented to test the comprehension skills of primarily African Americans in the South.

literacy test

200

The Supreme Court case _______ ruled that Jim Crow laws did not violate the 14th Amendment and that segregation was constitutional.

plessy v ferguson 

300

George Eastman was responsible for inventing

Kodak Camera

400

The 1901 amendment limiting Cuban sovereignty was the

Platt Amendment

500

The act that established civil government in Puerto Rico was the

Foraker Act

Century

100

forced African Americans to pay before being allowed to vote in the South.

poll tax

200

This African American told his students to focus on economic security in school.

Booker T Washington 

300

The American businessman who became president of Hawaii’s new government was

Sanford B. Dole

400

The U.S. Navy admiral who urged naval expansion was

Alfred T. Mahan

500

The Secretary of State who wrote the Open Door Notes was

John Hay

America

100

allowed people to vote, even if they failed a test, if their ancestors had previously been eligible to vote.

grandfather clause

200

Booker T. Washington established the this Institute to equip African Americans with useful skills and teaching diplomas.

Tuskegee 

300

The U.S. policy of using economic power to influence other countries was called

dollar diplomacy

400

The Cuban activist who launched a revolution in 1895 was

Jose Marti

500

President Wilson ordered this man into Mexico to capture Pancho Villa

General John J. Pershing

Claims

100

were passed in the South to separate Black and white people in public and private spaces

jim crow laws

200

Approximately 12 million Europeans passed through here in New York Harbor.

Ellis Island

300

The extension of the Monroe Doctrine allowing U.S. intervention was the

Roosevelt Corollary 

400

The ship whose explosion led to war with Spain was the

USS Maine

500

Emilio Agiunaldo was a revolutionary leader for what country leading the country's fight for independence against both Spanish colonial rule and American occupation

The Philippines 

Empire

100

Mexican workers in the West faced this which bound workers to pay off their debts through labor.

debt peonage 

200

He designed New York’s Flatiron Building.

Danielle Burnham 

300

The Secretary of State who arranged the purchase of Alaska was

And it was purchased from

William Seward

Russia

400

The policy proposing equal trading rights in China was the

Open Door Notes

500

Mexican rebel who killed Americans and subsequently was hunted by President Wilson wilson

Pancho Villa