Westward Expansion
The act that gave 160 acres to people for westward expansion.
What is the Homestead Act?
Leader of political machine in New York City at Tammany Hall.
Who is Boss Tweed?
a person who searches for and tries to expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or other wrongdoing, especially in politics
Who is a muckraker?
An extreme pride or love for your country.
What is Nationalism?
Named for the type of music invented during this time, this is the alternate name for the 1920's.
What is the Jazz Age?
The name of the act that broke up Native American land for settlers moving West.
What is the Dawes Act?
All immigrants coming from Europe and Countries to the East had to go through this island before entering the United States.
Where is Ellis Island?
She co-founded one of the first settlements in the United States, the Hull House in Chicago, Illinois.
Who is Jane Adams?
This Ship was sunken by a German U-boat and prompted the US into getting involved into WWI.
What is the Lusitania?
this amendment was the banning of the sale/manufacture of liquor
What is the 18th Amendment?
The railroad the connected the entire country was called the...
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
All immigrants coming from Asia had to go through this island before entering the United States.
Where is Angel Island?
Basing money on silver as well as gold to raise prices and make it easier for farmers to their debts.
What is bimetalism?
The United States President during WWI
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
Young women known for short skirts, bobbed hair, and bold behavior who challenged traditional gender norms and symbolized changing social attitudes in the 1920s.
Who are flappers?
*DAILY DOUBLE* What was the belief that the United States was destined to expand from sea to shining sea?
What is Manifest Destiny?
A promise of a job, money, or prestige in exchange for votes.
What is the spoils system?
Who wrote "The Jungle" exposing issues in meatpacking plants in the U.S.?
Who is Upton Sinclair?
This kind of combat uses long narrow ditches dug in the ground.
What is Trench Warfare?
This cultural movement in the 1920s centered in a New York neighborhood and celebrated Black art, music, literature, and intellectual life.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
Where was the last spike placed on the Transcontinental Railroad? State or City
Where is Promontory Point?
Name of people in charge of industries, typically very wealthy.
Who is a Robber Barron or Titan of Industry?
He was the 19th president of the United States who championed Civil Service Reform.
Who is James Garfield?
The name given to the alliance of: Austria-Hungary, The Ottoman Empire, and Germany.
What is Central Powers?
This mass movement saw millions of African Americans leave the rural South for northern and midwestern cities seeking jobs and escaping Jim Crow.
What is the Great Migration?