an ideal that refers to the chance for individuals to pursue their hopes and dreams for a better life
What is opportunity
100
an area with particular geographic, political, or cultural characteristics that set it apart from other areas (like southeast, northwest, etc....)
What is region
100
higher wages, shorter work hours, better working conditions.....basic objectives of labor unions
What is bread and butter
100
availability of farmland; push or pull?
What is pull factor
100
It defined the terms of Cuban–U.S. relations to essentially be an unequal one of U.S. dominance over Cuba.
What is Platt Amendment
200
According to the Declaration of Independence, this is where people get their inalienable rights (life, liberty, pursuit of happiness)
What is Creator
200
the movement of people, ideas, and goods across national borders
What is globalization
200
they worked 6 days a week for 10 or more hours a day; they performed repetitive tasks in hazardous environments; they relied on political bosses to improve their wages and hours
What is factory workers
200
Upon arriving by ship in New York Harbor, this group was required to go through immigration inspections at Ellis Island
What is steerage
200
it increased public opinion in favor of a war with Spain to free Cuba
What is De Lome letter
300
These physical features posed challenges to settlement because they presented barriers to movement
What is mountain ranges and deserts
300
What region would be identified with plantations?
What is South
300
the Pullman Strike, Haymarket Affair, and Homestead Strike had this element in common
What is violence
300
most immigrants going through Ellis Island where allowed to enter this country
What is United States
300
exaggerated news articles
What is yellow journalism
400
rivers, plains, mountains, plateaus
What is landforms
400
What region would be identified with beef and cattle drives?
What is West
400
a weapon used by labor unions when negotiations with business owners fail
What is strike
400
anti-immigrant
What is Nativist
400
areas ceded to the U.S. after the Spanish-American War
What is Guam, Philippines, Puerto Rico
500
Something mother nature provides, such as coal, water, or gold
What is natural resource
500
It's interesting, helps us develop empathy for others, we don't know where we are going unless we've know where we've been, we sometimes don't want history to repeat itself
What is reasons to study history
500
he headed the American Railway Union and led the fight against management during the Pullman Strike
What is Eugene Debs
500
many immigrants were detained here for weeks and sometimes months
What is Angel Island
500
The Spanish-American war shifted U.S. foreign policy to empire building