Westward Expansion
The Klondike _______ rush drew thousands of people to Alaska hoping to strike it rich.
Gold
This "Captain of Industry" founded Standard Oil and became one of the richest men in history.
John D. Rockefeller
What is the term for journalists who exposed corruption during the Progressive Era?
Muckrakers
What year was the Spanish American War?
1898
US President whose foreign policy was known as "Big Stick Diplomacy" and expanded American influence abroad.
Theodore Roosevelt
Completed in 1869, this connected the East and West coasts and revolutionized transportation.
Transcontinental Railroad
This term describes the overcrowded, unsanitary apartment buildings that housed many urban poor during the Gilded Age.
Tenements
This amendment, passed in 1919, prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol.
18th Amendment
Name one territory the US OWNED as a result of the Spanish American War?
Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines
Strategic waterway built to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Panama Canal
This 1862 law gave settlers 160 acres of free land if they farmed it for five years.
Homestead Act
This New York harbor location processed millions of immigrants entering the U.S. between 1892 and 1954.
Ellis Island
What is one law that was passed in response to the book The Jungle? Two correct answers.
Pure Food and Drug Act
U.S. battleship that exploded in Havana Harbor, sparking war with Spain.
USS Maine
A rebellion in China against foreign influence, suppressed by international forces.
Boxer Rebellion
Which immigrant group is famous for helping build the Transcontinental Railroad but was later banned from immigrating to the US?
Chinese
This theory of "survival of the fittest" was used to justify the wealth of industrialists and discourage government intervention in business.
Social Darwinism
Who founded the NAACP?
Who was president during the Spanish American War?
William McKinley
A naval officer who argued that sea power was key to national greatness.
Alfred T. Mahan
This 1887 law aimed to assimilate Native Americans by dividing tribal lands into individual plots.
Dawes Act
This infamous leader of New York City's Tammany Hall was known for embezzling millions of dollars through corrupt contracts and kickbacks during the Gilded Age.
This Progressive Era reform allows citizens to propose laws directly through petitions.
Initiative
What is the name of the cavalry unit led by Theodore Roosevelt that fought in the Spanish American War?
Rough Riders
A U.S. policy stating that America would intervene in Latin America to maintain stability.
Roosevelt Corollary