Westward Expansion
The process by which Native Americans experienced a loss of tribal culture.
What is assimilation?
The government policy of not interfering in the economy contributed to big businesses forming monopolies.
What is laissez-faire?
This method of voting requires voters to enter a private booth to cast their ballot.
What is the secret ballot?
President Teddy Roosevelt's policy of threatening to use the U.S. military to protect American interests.
What is the "Big Stick" policy?
Germany's use of this on the high seas was a major contributing factor of the U.S. declaring war on them during World War I.
What is unrestricted submarine warfare?
This new transportation technology led more people to move west in the mid-to-late 1800s.
What are railroads?
The time period where many immigrants are entering the country and cities are growing.
What is urbanization?
This change to the constitution granted women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
The belief that White Americans have a duty to spread their culture and "civilize" foreign people.
What is the "White Man's Burden"?
America's effective use of this caused many U.S. citizens to support the war effort.
What is propaganda?
These people in the west experienced hardships and were taken advantage of by banks and the railroads.
Who are farmers?
Small and unsanitary apartment rooms where many immigrants and poor people lived in cities.
What are tenements?
This method of selecting candidates from political parties to run for election allows citizens that belong to political parties to vote for candidates.
What are direct primaries?
This was made the U.S. an empire by making Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippine Islands U.S. territories.
What is the Spanish-American War?
This type of warfare created a stalemate and made it difficult for the Allied or Central powers to break through and gain an advantage in the war.
What is trench warfare?
This law banned Chinese immigrants from entering the country.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
Low wages, harsh working conditions, and child labor caused workers to organize these in the late-1800s.
What are labor unions?
This change to the constitution made residents of states vote directly for their federal senators.
What is the 17th Amendment?
This American policy declared that all countries had equal trading rights with China.
What is the Open Door policy?
The U.S. refused to join this international group in the aftermath of the World War I because of isolationist sentiment.
What is the League of Nations?
This independent political party campaigned on protecting farmers' rights in the West.
Who is the Populist Party?
This businessman created a monopoly in the American steel industry.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
This election method allows for citizens to vote directly on laws and bills.
What is the referendum?
The U.S. wanted to annex these islands to build a naval base in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
What is Hawaai?
This Supreme Court case decided that the U.S. Government could limit Americans' free speech rights if their speech presented a "clear and present danger" to the country.
What is Schenk v. United States?