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Westward Expansion
Gilded Age
Progressive Era
Imperialism
Misc.
100
The belief that the United States should stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans
What is Manifest Destiny
100
Small companies that join together to form one large company, usually as a monopoly
What is a Trust
100
Movement applying Christian ethics to social issues, particularly issues of social justice, such as poverty and treatment of women
What is Social Gospel
100
When a strong country takes over a weaker country
What is Imperialism
100
1920 Amendment that eliminated voting based on gender. Successfully gave women the right to vote
What is the 19th Amendment
200
Gave people 160 acres of land to settle the WEST
What is the Homestead Act
200
Organizations that protected the interests of the worker. Famous labor unions include the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
What are Labor Unions
200
This book by Upton Sinclair helped to pass the Meat inspection act by exposing the unsanitary meat industry.
What is the Jungle
200
President who focused on big stick diplomacy; walk softly and carry a big stick
Who is Theodore Roosevelt
200
Allows for the direct election of Senators
What is the 17th Amendment
300
Encouraged settlement of the West by linking the East with the West. Completed in 1869.
What is the Transcontinental Railroad
300
The large growth of cities. Led to a range of urban problems including sanitation, transportation, and crowded living conditions.
What is Urbanization
300
Banned Chinese immigration to U.S. beginning in 1882. The ban was lifted in 1943
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act
300
Caribbean island which became a US possession in 1898 after the Spanish American War. In 1900 it became a US commonwealth.
What is Puerto Rico?
300
Required Americans to pay an income tax
What is the 16th Amendment
400
Government tracts of lands where Native Americans were forced to live
What are Reservations
400
Outlawed business monopolies
What is the Sherman Anti Trust Act
400

Homes built to teach English, Social skills, and job skills to new immigrants

What are Settlement Homes?

400
Exaggerated/tabloid like journalism used during Spanish-American War
What is yellow journalism
400
People who favor Native Born people
What are Nativists
500
U.S. law that attempted to assimilate Indians by giving them individual plots of land
What is the Dawes Act
500

Situation in which one company controls the supply of a product or service

What is a Monopoly

500
Journalists and other writes who Brough many of society's ills to public attention.
What are Muckrakers
500
four month conflict between Spain and the United States, provoked by word of Spanish Colonial brutality in Cuba
What is the Spanish American War
500
Used ruthless tactics to destroy competition and keep worker wages low
Who are Robber Barons