The Constitution
The first ten amendments to the US Constitution?
The Bill of Rights
Thomas Jefferson purchased this set of land from France in 1803?
Louisiana Territory
He was the founder of Carnegie Steel
Andrew Carnegie
The growth and development of cities
urbanization
The economic system of the United States?
Capitalism
What are the 3 branches of government of the United States?
Legislative, Judicial, Executive
He wrote "The Frontier Thesis"
Frederick Jackson Turner
Merging of cultures to form an American identity
Melting Pot
These journalists sought to expose corruption and other atrocities of society at the time?
Muckrakers
What are the two parts that make up Congress?
The Senate and House of Representatives
What is an amendment to the Constitution?
A formal change
Thomas Jefferson favored which kind of economy for the country?
Agrarian economy
Businessman that made vast sums of money in this era were called?
Robber Barons
He wrote "The Jungle" exposing the awful conditions of Chicago's meatpacking industry?
Upton Sinclair
The development of this lead to New York City becoming a global superpower
Erie Canal
According to the Constitution the power to declare war belongs to?
Congress
What did the Monroe Doctrine do?
Warned European powers not to interference in the western hemisphere.
Buying out other competitors in the same industry to eliminate competition
Horizontal Integration
The federal government would regulate and inspect the meat industry
Meat Inspection Act
The idea that it is America's God given right to expand from coast to coast?
Manifest Destiny
What did the Great Compromise create?
A bicameral legislature (2 houses)
Gave 160 acres of land to individuals who met certain requirements and allowed them to claim public land.
Homestead Act
Name one of the labor strikes we learned about from this era?
Haymarket Riot, Homestead Strike, Pullman Strike, Ludlow Massacre
Roosevelt focused on the 3 C's which were?
Conservation, Consumer Protection and Corporation Control
The 26th President of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt