Immigration/Urbanization | Imperialism | Key Figures | Challenges | Amendments |
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What is sweatshops?
Dirty, unsafe work places
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What is guerilla warfare?
Warfare used during Spanish-American War to get behind enemy lines
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Who is John D. Rockefeller?
An oil tycoon who used horizontal integration to decrease costs & increase profits
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Who are Native Americans?
Killed by disease, forced onto reservations, & lost a great food supply
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What is the 13th amendment?
Abolished slavery
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What is Americanization?
Programs pushed to have immigrants to learn English, and adapt to American dress/diet.
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What is the Panama Canal?
This canal was built to cut down on the time it took to sail from the east coast to west coast of the U.S.
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Who is William Howard Taft?
He was first the Governor of Philippines & later became president
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Who are African Americans?
Faced segregation, Jim Crow laws, & limited voting rights
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What is the 18th amendment?
Prohibition; Banned alcohol
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What are New Immigrants?
Catholic or Jewish, from southern or eastern Europe, unskilled/poor, settled in cities
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What is Hawaii?
Queen Liliuokalani ruled over an area that was annexed by the U.S.
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Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
Urged African Americans to demand rights immediately. (Niagara Movement)
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Who are Mexican-Americans?
Lost land that was promised to them in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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What is the 14th amendment?
Defined citizenship & guaranteed equal protection under the law. (Allowed African American citizenship)
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What are Old immigrants?
Protestants, from northern or western Europe, came w/ families, settled on farms, many had $ & had a skill/trade, or were educated.
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What is Social Darwinism?
The belief that life consists of competitive struggles in which only the fittest can survive
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Who is Woodrow Wilson?
Moral Diplomacy: Statement that the US would not use force to assert influence in the world
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Who are Chinese Immigrants?
Faced racial discrimination & many were prohibited from entering the country
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What is 19th amendment?
Women's suffrage/right to vote
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What is a tenement?
Crowded, unhealthy, and unsanitary apartments
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What is Cuba & Puerto Rico?
The US passed the Foraker Act & Platt Amendment to involve themselves in which two countries?
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Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
Big Stick Diplomacy: View that US needed to carry a big stick during imperialism came from balance-of-power principles & moral responsibility to civilize/uplift weaker nations
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Who are Women?
Fought for the rights to vote, own property, & to be educated
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What is the 15th amendment?
Voting rights regardless of race
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