history

3 C's

consumer protection

J.P. Morgan

An influential banker and businessman who bought and reorganized companies.

Hawaii Annexation

US supported an overthrow of the islands' Queen in order to obtain more territory for the U.S.

reservation system

allotted land with designated boundaries to Native American tribes in the west

Chinese Exclusion Act

1882 law that prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers

Battle of Wounded Knee

US soldiers massacred 300 unarmed Native American in 1890. This ended the Indian Wars.

Anti-Imperialists

those who opposed annexation of the Philippines

Queen Liliuokalani

the Hawaiian queen who was forced out of power by American interests

Maine explosion

Blast of a U.S. ship docked in Havana Harbor in 1898 that helped to bring about the US into war against Spain

Gilded Age

Late 1800s to Early 1900s - time of large increase in wealth caused by industrialization

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

March 1911 fire in New York factory that trapped young women workers inside locked exit doors; led to the establishment of many factory reforms

Sixteenth Amendment

The constitutional amendment adopted in 1913 that permitted Congress to levy an income tax.

immigration

Migration to a new location

urbanization

the growth of cities

industrialization

the development of technology and machine production of goods.

Nativism

the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.

isolationism

a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups

trust

A monopoly that controls goods and services

Andrew Carnegie

Built a steel mill empire; US Steel

John D. Rockefeller

Established the Standard Oil Company

Muckrakers

Journalists who attempted to find corruption or wrongdoing in society

Spanish-American War

In 1898

Philippines

Guam

Panama Canal

Built to have a quicker passage to the Pacific from the Atlantic and vice versa. Colombians would not let Americans build the canal

Manifest Destiny

the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.

assimilation

the process by which a group is absorbed into the mainstream culture

settler colonialism

displacement and suppression of indigenous people with the taking over of their lands and resources

traditional lands

where Native Americans originally lived

anarchism

q political philosophy favoring the abolition of governments

cycle of violence

pattern of repeating violent or abusive behaviors from one generation to the next

Battle of Little Big Horn

In 1876

Election of 1876/Compromise of 1877

Event in which Rutherford Hayes became president in exchange for ending Reconstruction

Square Deal

Economic policy by Roosevelt that favored fair relationships between companies and workers

Meat Inspection Act

\n 1906 - Laid down binding rules for sanitary meat packing and government inspection of meat products crossing state lines

How the Other Half Lives

A book by John Riis published in 1890 that told the public about the lives of the immigrants and those who live in the tenements

Nineteenth Amendment

The constitutional amendment adopted in 1920 that granted women the right to vote.

Camp Grant Massacre

In 1871

Influenza pandemic

1918-1919 global outbreak of influenza