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A set of flashcards covering important historical figures, events, and concepts relevant to the U.S. history exam.
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Wright brothers
Inventors who made their first successful powered flight in 1903.
$20 Million
The amount the U.S. paid Spain for the Philippines.
Comstock Lode
The site of a mine that yielded $300 million worth of silver in its first twenty years.
Wounded Knee
The site of the last major conflict between federal troops and Native Americans.
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
The location where the Wright brothers conducted their first powered flight.
Nicaragua
Location considered by the U.S. before deciding on Panama for the canal.
Great Britain
Country that complained about U.S. exemption from tolls in the Panama Canal.
Pago Pago
Port in the Samoan Islands sought by the U.S. as a coaling station.
Henry Ford
Industrialist who helped popularize the automobile.
Wovoka
The leader who instituted the Ghost Dance.
Walter Reed
U.S. Army doctor who led the discovery of a yellow fever cure in Cuba.
Chief Joseph
Leader of the Nez Perce tribe against federal forces.
Joseph G. Cannon
Speaker of the House of Representatives whose power was weakened.
William Seward
Politician who demanded the removal of French troops from Mexico.
Emilio Aguinaldo
Leader of Filipino revolutionaries against the U.S. in the Philippines.
Valeriano Weyler
Issued a reconcentration order in Cuba.
George Washington Goethals
Chief engineer of the Panama Canal.
William Howard Taft
President under whom New Mexico and Arizona were admitted to the Union.
George Westinghouse
Invented the air brake, significantly improving train operations.
Jay Gould
Businessman who controlled Southwestern railways.
16th Amendment
Amendment allowing for the levying of income tax.
Expedition Act
Legislation passed to expedite the handling of antitrust cases.
Department of Labor
Federal department created by President Taft.
Farmers
Group that conflicted with open-range ranchers in range wars.
Central Pacific Railroad
Company that encouraged Chinese immigration for cheap labor.
Great Northern Railroad
James J. Hill’s transcontinental railroad.
Boxer Rebellion
Violent movement in China aimed at removing foreign influences.
Destruction of the buffalo
Major threat to Native American livelihoods due to westward expansion.
Square Deal
The term used by Theodore Roosevelt to express fairness for all Americans.