11th/12th Test 8 Study Guide

A set of flashcards covering important historical figures, events, and concepts relevant to the U.S. history exam.

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.