History ch 20-21(Test 8)

Owner of Wild West shows.

William F. Cody

Marshall of Abilene, Kansas.

James Hickock

Region in Alaska where there was a dispute between Great Britain and the U.S.

Klondike

The most famous battle of the Sioux War in which Custard died.

Little Big Horn

Known as the Centennial State.

Colorado

Group who conflicted with ranchers by fencing off their land.

Farmers

Act that encouraged migration to the Great Plains.

Homestead Act

Last major battle between Native Americans and federal troops.

Battle of Wounded Knee

The greatest threat to Indian livelihood due to western expansion.

Destruction of the buffalo

Leader of the Nez Perce tribe against federal forces.

Chief Joseph

Instituted the Ghost Dance.

Wovoka

Invented the sleeping car.

George Pullman

Invented air brakes.

George Westinghouse

Owner of flour mills.

Pillsbury

Demanded the removal of French troops from Mexico.

William Seward

New Mexico and Arizona added during his administration.

Taft

Progressive senator from Wisconsin.

Robert M. La Follette

Moderate elected in 1912.

Woodrow Wilson

Demonstrated Americans' power by sending the Great White Fleet.

Theodore Roosevelt

New federal department created by Taft.

Department of Labor

TR's goal for fair treatment.

Square Deal

Another name for the Progressive Party.

Bull Moose Party

Speaker of the House whose power was weakened by progressivists.

Joseph Cannon

What TR opposed trusts as long as they continued to do.

Restraining trade

Led to suffrage, the 18th amendment, and government being more responsive to voters.

Progressive Era

Controlled the southwest railroads.

Gould

Location where the transcontinental railroad met.

Promontory Summit

Railroad company that employed Chinese immigrants.

Central Pacific Railroads

Railroad company started on the West Coast.

Central Pacific

Built the Great Northern Railroads.

James J. Hill

Invaded Mexico during the American Civil War.

Maximilian

Went in search of Pancho Villa.

Pershing

Coaling station in the Samoan Islands.

Pago Pago

New name for the Danish West Indies.

US Virgin Islands

Reason for refusal to support Hawaiian annexation.

Annexationist government was illegitimate

Money paid for the Philippines.

20 million

Instituted reconcentration order in Cuba.

Weyler

Scuttled USS Merrimack.

Hobson

Army doctor sent to find a cure for yellow fever.

Walter Reed

Leader of Filipino revolutionaries.

Aguinaldo

Country that became independent following the Spanish-American War.

Cuba

Sped up handling of antitrust cases.

Expedition Act

Resolved issue with the CSS Alabama claims.

Treaty of Washington

Established Puerto Rico as a U.S. territory.

Foraker Act

Instituted a progressive income tax.

Underwood-Simons Act

Income tax amendment.

16th Amendment

Another name for Alaska’s purchase.

Seward’s Folly

Possible alternate route for the canal.

Nicaragua

Country that complained about tolls for U.S. ships.

Great Britain

Chief engineer of the Panama Canal.

Goethals

Sanitary officer known for fighting yellow fever.

Gorgas

U.S. policy for unrestricted Chinese trade.

Open Door Policy

Violent movement in China aimed at removing all Western influence.

Boxer Rebellion