American YAWP Chapters 19-20

Guano Islands Act

What 1856 act allowed Americans to claim islands with guano deposits for the U.S.?

Pancho Villa

Mexican revolutionary who attacked Columbus, New Mexico, and was pursued by U.S. troops.

April 25, 1898

When did the U.S. Congress officially declare war against Spain?

Treaty of Paris

What treaty officially ended the Spanish-American War?

1898-1902

How long did the Philippine-American War last?

William McKinley

Which president appointed Theodore Roosevelt as Assistant Secretary of the Navy?

Interventionist

What was Theodore Roosevelt known as?

Roosevelt Corollary

What 1904 policy proclaimed U.S. police power in the Caribbean?

March 25, 1911

When did the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire occur?

The Jungle

What book by Upton Sinclair exposed unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry?

Women's voting rights

What was the primary goal of the women's suffrage movement?

Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)

What 1874 organization advocated for the prohibition of alcohol?

Jane Addams

Leading figure in the settlement house movement who founded Hull House.

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

What 1890 act aimed to break up monopolies and promote competition?

Clayton Anti-Trust Act

What 1914 act strengthened the Sherman Act by outlawing specific monopolistic practices?

Disenfranchisement

The systematic denial of voting rights.

Booker T. Washington

Former slave who advocated for vocational education and economic self-sufficiency for African Americans.

W.E.B. Du Bois

Harvard-educated scholar who argued for immediate civil rights and political equality for African Americans.

Poll taxes and literacy tests

What were some methods used to disenfranchise African Americans in the Jim Crow South?