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Vocabulay-Chapter 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| false or exaggerated reports. | yellow journalism |
| war between th US and Spain caused by yellow journalism. | spanish-american war |
| Volunteer soldiers lead by Theodore Roosevelt during the spanish-american war. | rough riders |
| Nickname for African american soldiers who fought in the war against native Americans. living on the great plains during the 1870's | buffalo soldiers. |
| a narrow strip of land that connects two large areas. | isthmus |
| large companies with the power to drive out competition in an industry. | trust |
| reformers who worked to stop unfair practices by businesses and improve the way government worked. | progressives |
| writer or journalist of the early 1900's who uncovered shameful conditions in business and other areas of American life. | muckraker |
| laws introduced by progressives in the early 1900's designed to solve social problems, such as alchohol abuse. | blue laws |
| War fought from 1914 to 1918 between the Central and Allied powers. The US joined the allied powers in 1917, helping them to victory. | world war 1 |
| love of country and the desire to have one's country free from the control of another. | nationalism |
| agreement among nations to defend one another | alliance |
| policy in which a nation prefers to remain neutral and let other countries handle their own affairs. | isolationism |
| international organization formed after world war 1 to prevent wars. | league of nations |
| treaty signed in 1919 that officially ended world war 1. | treaty of Versailles |
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