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Chapter 19 vocab
U.S. History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| frotier | sparsely populated area on the western side of the U.S |
| Great Plains | area from Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains |
| Homestead Act | offered 160 acres for free to anyone who could live on the land for five years and improve it |
| Dawes Act | intended to encourage Native American to give up their traditional cultures and become farmers |
| Gilded Age | late 1800's. rapid economic growth from social conflict |
| urbanization | the growth of cities that result from an industrial change |
| new immigrants | group of southern and eastern European immigrants from 1900's |
| mass culture | a common culture experienced by large numbers of people |
| leisure | free time |
| vaudeville | featured a mixture of song, dance, and comedy |
| ragtime | a blend of African-American and European musical forms. was important a type of new music |
| Jim Crow | set-up the Jim Crow Laws |
| segragation | separation of white and black people in public places |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | declared that "separate but equal" facilities did not violate the 14th Amendment |
| NAACP | National Association for the Advanced of Colored People. played a major part of ending segregation in the 20th century |
| Populist Party | People's Party. wanted to adopt "free silver policy" |
| William Jennings Bryan | nominated to run for president by the Democrats in 1896 |
| progressivism | reform government and expand democracy, promote social welfare, and create economic reform |
| Theodore Roosevelt | first progressive president |
| William Howard Taft | Roosevelt's successer. had reputation as a conservative |
| Woodrow Wilson | elected president in 1912 |
| imperialism | policy of extending economical, political, or military control over other nations |
| Spanish-American war | in 1898. caused america's overseas empire to grow dramatically |
| yellow journalism | newspaper stories that exaggerated news about spanish cruelty |
| Platt Amendment | gave U.S. the right to intervene with Cuban affairs when they thought "life, liberty and individual liberty" were in danger |
| Panama Canal | construction began in 1904. created shorter trade route between Atlantic and Pacific oceans |
| Roosevelt Corollary | added by president Roosevelt to the Monroe Doctrine - U.S. policy opposing European intervention in Latin America |
| Fourteen Points | plan by Woodrow Wilson to create peace |
| Great Migration | African Americans leaving the south to escape the Jim Crow laws |
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