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Scavenger Hunt 2
Us Prep review
Question | Answer |
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What is another name for Westward Expansion | Manifest Destiny |
Who purchased the Louisiana Territory | Thomas Jefferson |
What was wrong with purchasing the Louisiana Territory | violated the U.S. Constitution |
Who explored the Louisiana Territory | Lewis & Clark |
What were Louis & Clark searching for | All water route to the Pacific Ocean |
What two Immigrant groups built the transcontinental railroad | Irish & Chinese |
What laws were created for the Chinese | Chinese Exclusion act |
What two acts impacted the Native Americans | Dawes act & Indian Removal act |
What were the Native Americans forced to live on | Reservations |
What was that tragic period for the Native Americans called | The Trail of Tears |
What treated ended the Mexican American War | Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
What states did we get as a result of the Mexican American war | Texas, California, Utah, Nevada |
What was the Homestead act | law that gave Americans money and land to move out west |
What groups did the Grange movement and Populist support | Farmers |
What 2 natural resources do you need for Industrialization | Coal & Iron |
What problems did Industrialization cause | Child labor, Pollution, Unsafe working conditions |
What are Robber Barons | Someone who uses Ruthless business tactics |
Name some Robber Barons | Rockefeller, Carnegie, Vanderbuilt |
What are muckrakers | Journalists, writers, photographers that exposed corruption |
Who was Upton Sinclair | Wrote the Jungle- unsafe meat factories |
Who was Jacob Riis | Wrote how the other half lives- urban slums, poor class |
What was the goal of the Progressive movement | Eliminate the corruption that Industrialization had caused |
What was the temperance movement | Christian women who blamed all the problems of society on alcohol |
What were the goals of the Seneca falls convention | Women rights |
What is Laissez-Faire | No government regulations |
What was the Harlem Renaissance | Rebirth of African American pride |
What caused organized crime | Prohibition |
What was Prohibition | The banning of sale and distribution of alcohol |
What was the Sherman Anti Trust Act | A law to eliminate monopolies |
What is the purpose of the Federal Reserve system | To regulate the countries money supply |