ushistory final Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
means to possess or fund a business. | Entrepreneurship |
an economy dominated by supply and demand and is also known as capitalism | free enterprise |
to volunteer time and money for the good of society | philanthropy |
the process of increasing the magnitude of a city | urbanization |
economic principle that minimalizes government intervention | Lassiez-faire |
process of one culture blending into another culture | assimilation |
the route that connected the grazing lands of Texas with the cow towns in the nort | Chisolm Trail |
to support a larger money supply and other economic changes | Populist |
the acculturation by immigrant to American traditions and beliefs | americanization |
was a government project that linked the Eastern and Western portions of the country. | Transcontinental Railroad |
was a movement that related the teachings of the Bible to social reforms | Social Gospel |
to place a proposed new law directly on a ballot, the citizens are participating | initiative |
an attitude that favors native-born Americans over people who are not native-born citizens | nativism |
a movement to ban the sale of alcoho | prohibition |
to anything that applies to the city. | municipal |
speech or actions that incite rebellion | sedition |
a ceasefire between warring enemies | armistice |
the nations that fought against Germany and Austria-Hungary during WWI | Allies |
arguments found in President Wilson’s plan for peace | fourteen points |
payments between countries for economic injury experienced during a war | reparations |
What hurt the reputation of the Harding administration | Teapot Dome Scandal |
refers to the process of enhancing a society’s genetic make-up | Eugenics |
Who was a Republican who had a reputable character that lessened the stinging effects of scandal | Calvin Coolidge |
the idea that society should minimize its interference with individuals’ pursuit of happiness | Social Darwinism |
Who was the man who declared a return to “normalcy” following WWI | Warren G harding |
What was implemented to regulate railroad prices and practices and was a burden in the eyes of big business in the 19th century | The interstate commerce act |
What allowed American industry to grow in the late 1800s | Technological Advances |
what improved American communications in the late 1800s | telegraph and telephone |
What was the Sherman Antitrust Act’s main aim | to encourage fair industrial competition |
Industrial expansion distributed the bulk of wealth in the US into the pockets of who | Industrial expansion |
what was comprised of only skilled workers | the american federation of labor |
why did the american industry take off | because of technological advances and financial investments. |
who believed that the success of rich industrialists was good for the success of the country as a whole | andrew carnegie |
Why were children in factories | because their families needed their extra income to stay afloat |
who helped establish a business to construct long-distance telephone lines in 1885. | Alexander Graham Bell |
What two men made great strides in electricity? | George Westinghouse and Thomas Edison |
What do social darwinist believe? | that government should not interfere in business’s affairs |
By the late 1800s,who did Americans not trust | industrialist |
What were results of the laissez-faire policy | Rapid economic growth, an increasing chasm between the wealthy and destitute, and greater westward expansion |
how did the transcontinental railroad impacted the US economy in the 19th century | by encouraging the belief of Manifest Destiny. |
Who are most known for promoting the expansion of “big” business | Carnegie and Rockefeller |
What two acts drove Native Americans onto reservations. | The Homestead Act and the Morrill Land-Grant Act |
Why did diplomatic relations between the Native Americans and the U.S. government disintegrated | because Native Americans and American settlers had differing beliefs concerning land ownership. |
American soldiers killed more than 200 unarmed Sioux Indians at what? | At the Massacre at Wounded Knee |
why did western farmers desired “free silver” | they believed it would increase crop prices |
what was approved by the government to regulate railroad rates and practices | the interstate commerce act |
Who faced many hardships and challenges causing them to rely on each other for help. | settlers that had settled in the Great Plains |
how did many African americans escape racial violence in the South | moved west |
they believed they had a greater right to the western lands than did the Native Americans | settlers |
why was the government able to change the Native Americans and their lifestyles | requiring Native Americans to farm individual plots |
what caused an increase in farm production | Farm mechanization |
What contained provisions for free silver, a progressive income tax, and an eight-hour day | populist platform |
what owned a lot of the western land near prime transportation routes | railroads |
In order to receive land under the Homestead Act, what did applicants have to do? | had to farm the land for five years in a row. |
what attracted many new immigrants to the West. | Cheap land and new jobs |
what were weakened and destroyed as American settlers continued to move west in search of land. | native american nations |
who thought that Native Americans should become “civilized” and adopt white culture | many white reformers |
what helped contribute to the cattle ranching boom | refrigerated cars |
The protection of Native American culture is not a provision of what | Dawes Act |
who were populist supported by | William Jennings bryan |
what was not an economic result of the growth of railroads in the West | Decreased industrial growth |
what state was the last place where a great North American Gold rush happened | alaska |
what was a main economic argument for expansion | that the United States needed new markets to sell its goods |
what was ignited when the Cubans rebelled against Spanish rule. | the spanish-american war |
what was an outcome of the spanish american war | was that Puerto Rico and Guam became unincorporated U.S. territories |
what was very imperative to the U.S. because it gave the U.S. access to millions of consumers in China | the open door policy |
who disliked his actions in Panama because they opposed his involvement in the Panamanian revolt | many of roosevelts opponents |
what was an essential message of the Roosevelt Corollary | that the U.S could use force to prevent intervention in the affairs of neighboring countries |
why did the U.S. followed a policy of expansionism | the nation wanted more markets for its goods |
what did the author of “The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, Alfred T. Mahan, reasoned | that to protect its trade, the U.S. must build up its navy. |
how did the U.S. reaffirmed the Monroe Doctrine. | warning Great Britain to back out of a territorial dispute |
who utilized their newspapers to increase public sympathy for Cuban rebels | William R. Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer |
what was a goal of the U.S. during the Spanish-American War | to gain spheres of influence in South America |
how did the Philippines came under the control of the U.S | the spanish american war |
who believed that imperialism was not consistent with the American ideal of “liberty for all.” | anti-imperialist |
whose foreign policy took a moralistic approach in diplomatic relations with foreign nations. | wilson's |
who are banana republics in Central America controlled by | desires of American business |
who believed that a quest for empire would bolster the country’s pioneer spirit. | Expansionists, like Frederick Jackson Turner |
why did the U.S. annexed Hawaii | to end trade tariffs, protect businesses, and establish naval stations in the Pacific |
the U.S. sought to build a Panama Canal in order to what? | reduce travel time between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans |
who is famous for his foreign policy that centered around “dollar diplomacy.” | taft |
why did american want war against the spanish | because of the De Lome Letter, Yellow journalist articles portraying the explosion of the USS Maine, and Spanish rule in Cuba |
what was the point of the great white fleet | Great Britain was not a number one power and its power was declining |
what developed to promote the free coinage of silver, to end laissez-fare, and to hold the government to a higher standard to Americans | progressivism |
what incited the government to pass legislation benefiting workers. | Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire, The Jungle, and How the Other Half Lives |
who was the true buster | teddy roosevelt |
what were some progressive legislation | Meat Inspection Act, the Direct Election of Senators, and Women’s Suffrage |
what was Teddy Roosevelt’s Third Party that split the Republican vote in 1912. | bull moose party |
what was The biggest difference between the Sherman Anti-Trust Act and the Clayton Anti-Trust Act | that it allowed the government to go after businesses in restraint of trade. |
who continued the Jim Crow laws and segregation of federal offices during his presidency | wilson |
who did not reap the benefits of the Progressive movement. | migrant farm workers |
who wwere all Progressive presidents | Teddy Roosevelt, Howard Taft, and Woodrow |
what was the 18th amendment | prohibition |
what sparked WW1 | assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne |
what encouraged anti-German feeling in the U.S. | Great Britian |
what prompted the us into the war | Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare primarily |
what group was segregated and seldom fought. | african americans |
what was the transportation of African Americans to northern cities. | the great migration |
what drafted young men for the military forces. | the selective service act |
why did russia withdraw from WW1 | Vladimir Lenin took power in Russia in 1917 |
how did the gov control the economy | controlling prices and rationing various items. |
what did fears of spies led to | restrictions on immigration, discrimination towards Germans, and less free speech. |
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