US history 1st 9 week
Across
- 1. between 186-80, miles of railroad tripled, again in 1880-1920, created the time zones we use today
- 4. Addition to the Monroe Doctrine asserting America's right to intervene in Latin American affairs
- 6. Provided food, fuel, jobs to poor, Nicknamed "Boss"
- 8. ship canal 40 miles long across the Isthmus of Panama built by the United States (1904-1914)
- 11. a person working to destroy monopolies and trusts Roosevelt
- 13. President Taft's policy of linking American business interests to diplomatic interests abroad
- 15. Black, Mexican, White drove millions of cattle north from Texas, represented freedom of open range, stopped because people began putting up barbed wire fnences
- 17. Prohibition of alcohol
- 22. A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
- 24. Britain, France, Russia, later US and Italy
- 25. Est. to eliminate practices that restricted free trade, monopolies/trusts, gave government idea to protect laborers/ and small buisness owners
- 27. Volunteer regiment of US Cavalry led by Teddy Roosevelt during the Spanish American War
- 29. U.S. increass it's strength as a world power
- 30. WorldWar1 Militarism, Alliance Systems, Imperialism, Nationalism
- 31. was a organized union including many races, types of people
- 35. income tax
- 36. gained by the Spanish American war Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico
- 37. dishonest or illegal actions
- 39. Inegration Control of every aspect of production
- 43. government's nonelected workers
- 46. Monopoly on Oil Industry, VERY RICH, kept his workers from forming unions, used cutthroat business controls, Robber Baron
- 48. Means by which all indians are dealt with, looked to remove indian influences especially through boarding schools, were not aloud to have ling hair, practice religion or native language
- 50. Tax paid to the state, federal, and local governments approved by the 16th amendment
- 51. Dominated the North, worked to remove greenback, repay national debt, supported high tariff
- 53. an international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations
- 55. a 1913 law that set up a system of federal banks and gave government the power to control the money supply
- 58. "capitalism, free trade", natural forces will guide the economy and the gov. need not interfere
- 61. Great inequality and was against Christian idea of brotherhood, protestant should go into city and provide for poor, Catholics had parallel movement but was smaller
- 63. War Yellow journalism, imperialism, Spain brutality to the Cubans, explosion of the USS Maine.
- 64. The social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another (be coming American)
- 65. This 1906 work by Upton Sinclair pointed out the abuses of the meat packing industry. The book led to the passage of the 1906 Meat Inspection Act.
- 66. Gave women the right to vote
- 67. strikers killed by Chicago police gathering for vigil, bomb thrown into crowd of police, killing one
- 68. laws that enacted harsh punishments against anyone who opposed participation in the war
- 69. JP Morgan controlled US Steel
- 70. the right of women to vote 19th Amendment
Down
- 1. Spain loses most of it's empire
- 2. Granted tracts of land to individual families and auctioned much of what remained off to white farmers, Indians who adopted habits of civilized would become citizens
- 3. Buying all other companies in business (Monopoly)
- 5. Considered a cause of the Spanish-American War - letter from the Spanish ambassador criticizing President McKinley which was published in the Hearst newspaper. (1898)
- 7. Invented the phonograph, light bulb, motion picture, system for generating and distributing electricity, became more reliable than water and steam power
- 9. law requiring men to register for military service
- 10. Protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment started by Theodore Roosevelt
- 12. Diplomatic policy developed by T.R where the "big stick" symbolizes his power and readiness to use military force if necessary. It is a way of intimidating countries without actually harming them and was the basis of U.S. imperialistic foreign policy.
- 14. Dominated the South, pulled a lot of catholic voters
- 16. Designed to regulate what railroads could change from state to state to ensure fair prices
- 17. points President Woodrow Wilson's plan for organizing post World War I Europe and for avoiding future wars.
- 18. A telegram Germany Sent to Mexico to convince Mexico to attack the U.S.
- 19. War In 1898, a conflict between the United States and Spain, in which the U.S. supported the Cubans' fight for independence
- 20. President of the United States He was unable to persuade the U.S. Congress to ratify the Treaty of Versailles or join the League of Nations.
- 21. allows the U.S. to intervene in Cuba
- 23. time at the turn of the 20th century in which groups sought to reform America economically, socially, and politically
- 26. a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other.
- 28. 50k became citizens by Dawes act, 100k by their place of territory (Oklahoma), 1919 natives who fought in WWI were made citizens, 1924 rest if natives declared citizens
- 32. Abundant Resources, growing labor supply, expanding market for manufactured goods, capital investment, Federal gov. promoted it.
- 33. journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration.
- 34. Passed in 1883, an Act that created a federal civil service so that hiring and promotion would be based on merit rather than patronage.
- 38. workers protested pay cut, Hayes said the strike would be put down by force
- 40. Led a revolt of planter against Hawaii's Queen Liliuokalani in 1893
- 41. Powers Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire
- 42. a British luxury liner sunk by a German submarine in the North Atlantic on May 7, 1915
- 44. Monopoly on Steel, "virtually integrated" control of every aspect of production, used Cutthroat business controls, workers worked everyday besides the 4th of July, Captain Industry
- 45. offering accounts and photographs of the living conditions of poor working class Americans
- 47. Theodore Roosevelt's promise of fair and equal treatment for all
- 49. A deadlock in which neither side is able to defeat the other
- 52. and Pulitzer Writers who used yellow journalism
- 54. U.S. acquired the Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico
- 56. Archduke of Austria-Hungary assassinated by a Serbian nationalist. The immediate cause of for WWI.
- 57. Direct election of senators
- 59. Captain of the U.S. Navy who was for imperialism. He thought that a bigger navy was needed to protect American ships.
- 60. American battleship that exploded and caused the Spanish American war
- 62. a journalist who uncovers abuses and corruption in a society