US history 1st 9 week

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Across
  1. 1. between 186-80, miles of railroad tripled, again in 1880-1920, created the time zones we use today
  2. 4. Addition to the Monroe Doctrine asserting America's right to intervene in Latin American affairs
  3. 6. Provided food, fuel, jobs to poor, Nicknamed "Boss"
  4. 8. ship canal 40 miles long across the Isthmus of Panama built by the United States (1904-1914)
  5. 11. a person working to destroy monopolies and trusts Roosevelt
  6. 13. President Taft's policy of linking American business interests to diplomatic interests abroad
  7. 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
  8. 17. Prohibition of alcohol
  9. 22. A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
  10. 24. Britain, France, Russia, later US and Italy
  11. 25. Est. to eliminate practices that restricted free trade, monopolies/trusts, gave government idea to protect laborers/ and small buisness owners
  12. 27. Volunteer regiment of US Cavalry led by Teddy Roosevelt during the Spanish American War
  13. 29. U.S. increass it's strength as a world power
  14. 30. WorldWar1 Militarism, Alliance Systems, Imperialism, Nationalism
  15. 31. was a organized union including many races, types of people
  16. 35. income tax
  17. 36. gained by the Spanish American war Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico
  18. 37. dishonest or illegal actions
  19. 39. Inegration Control of every aspect of production
  20. 43. government's nonelected workers
  21. 46. Monopoly on Oil Industry, VERY RICH, kept his workers from forming unions, used cutthroat business controls, Robber Baron
  22. 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
  23. 50. Tax paid to the state, federal, and local governments approved by the 16th amendment
  24. 51. Dominated the North, worked to remove greenback, repay national debt, supported high tariff
  25. 53. an international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations
  26. 55. a 1913 law that set up a system of federal banks and gave government the power to control the money supply
  27. 58. "capitalism, free trade", natural forces will guide the economy and the gov. need not interfere
  28. 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
  29. 63. War Yellow journalism, imperialism, Spain brutality to the Cubans, explosion of the USS Maine.
  30. 64. The social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another (be coming American)
  31. 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.
  32. 66. Gave women the right to vote
  33. 67. strikers killed by Chicago police gathering for vigil, bomb thrown into crowd of police, killing one
  34. 68. laws that enacted harsh punishments against anyone who opposed participation in the war
  35. 69. JP Morgan controlled US Steel
  36. 70. the right of women to vote 19th Amendment
Down
  1. 1. Spain loses most of it's empire
  2. 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. 3. Buying all other companies in business (Monopoly)
  4. 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)
  5. 7. Invented the phonograph, light bulb, motion picture, system for generating and distributing electricity, became more reliable than water and steam power
  6. 9. law requiring men to register for military service
  7. 10. Protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment started by Theodore Roosevelt
  8. 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.
  9. 14. Dominated the South, pulled a lot of catholic voters
  10. 16. Designed to regulate what railroads could change from state to state to ensure fair prices
  11. 17. points President Woodrow Wilson's plan for organizing post World War I Europe and for avoiding future wars.
  12. 18. A telegram Germany Sent to Mexico to convince Mexico to attack the U.S.
  13. 19. War In 1898, a conflict between the United States and Spain, in which the U.S. supported the Cubans' fight for independence
  14. 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.
  15. 21. allows the U.S. to intervene in Cuba
  16. 23. time at the turn of the 20th century in which groups sought to reform America economically, socially, and politically
  17. 26. a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other.
  18. 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
  19. 32. Abundant Resources, growing labor supply, expanding market for manufactured goods, capital investment, Federal gov. promoted it.
  20. 33. journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration.
  21. 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.
  22. 38. workers protested pay cut, Hayes said the strike would be put down by force
  23. 40. Led a revolt of planter against Hawaii's Queen Liliuokalani in 1893
  24. 41. Powers Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire
  25. 42. a British luxury liner sunk by a German submarine in the North Atlantic on May 7, 1915
  26. 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
  27. 45. offering accounts and photographs of the living conditions of poor working class Americans
  28. 47. Theodore Roosevelt's promise of fair and equal treatment for all
  29. 49. A deadlock in which neither side is able to defeat the other
  30. 52. and Pulitzer Writers who used yellow journalism
  31. 54. U.S. acquired the Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico
  32. 56. Archduke of Austria-Hungary assassinated by a Serbian nationalist. The immediate cause of for WWI.
  33. 57. Direct election of senators
  34. 59. Captain of the U.S. Navy who was for imperialism. He thought that a bigger navy was needed to protect American ships.
  35. 60. American battleship that exploded and caused the Spanish American war
  36. 62. a journalist who uncovers abuses and corruption in a society