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- 6. A derogatory term for white Southerners who supported the Reconstruction governments.
- 8. The legislation passed in 1882 that banned almost all immigration from a specific Asian country for decades.
- 11. The U.S intervention conflict with a European power in 1898 that resulted in the US gaining territories like Puerto Rico and Guam.
- 14. MASSACRE, The massacre of approximately 300 Lakota Indians by the U.S. Army and 1890 marking the end of the Indian Wars.
- 17. the aggressive program to rebuild Southern society and governments after the Civil War, often involving military occupation and major policy changes.
- 18. the period from 1870 to 1900, characterized by rapid economic growth ,industrialization, and political corruption.
- 19. A peace treaty condition that gave the U.S. the right to intervene in Cuban affairs to preserve order.
- 20. Laws passed in the South after the Civil War, that severely restricted African Americans lives, prohibiting things like carrying weapons or serving on juries.
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- 1. A sensationalist style of reporting used in the late 1800s to influence public opinion, often credited with fueling the push for war with Spain.
- 2. a regiment of volunteer cavalry led by Theodore Roosevelt during the Spanish-American war.
- 3. A group of writers and journalists in the early 1900s who exposed corruption in business and government.
- 4. The completion of this massive infrastructure project in 1869 connected to East and the West Coast of the United States.
- 5. The political movement that favored the interest of established, native -born Americans over those of immigrants.
- 7. The nickname given to wealthy, powerful industrialists like Carnegie and Rockefeller by critics who viewed their business practices as exploitative.
- 9. The 1890 law that allows citizens to claim 160 acres of public land if they lived on it and improved it for 5 years.
- 10. The federal agency established to aid former slaves and poor whites in the South by providing food, clothing, education, and legal help.
- 12. A system in which landowners leased a few acres of land to farmworkers in return for a portion of their crops; it kept many former slaves in debt.
- 13. A derogatory term used by Southerners to describe Northerners who moved South after the Civil War, often being viewed as opportunists.
- 15. Legislation that effectively ended tribal ownership of land and forced individual Native Americans to adopt private property ownership.
- 16. the economic system where one person or company has complete control over a marker or industry.