1st Semester Benchmark Test Flashcards
Immigration
Movement of people from one country to another
Assimilation
Absorbing into the main culture
Ethic Neighborhoods
A neighborhood made up of people who speak the same languages
Tenement
The type of crowded apartments where immigrants lived
Nativism
Protecting the interests of native-born citizens
Strike
Workers organize to fight for a common goal
Monopoly
When one company owns all of a majority of a particular industry
Who was sent to Angel Island?
The Asian Immigrants, many of them were sent back to
Who went to Ellis Island?
European Immigrants, Ellis Island was a lot better than Angel Island
West Coast
Chinese blamed
East Coast
Irish blamed
Who faced to most discrimination
Irish and Chinese
What were pulls to go to America?
Freedoms, job opportunities, better living conditions, and desire for adventure
What were the pushes to leave their home?
Poverty, war and conflict, corrupt governments, discrimination
Why did towns grow during the Industry Revolution?
More jobs opened as new things were being made
Factors promoting industrial growth:
Financial resources, ability of workforce, access to raw materials and energy, inventions
Where was the Automobile made
Detroit, Michigan
Where was meatpacking made?
Chicago, Illinois
Where were textiles made?
New England
What were the causes of the Spanish American war?
Cuban independence from Spain, American imperialism sinking of the battleship the Maine
This battleship exploded on the Havana Harbor and many believed Spain was responsible:
The Maine
Who was president during the Spanish-American war?
William McKinley
In which battle did the Rough Riders gain fame?
Battle of San Juan Hill
Who was the leader of the Rough Riders and who would become president after McKinley’s assassination?
Teddy Roosevelt
What did Cornelius Vanderbilt make?
Railroads in New York
What did Henry Ford make?
Automobiles in Michigan
What did Andrew Carnegie make?
Steel in Scotland
What did John D Rockefeller make?
Oil in New York
What was ironic about the war’s toll on the US soldiers
More people died from disease than the war
What is yellow journalism?
Exaggerated news stories
What three territories did the US gain after the war
Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines
When did the Spanish American war occur
1898
Name two news journalist spreading the yellow journalism
William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitizer II
What is imperialism?
Take over other countries, land, and resource
Roosevelt expanded the Monroe Doctrine as a way to keep Europe out of what
Western Hemisphere
What did the US acquire by using the big stick diplomacy in the early 1900s?
The Panama Canal which is near Latin America
Why did Theodore Roosevelt help Panama gain independence?
Panama promised they would give them the canal in return
What is the Panama Canal?
Waterway from Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean
The Roosevelt Corollary added to what document
Monroe Doctrine
Put the dates in chronological order: USS Maine explodes, Cuba gains independence, Teddy Roosevelt becomes president, Rough Riders fight in Cuba.
USS Maine explodes
Rough Riders fight in Cuba
Cuba gains independence
Teddy Roosevelt becomes President
Militarism
Building up ones military to prepare for war
Alliances
Working together for a common goal
Imperialism
Extending a country’s power
Nationalism
Strong feeling of pride for your nation
Causes of World War I in Europe (hint: MAIN)
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism
Allied Powers (hint: FIRE US)
France
Italy
Russia
England (New Britain)
U.S.
Serbia
Central Powers
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Ottoman Empire
Bulgaria
The Big Four
Great Britain
Italy
France
United States
Zimmermann Telegram
Stated if Mexico joined the central powers, Germany would aid and regaining lands lost in America
Propaganda
Publications to spread information to influence people through
When did World War I start?
June 28, 1914
When was the sinking of Lusitania?
May 1915
When does the US enter World War I?
April 1917
When does World War I end?
November 11, 1918 at 11 AM, 11 11 18 at 11
Trench warfare
Disease, hunger trench, foot fear fought, ditches, called trenches, no man’s land between enemy trenches
Weapons used in World War I
Tanks, airplanes, boats, poison, gas, machine guns
Important battles that stopped Germany from taking Paris
Miracle on the Marne and Battle of Bealeau Wood
Newly formed countries after World War I
Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia
