unit 3 Flashcards
Who served two nonconsecutive terms as President?
Grover Cleveland
What state/country was annexed by the United States in 1989?
Hawaii
Which amendment created a national income tax?
Sixteenth Amendment
In 1883, which bridge was the longest in the world once it was completed?
Brooklyn
Which amendment held the direct election of senators?
Seventeenth Amendent
Who exposed the mistreatment of the mentally ill?
Elizabeth Cochran
Which amendment guaranteed voting rights regardless of race?Fifteenth Amendment
Fifteenth admendment
Who was assassinated before taking office for their Presidency?
James Garfield
What was a time of growth and prosperity?
Gilded Age
The Great Compromise was also known as what?
Great Betrayal
Immigrants the contribute to the many cultures of America is called what?
Melting Pot
What state/country fought the United States in a war in 1898
Spain
At the Battle of Manila Bay, who secured the Philippines for the United States?
George Dewey
Who decided to attack San Juan Heights during the Spanish-American War?
Theodore Roosevelt
What is it called when immigrants blend into American culture?
Americanization
After the Spanish-American War, what came under U.S control?
Puerto Rico
Mandatory public school attendance is called
Compulsory
______ failed in attempt to build Panama Canal
Booker T. Tilden
The Sherman Silver Purchase Act established ___.
bimetallism
United States settled border issues in Treaty of Washington
canada
settled Alabama Claims with the United States
Great Britain
Great rail road strike of ____
1877
The Supreme Court upheld _____ in Plessy v. Ferguson.
segregation
The Great ______ Fire led to improved building codes and firefighting techniques.
Chicago
Tammany Hall was home to wealthy financiers and politicians who controlled ____________ politics.
New york
The _____ defined America’s desire to police Latin America.
Roosevelt Corollary
Roosevelt’s ___ toured the world to show off America’s military might.
Great White Fleet
The ___ was founded to regulate trade between the states.
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chester Arthur helped pass the _____, ending patronage.
Pendleton Civil Service Act
The Sixteenth Amendment created a(n) national _______ tax.
income
______ wrote The Jungle, exposing the meatpacking industry
upton sinclair
failed in attempt to build Panama Canal
France
implement Progressive initiatives
Implementing Progressive initiatives required legislation that (increased )government involvement in the lives of citizens, businesses, and institutions, sometimes limiting personal freedoms in the name of the greater good. Progressive programs required additional government funding, much of which came from a new income tax that (redistributed wealth.)
