From the Age of Extremes to a World Power

Where many of the immigrants got off the boat

Provided funds for the construction of dams, canals, and reservoirs in the West

Kept Chinese people in the country from becoming citizens and made it illegal for any more Chinese people to come to the country

These two groups were founded in 1887 and lobbied government officials to enact federal legislation to control the immigrant population.

Banned Asians who were not citizens from owning farm land

Passed to reorganize states that bordered Mexico (Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona) into a special district called the Mexican Border District

Professionals that were paid a higher wage.

Officials that fought for state licensing of doctors

Former enslaved people left the Jim Crow South in search of opportunity in factory towns

W.E.B Du Bois, a prominent African-American scholar, published a book, in 1899 called...

Low-cost apartment buildings began to spring up in many cities

Identified the minimum requirements to pass building inspections

He exposed the deplorable conditions of tenement living in the book How the Other Half Lives, published in 1890

Book written by Jacob Riis to expose the deplorable conditions of tenement living, published in 1890

Areas of concentration for members of one ethnicity were commonly called

When groups of people would organize to back a certain elected city official, it was called a 

The head of the political machine was called the

Money accepted by political machines was called

A social organization founded in England

Instead of living in the suburbs, members of the middle class chose to live in poor areas of the city to provide services to the poor through...

The most famous settlement house in the United States, in Chicago, which opened in 1889. 

Established to advance knowledge in agriculture and agricultural technology

A variety of performances including dancers, jugglers, comedians, musicians, and magicians

A place in the 1900s people would go to, to enjoy the rides and attractions

A sensational style of writing used to excite the reader

An act set up to enforce the legislation. It required railroad companies to set rates that were proportional to the distance traveled. It also required that companies published rates publicly

Two things that which raised taxes on foreign goods

A party that wanted more money circulated in the economy by tying the cost of a dollar to the cost of silver instead of gold

The United States increased the strength of its navy with the building of...

Cuba got upset becuase of increased taxes and restrictions on trade led to a Cuban rebellion against Spain. Many Cubans were forced to live in concentration camps as the Spanish military put down the rebellion. The Spanish troops forced many Cubans to live in deplorable conditions. The United States government refused to intervene. Publisher William Hearst used sensational yellow journalism to publicize the plight of the Cubans, and the American public threw their support behind the Cuban rebels fighting against Spain

Theodore Roosevelt led one of the ground attacks in Cuba as the leader of the Volunteer Calvary was known as

Approved on May 22, 1903, this was a treaty between the U.S. and Cuba that attempted to protect Cuba's independence from foreign intervention. It permitted extensive U.S. involvement in Cuban international and domestic affairs for the enforcement of Cuban independence.

In the 1880s, Hawaii was still a monarchy ruled by the

A canal about 50 miles (80 km) long, across the Isthmus of Panama, that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

Since Panama is not at sea level, a canal required this to flood the area underneath a vessel, essentially pushing it forward through the canal

The United States was granted indefinite use of the land to complete the canal with this

Roosevelt asserted that European nations should not intervene in countries to the south of the US, however under certain conditions, United States intervention might be justified

Instead of using the military to back his foreign policy, he increased the United States’ investments in the economies of Asia and Latin America which was called

Great Britain, France, and Russia

Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey

A nationalistic, militaristic, and eventually quasi-fascist nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that supported the naturalization andAmericanization of immigrants, Americanism, a strong military, universal conscription, meritocracy and government regulation of the economy to enhance national preparedness

A German submarine that used underwater torpedoes to attack ships without detection

An act passed to draft men for service

To attack German U-boats with torpedoes while protecting ships carrying much-needed supplies to Great Britain’s naval forces

The U.S. helped the French save Paris at this battle, after the Germans had advanced deeply into France

The United States began to use tanks to break German lines in August of 1918, and continued to pound at weak German lines during this battle

By late September, Allied forces had pushed Germany back to the German border during this battle

Manufacturers began to produce goods that supported the war and this was set up to manage the purchase of military supplies

This set wages and negotiated with labor unions

After the war ended the, this settled labor disputes