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All of the following became possessions of the United States under the Treaty of Paris with Spain except

The movement to protect the environment and wildlife is called Conservation.

Social Darwinism explains successes and failures in business and life as what?

Congress knew that Native Americans depended on the buffalo for survival, so

In labor disputes before 1900, the US government generally supported

Important American inventions after 1850 included the light bulb, the telephone and

In labor disputes before 1900, the US government generally supported

President William McKinley asked Congress to declare war on Spain mainly because

The legal codes that established the system of segregation were

What is one of the oldest labor Unions in U.S. history?

The actual purpose of the battleship Maine's visit to Cuba was to

One major problem with the Homestead Act was that

The two industries that the transcontinental railroads most significantly expanded were

The Pendleton Act required people applying for many federal government jobs to

What was made legal because of the Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson ?

The first major product of the oil industry was

What did the open-door policy have to do with?

The "Gospel of Wealth" endorsed by Andrew Carnegie

Which man controlled the banking industry?

The Plains Indians were finally forced to surrender

The greatest loss of life for American fighting men during the Spanish-American War resulted from

Why did Teddy Roosevelt want to build the Panama Canal?

This amendment said that the US would never annex Cuba:

Who invented the telephone?

Which of the following inventions did NOT belong to Thomas Edison

What law did Plessy v Ferguson uphold?(1896)

"The country that controls the oceans controls the world." Who said it?

One of the methods by which business leaders such as Rockefeller increased their profits was

Women were attracted into into cities and industry by

The result of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory tragedy was

Basketball, a winter sport, was created by

The majority of female workers in the late 19th century were

Frances Willard led the movement to stop the use of alcohol. What was this movement called?

Construction of a canal across Central America was motivated mainly by

America's initial Open-Door policy was essentially an argument to promote

The Panama Canal was

What does the word suffrage mean ?

What animal was a problem for railroads and farmers?

What is using false or inflammatory headlines and exaggerated writing to attract readers called?

The Gilded Age was a period when

Segregation is the forced separation of people due to race, ethnic origin, or gender

I made my money first in kerosine and later in oil. Who Am I?

what happened at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in NYC in 1911?

Mark Twain was an American writer who coined the term "the Gilded Age"

The greatest economic consequence of the transcontinental railroad network was that it

Who blew up the U.S.S. Maine?

He wrote the "Gospel of Wealth" and said that the rich should give back to society.

The greatest single factor helping to spur the amazing industrialization of the post-Civil War years was

What was the cause of the fire?

What allowed cities to grow upward?

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

What Act offered people 160 acres to build a house and farm the land for 5 years ?

One of the methods by which business leaders such as Rockefeller increased their profits was

What did Jim Crow Laws do?

America’s Open Door policy called on all countries to

The first major farmers' organization was the

This group of immigrants was very important in building the Transcontinental Railroad.