American History, chapter 17
Territory America purchased Russia from in 1867
Alaska
How America acquired Hawaii
Annexation
This invention enabled farmers to fence their land on treeless plains
Barbed wire
American victory over the Spanish fleet in the pacific
Battle of Manila Bay
Chinese rebellion against foreigners that was stopped by an international military force that included U.S. Troops
Boxer Rebellion
Antiforeign movement in China
Boxer of Rebellion
Key to the culture of the Plains Indians
Buffalo
First transcontinental railroad built primarily by these immigrants
Chinese and Irish
Military leader of the Sioux during the Sioux War
Crazy Horse
Parceled out to Indain tribal land
Dawes Act
Philippine revolutionary
Emilio Aguinaldo
Spanish ambassador who insulted President McKinley in a private letter
Enrique Dupuy de Leôme
Mission boards that are not supported by guaranteed funds from a denomination
Faith missions
Reckless colonel who lost his life at the Battle of Little Bighorn
George Armstrong Custer
American commodore who defeated the Spanish navy in the Philippines
George Dewy
Provided 160 acre land grant in the West to anyone who improved it
Homestead Act
Extension of power by one people or country over another for the benefit of the controlling country
Imperialism
"Indian Napoleon", chief of the Nez Percent Indians
Joseph
American commodore who negotiated a treaty with the Japanese
Matthew Perry
Puppet emperor in Mexico
Maximilian I
American government's goal during the Indian Wars
Moving the Indians to reservations
Territory settled by "land rushes"
Oklahoma
Free trade in China
Open Door Policy
Movement intended to achieve greater unity among nations in the Western Hemisphere
Pan-Americanism
Purpose of the Student Volunteer Movement
Recruitment of missionaries
Tracts of land set así for Indians
Reservations
The last major effort by the Indians to retain their land
Sioux war
Political leader of the Sioux during the Sioux War
Sitting Bull
War in which the U.S. fought over the independence of Cuba
Spanish-American War
Subject of A Century of Dishonor
The Indian's plight
Significance of Promontory Point, Utah
The junction of the transcontinental railroad
Agreement that opened Japan to trade with the west
Treaty of Kanagawa
Settlement of three longstanding disagreements between Britain and the U.S.
Treaty of Washington
Rough Riders
Volunteer unit during the Spanish-American War
Main crop of the Great Plains
Wheat
Bloody attack on an Indian band that had already surrendered
Wounded Knee Massacre
Sensationalized news reporting that became popular in the late 19th century
Yellow journalism