American History quiz
What is the Teller Admendment?
US garuntees cubas independence
Why did labor unions emerge during Americas 2nd industrial revolution?
little pay, poor working conditions
Why did some businessmen, like andrew carnegie, vertically integrate their corporations?
to create a monopoly
What is a protectorate
A state that is controlled and protected by another state
John Rockefeller
Achieved almost complete horizontal integration of the standard oil industry
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Created NYC grand central terminal and offered the first direct rail service between NYC and Chicago
This country revolted against Spain and its people put into concentration camps
Cuba
How did social darwinism affect the social class structure of the late 1800s?
Justified the gap between upper and lower class
3 things that cause US to expand Sphere of Influence
Social-Anglo saxonism, Economic- Overseas markets, Political-Military bases
Why would some businesses form trusts and pools?
Steerage
People who didn't believe in Imperialism
Anti Imperialist
Who destroyed the spainish fleet in the Phillipines?
Dewey
JP morgan
Dominated corporate finance and industrial consolidation
What is Jingoism and what is typically accompanies it?
Extreme and emotional nationalism and is usually accompanied by aggressive foreign policy
What did japan practice prior to 1853
Isolationism
What is imperialism
The economic and political domination of a strong nation over a weaker nation
This the the theory that big business and monopolies should be allowed to operate freely?
Laizze faire
What did the US need in order to protect and defend its territories?
Large modern navy
Why did america need Hawaii
Needed a port to refuel and resupply while crossing the pacific
What economic opportunities encourage the Chinese and Irish to immigrate to the west coast?
Railroads, job opportunities
Who wrote white mans burden and what is it about
Rudyard Kipling, and its about what white men should do
What is yellow journalism
Telling exaggerated and false stories to sell
What is Pan americanism
The idea that the US and Latin America should work together
Why was Platt Amendment included in cubas new constitution
US required it
What got america to go to war with cuba?
USS maine explosion
Andrew Carnegie
Used vertical integration to control the steel industry and make his company more efficient- better products and lower prices