American History quiz

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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


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