Lincoln's announcement that all slaves in the South were free.
Emancipation Proclamation
The period of rebuilding after the Civil War is called-
Reconstruction
An activist who believed that slavery should end is called
Abolitionist
What is manifest destiny?
the idea that the United States should expand westward
What did the Homestead Act of 1862 do?
provide land to families interested in settling the West
This is an advertisement created by the United States government in the 1800s. Why did the United States government create this advertisement?
to convince people to move into the western territories
This trail started in Independence, Missouri and ended in Portland, Oregon.
The Oregon Trail
How old was Henry Ford when he left home to work as an apprentice machinist?
16 years old
What was the effect of President Roosevelt reading The Jungle?
President Roosevelt asked Congress to pass the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906.
The Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor were _________.
unions
Cuba tried for years to get its freedom from _________.
Spain
Political machines took advantage of _________.
immigrants in big cities
On which island is Pearl Harbor located?
Oahu
"We demand that big business give the people a square deal; in return we must insist that when anyone engaged in big business honestly endeavors to right he shall himself by given a square deal." Which Progressive Era president was the most
Theodore Roosevelt
Ruling over foreign countries is called _________.
imperialism
The war to free Cuba was called the _________.
Spanish-American War
