| A | B |
|---|
| yellow journalism | Exaggerated newspaper stories designed to sell newspapers |
| spheres of influence | European countries "divided up" China to have special trading priveleges |
| Boxer Rebellion | Fists of Harmony tried to eliminate foreigners from China |
| Open Door Policy | U.S. Secretary of State, John Hay, suggested this to allow all nations to trade with China |
| Manifest Destiny | The belief that the United States should expand its borders |
| Monroe Doctrine (1823) | U.S. directed Europe not to interfere in Latin America |
| Roosevelt Corollary (1904) | Authorized the U.S. to act as the "police officer" in Latin America |
| "Big Stick" Diplomacy | The U.S. would not colonize Latin America or allow Europe to interfere |
| muckrakers | Journalists who exposed corruption |
| suffrage | The right to vote |
| 13th Amendment | Made slavery illegal |
| Remember the Maine! | Slogan used to lead the U.S. into war with Spain |
| immigrant | Person who moved from one country to settle in another |
| Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896) | Supreme Court case that legalized "separate but equal" facilities for blacks and whites |
| 19th Amendment | Gave women the right to vote |
| assembly line | Production process in which each person performs only one job to create goods faster and cheaper |
| labor union | Group that works for better working conditions |
| free enterprise/capitalism | economic system in the U.S. |
| monopoly | control of all goods or services |
| Freedmen's Bureau | Organization designed to help newly freed slaves |
