U.S. History Vocabulary Match
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- transcontinental railroad
- The first____was built by the Central Pacific and Union Pacific.
- corral
- Native American buffalo hunters often drove their prey into a______.
- longhorns
- Wild cattle that traveleddin large herds.
- wholesale
- The National Grange helped farmers buy seed and tools at_____prices.
- sodbusters
- Plains farmers were called_____.
- sooner
- _____went ahead of other land seekers in Oklahoma and staked out good land.
- reservations
- In the late 1800s, the United States government made Indians live on______.
- vaqueros
- Spanish cowhands in the United States were called________.
- mass production
- By using ______Henry Ford made cars more cheaply than other automakers.
- injunctions
- In the late 1800s, courts issued______to stop workers from striking.
- corporations
- ________raise money by selling shares of stock.
- monopoly
- The Standard Oil Trust created a _____by controlling the oil industry.
- rebates
- To win more business, railroad companies gave_____to big customers.
- network
- A railroad______is a system of connected lines.
- dividends
- Corporations pay_______to stockholders.
- assembly line
- The_______was first introduced in the automobile industry.
- vertical integration
- ________means controlling an industry from rqaw materials to finished products.
- pools
- Some railroads formed______to divide up business and fix prices.
- assimilation
- In the process of_______, immigrants from Europe became part of American culture.
- yellow journalism
- Newspapers like the New York World used________to attract readers.
- Salvation Army
- The_______offered food and shelter to the poor.
- vaudeville
- _______was a variety show that included song-and-dance routines.
- Chinese Exclusion Act
- Congress responded to anti-Chinese feeling by passing the _______.
- settlement houses
- At_______such as Hull House, reformers helped the poor.
- realists
- Writers who wanted to show life as it really was were called_______.
- Ellis Island
- Many immiagrants landed first at_______.
- ragtime
- Scott Joplin made the sounds of_______popular.
- YMCA
- The__________set up activities for young people.
- muckrakers
- _______were reporters who wrote about corruption.
- primary
- Voter's choose their party's candidate in a_________.
- trustbuster
- When Roosevelt tried to regulate giant companies, he was called a_______.
- referendum
- The _______gave voters the power to make a bill become a law.
- suffragists
- Women who campaigned for the right to vote were known as______.
- civil service
- People who hold federal jobs are part of the_______.
- recall
- Voters can remove an elected official from office through a________.
- Gentlemen's Agreement
- In the_______, President Roosevelt limited immigration from Japan.
- Initiative
- The______gave voters the right to introduce a law for the state legislature to vote on.
- Wisconsin Idea
- The_____included a whole program of Progressive reforms.
- imperialism
- Between 1870 and 1914, many nations practiced_______in Africa and Asia.
- Seward's Folly
- American's called the purchase of Alaska________.
- isolation
- Early Presidents urged the United States to follow a policy of_______.
- sphere of influence
- In China, a________was an area, often around a seaport, where a nation had special trading privileges.
- Rough Riders
- Theodore Roosevelt led the _____ in the Battle of San Juan Hill.
- Boxer Rebellion
- During the______, armed Chinese attacked foreigners.
- dollar diplomacy
- President Taft thought that_______was the best way to expand economic ties with Latin America.
- Platt Amendment
- Under the________, Cuba had only limited rights to make treaties.
- kaiser
- The Germans called their emperor______.
- Bolsheviks
- In November 1917, the _______ seized power in Russia.
- propaganda
- During World War I, both sides used_____to win support for their beliefs and ideas.
- armistice
- As a result of the_______, World War I ended on Movember 11, 1918.
- pacifist
- A______refuses to fight in any war.
- reparations
- Germany was forced to pay_______ after World War I.
- militarism
- An example of________was the naval racea betwen Britain and Germany.
- Zimmerman telegram
- News of the_______-moved the United States closer to entering World War I.
- self-determination
- _______was one of President Wilson's Fourteen Points.
- flappers
- In the 1920s, young women who bobbed their hair were called______.
- full market
- Rising stock price in the late 1920s caused a_______on Wall Street.
- quota system
- The United States slowed immigration by setting up a______.
- anarchists
- _______opposed all organized governments.
- speakeasies
- During Prohibition, people met in_____to drink illegal liquor.
- Hoovervilles
- During the depression, many homeless people lived in shack villages called________.
- sitdown strikes
- Workers staged______to win recognition for their unions.
- Brain Trust
- The_______were experts on economic issues who advised FDR.
- public works programs
- President Roosevelt set up_____to provide jobs for the unemployed.
- migrant workers
- Many Dust Bowl farmers became_____when they were forced to leave their farms.
- collective bargaining
- ______helped unions negotiate better contracts for their members.
- fireside chats
- President Roosevelt used his_____to reassure worried citizens about the future.
- deficit spending
- ______occurs when a government spends more than it takes in from taxes.
- relief
- Altough President Hoover sympathized with the needy, he did not believe that the government should set up ______programs.
- bonus
- The government promised to pay World War I veterans a_______.
- dictator
- Benito Mussolini was a_____ because he had complete power over his country.
- aggression
- Japan's invasion of China was an act of _______.
- collective farms
- In the Soviet Union, peasants were forced to give up their land and join _______.
- Battle of Britain
- During the_______, German planes bombed London and other English cities.
- island hopping
- Allied leaders decided that ____ was the best way to advance across the Pacific.
- totalitarian state
- Germany was a _____ state because the Nazi party controlled all aspects of life.
- appeasement
- Britain and France followed a policy of ____ at the Munich Conference.
- Holocaust
- During the _______ millions of Jews were killed by the Nazis.
- blitzkrieg
- ______, or lightning war, is the German term for a swift, massive attack.
- Bataan Death March
- During the ______, thousands of American and Filipino prisoners of war died.
- Sputnik
- Launched in 1957, _____ was the world's first artificial satellite.
- Marshall Plan
- Under the _____, the United States gave millions of dollars to aid European nations to rebuild their economies.
- Cold War
- After World War II, the ____ developed between the United States and the Soviet Union.
- civil rights movement
- The efforts of African American leaders to work for equality became known as the ______.
- baby boom
- In the late 1940s and early 1950s, increased birthrates produced a ______.
- Warsaw Pact
- In 1955, the Societ Union formed a military alliance called the _______.
- closed shop
- Under a________agreement, a company cannot hire nonunion workers.
- United Nations
- The ____was set up after World War II to help solve conflicts between nations.
- Truman Doctrine
- Under the _______, the United States sent aid to Greece and Turkey.
- civil disobedience
- Martin Luther King, Jr., believed in _____ as a way to change unjust laws.
- termination
- During the 1940s and 1950s, federal agencies followed a policy of______, encouraging Natiave Americans to leave their reservations.
- guerrilla
- During the Vietnam War, _____ fighters used hit-and-run tactics.
- detente
- During a period of _____ in the 1970s, tensions between the superpowers eased.
- women's rights movement
- A major goal of the ______ was an end to discrimination based on sex in jobs, pay, and education.
- affirmative action
- ______is action taken to provide equal opportunities for minorities, women, and others faced with discrimination.
- poverty line
- One goal of the Great Society was to help Americans living below the _____.
- escalates
- As more American toops were sent to Vietnam, the fighting began to ______.
- braceros
- Mexican farm workers, known as ____, were brought to the United States to harvest crops.
- domino theory
- According to the _____, if Vietnam became communist, the rest of Southeast Asia would, too.
- exiles
- Many Cuban ______ settled in the United States.
- balanced budget
- President Reagan did not achieve his goal of a _________ because the government spent more than it took in as income.
- Contras
- In Nicaragua, the socialist ______ wanted to overthrow the government.
- recession
- During the ______ of the early 1990s, ecomonic growth slowed and unemployment rose.
- economic sanctions
- _______are actions, such as boycotts, taken against a country in the hope of gringing about a change in its policy.
- glasnost
- Through the policy of _____, Gorbachev encouraged people to speak out about problems in the Soviet Union.
- apartheid
- For many years, the government of South Africa enforced a policy of ______.
- Star Wars
- The nickname for the American space-based defense prograam was _______.
- Iran-Contra deal
- Debate was stirred up over the _____ because officials working for the President lied to Congress.
- Sandinistas
- President Reagan supported efforts to overthrow the socialist givernment of the ______ in Nicaragua.
- Solidarity
- _______is the name of the once-banned trade union in Poland.
- ozone layer
- During the 1980s, scientists found holes in the _______ at certain times of the year.
- solar energy
- To encourage the use of _______, scientists are looking for low-cost ways to convert energy from the sun into useful power.
- fiber optics
- Using _____, technicians can send probes of light along thin glass fibers.
- illegal immigrants
- ______enter the United States without official permission.
- mainstream
- Some schools ______ students with diabilities into regular classes.
- CAT-scanners
- ______allow doctors to examine the body without surgery.
- environmentalists
- People who work to control pollution and protect the land are called ______.
- renewable resources
- _______, such as solar energy, are those that do not get used up.
- service industry
- Workers in a_______ do not produce any goods.
- vaccines
- With ______, doctors wiped out smallpox and other diseases.