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isthmus |
a narrow strip of land that connects 2 larger areas. |
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Spanish-American war |
Americans blamed Spain for an explosion on the Maine. Congress declared war on Spain on April 25th, 1898, and the war began. |
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rough riders |
Roosevelt put together a diverse fighting force of cowboys, Native Americans, and college athletes. Newspapers began calling them the Rough Riders. |
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Mary Antin |
She was not allowed to attend school in Russia. |
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Angel Island |
in San Francisco Bay, all the immagrants from Asia arrived here. |
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Jane Addams |
started a settlement house called Hull House in Chicago. At the center, immagrants could take English classes and get help finding work. |
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labor unions |
workers joined together to fight for improved working conditions and better wages. |
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Samuel Gompers |
He helped form a union of cigar factory workers in NY city in 1877. |
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Mary Harrison Jones |
helped lead the coal miners efferts to improve the conditions of the coal mines. She also traveled. |
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Panama Canal |
a quick route to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Roosevelt set out to build a canal that would cut across the Isthmus of Panama in Central America. |
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Ida Tarbell |
She was a muckracker. She wrote several articles about Standard Oil, a company founded by John Rockerfeller. |
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Progressives |
they worked to stop unfair practices by businesses and the way the government worked. |
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Upton Sinclair |
He was a muckraker. He wrote a novel called the Jungle. He told of unsafe conditions in meat packing plants of Chicago. |
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Battle of San Juan Hill |
The Americans defeate Spain. Two days later, American ships destroyed the Spanish fleet in Cuba. In August, the US and Spain agreed to a treaty ending the war. |
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Buffalo Soldiers |
Several units of experienced African American soldiers. |
