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Explore questions in the History of the Americas category that you can ask Sparky!
- As a result of the Spanish/American War, the United States acquired Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippine Islands as well as establishing a "protectorate" over newly- independent Cuba through agreements such as the Platt Amendment.
- In 1899, the United States Secretary of State, John Hay, enunciated the McKinley Administration's geopolitical, diplomatic and trade policy regarding China as the "________________ _____________" policy.
- US Naval operations against the Spanish forces in the Philippine Islands in 1898 were strategically driven by the United States desire for a secure trade route with China
- what word sounded reassuring to those americans who wanted an end to foreign involvment and domestic turmoil
- ____________ ______________ is more involved in the economy and the private sector to regulate it
- who cut govt. spending, lowered income tax rates on the wealthiest americans and on corporate profits, raised tariffs, and overturned laws regulating child labor and wages for women
- radios became enormously _______ during the 1930's
- The United States deployed troops to China in 1900 as part of a multi-national force to rescue trapped foreigners and defeat the Chinese "Boxer Rebellion".
- Hiram Revels and Blanche K. Bruce were the first two blacks to
- Prohibited commercial banks from speculating on the stock market
- The __ amendment to the constitution outlawed slavery
- The __ amendment to the constitution expended the definition of American citizenship
- One tool the president can use to cancel any legislation he does not like in the presidential
- The _________________is often considered the end of reconstruction as it granted Hayes the presidency in exchange for polling out the troops
- The _______ were rules/laws established in the south during reconstruction to limit African American freedom in voting rights
- The ___ amendment to the constitution extended suffrage to all American citizens
- Although he avoided conviction in the Senate Andrew Jackson became the first US president to be _______ by the house
- __________ assassinated Abraham Lincoln shortly after he delivered his second inauguration address
- What were living conditions like in the United States during the Great Depression? What was the name of settlements that began to form during this time?
- The person who created the image below was likely (horrid massacre of virginia pic)