yellow journalism - style of newspaper writing in which reporters exaggerate the facts of a story in order to sell newspapers, aviation - air travel, assembly line - mass production in which parts of a product are put together as they move past a line of workers, corruption - a dishonest way of acting, political boss - an elected official who has many dishonest employees and who is able to control the government with the help of those employees, merit system - a system through which a person is tested to make sure he or she can do a job before the job is offered, capitalism - an economic system in which people and businesses control the production of goods and services, monopoly - a company that has little or no competition, conservation - the protection of the environment by keeping natural resources from being wasted or destroyed, civil rights - the rights guaranteed to all citizens by the Consitution, armistice - an agreement to stop fighting, they gained new territories - As a result of the Spanish-American War, what happened to the United States?, 16th and 17th - What amendments extended the rights and power of the people by implementing a national tax?, they were still facing segregation laws - What was the main reason African Americans marched for the civil rights in the early 1900's?, Theodore Roosevelt - Who was the President who is credited with building the Panama Canal?, The Wright Brothers - Who is credited with the development of the first airplane?, Henry Ford - Who changed the way automobiles were built with his assembly line?, Spanish-American War - The United States tried to buy Cuba, but Spain refused to sell it. This led to what event?,

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