American Becomes a World Power
In what year did the Spanish-American War occur?
1898
Established the direct election of U.S. senators by voters.
17th Amendment
A writer investigated conditions inside America's meatpacking industry.
His famous 1906 book was called: The Jungle
Public outrage helped increase demands for government regulation of food.
Upton Sinclair
The federal government increased regulation designed to protect consumers from unsafe food and drugs. (law)
Pure Food and Drug Act
Established women's right to vote.
19th Amendment
One important event leading to the war was the explosion of this ship in Havana Harbor. The United States soon declared war on Spain.
USS Maine
Citizens can propose a new law. Citizens collect signatures to have their proposal placed on the ballot.
Initiative
Instead of writing a famous exposé, this reformer used a camera.
Jacob Riis
In 1912, Theodore Roosevelt ran for president as the candidate of the: PROGRESSIVE PARTY. It became popularly known as the:
Bull Moose Party
His approach emphasized economic advancement and vocational education.
Booker T. Washington
Who argued that a nation needed a strong navy and overseas naval bases to become a major world power?
Alfred Thayer Mahan
Citizens vote directly on a proposed law. Instead of elected representatives making the final decision, voters decide whether the proposal should pass.
Referendum
This journalist investigated the powerful Standard Oil Trust.
Her work exposed questionable business practices and helped build public support for breaking up powerful monopolies.
Ida Tarbell
Law used to fight monopolies and trusts.
Sherman Antitrust Act
He argued that African Americans deserved racial equality immediately.
WEB Du Bois
American businesses had developed strong economic interests here and Sanford B. Dole supported its annexation by the United States. Its location in the Pacific also made it valuable as a supply station for American naval vessels.
Hawaii
Citizens can vote to remove an elected official from office before the official's term ends. This makes elected officials more directly accountable to voters.
Recall
This journalist and social reformer investigated and publicly exposed the brutality of lynching in the United States.
Ida B. Wells
Expanded federal regulation of interstate commerce, particularly railroads.
Interstate Commerce Act
This organization sought to expand political and economic rights for African Americans.
NAACP
Construction of THIS also increased American involvement in the politics of Latin America.
Panama Canal
These reforms helped make government officials more responsive and ___________________ to voters.
accountable
A reform-minded investigative journalist or writer from the Progressive Era in the United States who exposed corruption, waste, and social injustice in big business and government
Muckraker
Its mission included conserving: Scenery • Natural Objects • Historic Objects • Wildlife so they could remain available for future generations.
National Park Service
A major activist in the women's suffrage movement.
Susan B. Anthony