Progressive Era Reforms
This amendment established direct election of U.S. senators.
What was the Seventeenth Amendment?
These investigative journalists exposed corruption and poor living conditions during the Progressive Era.
Who were the muckrakers?
This belief motivated expansion for markets, military power, and national prestige in the late 1800s.
What was imperialism?
These nations formed the Central Powers at the start of World War I.
What were Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire?
These people believed natural areas should remain untouched by development.
(DOUBLE POINTS) Who were preservationists?
This amendment allowed the federal government to collect an income tax.
What was the Sixteenth Amendment?
This writer exposed unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry in The Jungle.
Who was Upton Sinclair?
This naval strategist argued that world power depended on a strong navy and overseas bases.
(DOUBLE POINTS) Who was Alfred Thayer Mahan?
These nations formed the Allies at the start of World War I.
What were Britain, France, and Russia?
These people supported controlled use and management of natural resources.
Who were conservationists?
This movement’s push for prohibition helped lead to the 18th Amendment.
What was the WCTU?
This reformer exposed poor urban housing conditions in How the Other Half Lives.
Who was Jacob Riis?
This war transformed the United States into an imperial power with overseas territories.
What was the Spanish-American War?
This German message encouraged Mexico to ally against the United States.
What was the Zimmerman Note?
This 1902 act funded irrigation projects in the American West.
What was the Newlands Act?
This amendment granted women the right to vote and was strongly connected to Progressive reform efforts.
What was the 19th Amendment?
This was considered the “real heart” of the Progressive Movement.
What was using government reform to solve social and economic problems?
This policy claimed the United States could intervene in Latin America to maintain order.
What was the Roosevelt Corollary?
These government campaigns encouraged Americans to buy bonds to support the war effort.
What were the Liberty Loan Campaigns?
This 1902 labor dispute showed increased federal involvement when Roosevelt acted as a neutral mediator.
What was the Coal Strike of 1902?
This deadly 1911 factory disaster led to stronger workplace safety laws and labor reforms.
What was the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire?
These women’s reform leaders promoted prohibition and social reform in the United States.
Who were the WCTU, Frances Willard, and Carrie Nation?
This organization opposed annexing the Philippines because imperialism violated American ideals.
What was the Anti-Imperialist League?
This president argued the United States should enter World War I to make the world “safe for democracy.”
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
This Supreme Court case ruled that speech creating a “clear and present danger” could be restricted during wartime.
What was Schenck v. United States?