Immigrants & Urban Life
This is the area of a ship where immigrants would mainly travel in to America
What is steerage?
This book, written by Upton Sinclair, exposed the horrifying conditions of the meatpacking industry
What is The Jungle?
This is the name for journalists who exposed the corruption in the US in the late 1800s
Who are Muckrakers?
This is the definition for imperialism
What is, building an empire by founding colonies and conquering territory?
This is the phrase referring to overexaggerated stories in the press
What is yellow journalism?
What is, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland
This act prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transport of mislabeled or contaminated food and drugs
What is the Pure Food and Drug Act?
This was the first state to pass a minimum wage law in the US
What is Massachusetts?
This is the reason why Panama agreed to allow the US to construct a canal in their nation
What is, they wanted independence from Spain
This was President Taft's approach to US involvement in foreign affairs?
What is, influence through money, not military force
These are the 3 main countries where New Immigrants are from
What is Czechia, Greece, Italy?
This is the name of the political party Teddy Roosevelt ran under for reelection
What is the Progressive or Bull Moose party?
DAILY DOUBLE
In the late 1800's, women fought for these 2 ideas
What is suffrage and temperance?
What is, access to natural resources?
This was the name of the cavalry under Teddy Roosevelt that fought during the Spanish-American War?
Who are the Rough Riders?
This act banned Chinese immigrants from entering the US for 10 years
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
These are the 3 C's under Teddy Roosevelt's presidency
What is, control the corporations, consumer protection, and conservation of natural resources?
What is banking reform and tariff revision?
What was President Woodrow Wilson's ideology behind US involvement in foreign affairs?
What is, he thought we had a moral obligation to promote democracy?
This is what the Open Door Policy stated
What is, all nations should have equal access to trade in China
This is the name of the book written by Jacob Riis
What is How the Other Half Lives?
These are what the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th amendment did
16- tax on citizen's income
17- citizens can directly vote for US senators
18- banned sale, manufacturing and distribution of alcohol
19- gave women the right to vote
This is what recall, referendum, and initiative do
Recall allowed unhappy voters to remove an official from office before the end of their term
The initiative allowed voters to propose a new law by collecting signatures on a petition
The referendum permitted voters to approve or reject a law that had already been proposed or passed
What is the difference between the Platt Amendment and the Teller Amendment?
What is, Platt limited Cuba's right to make treaties & allowed US to intervene in foreign affairs and Teller stated that the US had no interest in taking over Cuba
What was the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine?
An extensive to the Monroe Doctrine that stated any wrongdoing by Latin American countries may warrant US to exercise international police power