7.1-7.3
Who made the first real effort within the American context to address the problems that came with the emergence of a modern urban and industrial society
Progressive reformers
The period of US history from the 1890s to the 1920s is usually referred to as the
Progressive Era
Who was the President during the start of the Great Depression
Hoover
Who was the founder of the Standard Oil Company
John D. Rockefeller
Who blew up the U.S.S. Maine
unknown
What did the 19th amendment do?
Gave women the right to vote
What is "the control over another group of people that seeks to dominate other countries politically, socially, religiously, or economically usually without their consent?" (definition)
Imperialism
a style of newspaper reporting that emphasized sensationalism over facts
Yellow journalism
Progressive reformers successfully influenced which amendments?
16th-19th
What is the United States foreign policy position that opposed European colonialism in the western empire?
Monroe Doctrine
Americans who favored expansion and imperialism were interested in conquering which 3 territories
Cuba, Hawaii, Philippines
Corporate bosses who practiced unethical and unfair business practices were sometimes called what?
Robber barons
Who won the 1933 election
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The anti-imperialists opposed what
expansion
What restored a sense of security as it put people back to work and created the framework for a regulatory state that could protect the interests of all Americans, rich and poor, and thereby help the business system work in more productive ways?
The New Deal
Creating economic reform was a goal of who?
Progressive reformers
how many weeks did the Spanish-American war last
10 week
Cuba became a what state to the US after the war?
Protectorate
definition: reporters deeply investigate serious topics such as political corruption.
investigative journalism
What did the 18th amendment do?
banned alcohol
The US population nearly doubled between when?
1870-1900
Who strived to follow the example of European imperialism in Africa.
expansionists
The purchase of Alaska from Russia was called what?
Seward's Folly
What do the 3 R's stand for in Franklin's New Deal programs?
relief, reform, recovery
From 1863 to 1899, manufacturing production rose by more than what percent?
800%