Words to Know
an attempt to overthrow a government
coup
An issue around wanting to use silver to create coins
Free silver
Assassinated American President
William McKinley
1898
The year the Spanish American war took place
This gives US citizens the right to repeal (take away) a law that their legislators have passed already.
Referendum
news stories written with exaggerations and even untruths in an effort to sell more papers
Yellow Journalism
A group of people who wanted to impose government forced change on America in an effort to improve it
Progressives.
Opposed William McKinley in the election of 1896
William Jennings Bryan
In which conquered territory did the people fight against the Americans for its independence?
The Philippines
This gives US citizens a way to remove an elected official from office before his/her term is over.
Recall
a large area of a country's influence/control
Empire
Alfred Thayer Mahan wanted America to have this
A strong navy
This person was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor (posthumously) for his actions at San Juan Hill
Theodore Roosevelt
The US called for an "open door policy" with which country?
China
This allows American citizens to put forth ideas to be written into law.
Initiative
when people are separated into groups based on their ethnicity or culture
segregation
a group in America who was opposed to America ruling over other nations and expanding them to become American territories/states
Anti Imperialism League
Leader of the Rough Riders in Cuba
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt expanded the role of the US by building this between 1903-1914
Panama Canal
Roosevelt employed these government officials to break up large conglomerations of companies that were cornering markets and driving prices too high for consumers. (HINT- Who ya gonna call?)
Trust busters
fees added to imported goods to make them more expensive than goods produced in our country so that people are more likely to buy American made things to keep our economy strong
tariffs
Filthy conditions in meat processing
In the Philippines, this American commodore sun or captured every single vessel of the Spanish fleet
George Dewey
The Great White Fleet
In the Spanish American War, the US gained these 3 territories.
Guam, Cuba, Puerto Rico