This Roosevelt-era reform act was passed in response to Upton Sinclair's disgusting revelations about food production found in "The Jungle"
What is the Pure Food and Drug Act?
100
This group of journalists, authors, and artists created works that captured the nation's attention and led to sweeping reforms of all kinds
What are the Muckrakers?
100
Though it at first referred to Roosevelt's policy in dealing with the coal strike, this term later came to embody all of his progressive policies
What is the Square Deal?
100
This war between two major Pacific powers allowed Roosevelt his first big chance to mediate an international affair
What is the Russo-Japanese War?
100
This massive nation-wide reform movement lasted from the late 1890s until World War I, changing society on the local, state, and national level
What is the Progressive Movement?
200
This Wilsonian act set up the first national banking system since Andrew Jackson
What is the Federal Reserve Act of 1913?
200
This founder of the Tuskegee Institute often clashed with the NAACP and W.E.B. Du Bois but will be forever remembered as the first black man to dine at the White House
Who is Booker T Washington?
200
This addition to the Monroe Doctrine proved successful in keeping Europe out of Latin America and gaining more power in the Western Hemisphere
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
200
Roosevelt's famous charge up this hill turned him into a national hero and was one of the major US victories in the Spanish-American War
What is San Juan Hill?
200
This left-wing movement seeked to empower farmers and industrial workers, with its most famous leader running for President from jail at one point
What is Socialism?
300
This Act expanded upon Congress' trust-busting powers that were first granted in the Sherman Anti-Trust Act
What is the Clayton Anti-Trust Act?
300
The success of this female reformer's quest to create safe havens for the poor such as the Hull House in Chicago was emulated throughout the country
Who is Jane Addams?
300
This policy of breaking up illegal monopolies angered business leaders but made Roosevelt and Taft heroes to many Americans
What is trust busting?
300
This pesky rogue Mexican general gave General John Pershing a run for his money and led him on a wild goose chase through the Meixcan borderlands
Who is Pancho Villa?
300
This expansionist movement called for the creation of colonies across the world and expanding America's power and land as much as possible
What is imperialism?
400
This constitutional amendment allowed for the first ever national income tax
What is the 16th Amendment?
400
This famous "muckraking" magazine published hundreds of pieces criticizing all aspects of society, leading to countless reforms across the country
What is McClure's?
400
This "new" campaign platform put forth by Wilson served him well, leading him to victory in 1912
What is New Freedom?
400
Roosevelt's creation and worldwide exhibition of this powerful military force proved to the world that the United States was a military force to be reckoned with
What is the Great White Fleet?
400
This form of sensationalist reporting helped lead many Americans to support a war with Spain
What is "yellow journalism?"
500
This Taft-era legislation granted more power to the Interstate Commerce Committee
What is the Mann-Elkins Act of 1910?
500
This first chief of the US Forest Service clashed with Taft's Secretary of the Interior, leading to his firing and open war within the Republican Party
Who is Gifford Pinchot?
500
This foreign policy used by Taft and Roosevelt stressed strong economic ties with the Latin American and Asian countries that the United States had diplomatic relations with
What is Dollar Diplomacy?
500
Putting down this Chinese uprising provided a major test of the "Open-Door Policy" and required cooperation between the US, Japan, and European nations
What is the Boxer Rebellion?
500
This muckraking art movement portrayed life in a gritty, realistic manner, leading to various societal reforms