Definitions
To add an area to an existing country
Annex
The Panama Canal opened in 1914 and connected the Caribbean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean.
Sensationalized news reporting aimed more at attracting readers than at reporting the truth.
Commercial or Yellow journalism
Yellow journalism
The government breaking up business trusts or monopolies is called.
Trust busting
A means of removing an elected official from office by popular vote.
Recall
Socialism believes major industries should be owned by individuals.
False-government
Russia or United States
United States
of or pertaining to trade
commercial
A way for a specified number of voters in a state to propose laws by putting them on the ballot.
Initiative
A result of the Spanish-American War was that the US gained Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Guam.
True
Woodrow Wilson passed a reform for a new amendment that gave the power of electing ___________ to the people.
Senators or Politicians
Senators
The protection and wise use of natural resources.
Conservation
The executive strategy to illegally seize political power in a sudden way.
Coup
The biggest debatable issue for the election of 1896 was free silver.
True
During the Progressive Era many black Americans were treated unfairly by what laws?
Labor Laws or Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow Laws
The Anti-Imperialist League was formed in 1898 to oppose the annexation of the __________________.
Philippines
The submission of a measure or statute by the legislature to the people to vote on
Referendum
The Rough Riders were led by Theodore Roosevelt during the Civil War.
Americans trapped the Spanish fleet in the harbor of _____________ during the Spanish-American War.
Pearl Harbor or Santiago Harbor
Santiago Harbor
What events led up to the Spanish-American War?
1. Enrique de Lome insulted McKinley.
2. USS Maine exploded in Havana
3. Congress declared that the US should help Cuba