Teddy Roosevelt
The volunteer group led by Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish American War
What are the Rough Riders?
Imperialistic countries desire this from their territories
What are natural resources?
This media practice sparked the Spanish American War
What is ¨yellow journalism?¨
Immigrants came from these two locations in massive numbers during the Gilded Age
What are Eastern and Southern Europe?
These writers were exposing scandals and corruption throughout US businesses and the government during the Gilded Age
What are ¨muckrakers?¨
This law allowed for safer consumer goods in the market place.
This current US state was taken as a territory in the late 19th century.
What is Hawaii?
What U.S. ship was sunk in Havana Harbor prior to the war starting?
What is the ¨USS Maine?¨
People who desire to restrict immigrants coming into the nation
What are ¨Nativists?¨
The main idea behind the Progressive movement was to limit the power of this
What are ¨businesses?¨
This person is know for removing monopolies and unfair business practices from the marketplace.
What is a trust buster?
The United States gained this status after the Spanish American War
What is ¨world power?¨
This modern day country was fighting for it´s independence before and during the Spanish-American War
What is Cuba?
This group had massive control over the lower classes and how they thought during the Gilded Age
What are ¨political machines?¨
This change to the United States Constitution gave women the right to suffrage/vote.
What is the Nineteenth Amendment?
Daily Double
A massive project that saved the United States time and money when transporting goods and people.
What is the Panama Canal?
This idea from a early US president was used to justify US imperialism throughout the Americas.
What is the ¨Monroe Doctrine?¨
What year did the Spanish American War happened?
What is 1898?
This type of building housed the lower classes and immigrants during the Gilded Age
What are ¨tenements?¨
A group of farmers, progressives, and other lower class members of society fighting to change the way government and business worked in the Gilded Age
What are ¨populists?¨
This term represents the United States military, specifically the US navy, under Theodore Roosevelt´s presidency.
What is ¨Big Stick¨ Diplomacy?
The process where individuals or groups of differing ethnic or cultural backgrounds are absorbed into the dominant culture of a society, often involving the adoption of language, customs, and values
What is ¨Assimilation?¨
These three territories were gained during the Spanish American War
What are the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam?
This book had massive success in exposing the corruption and danger of businesses during the Gilded Age
What is ¨The Jungle?¨
These two things were banned during the Progressive Era
What are child labor and alchohol?