Vocabulary
Journalists and writers who exposed and reported on the social and political issues, corruption, and injustices of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Who are Muckrakers?
A group of volunteer soldiers led by Theodore Roosevelt during the Spanish-American War in 1898.
Who are "Rough Riders?"
Exposed the barbaric practices of lynching in the South.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
The policy of extending a nation's influence or control over other countries, often by force.
What is Imperialism?
The Populist Party, also known as the People's Party, was founded on principles that aimed to address the concerns of which group of people?
Who are farmers or rural workers?
Sensationalized and biased reporting in the news media is commonly associated with this term.
Publishers like William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer used this tactic
What is Yellow Journalism?
A diplomatic approach associated with President Theodore Roosevelt, emphasizing a readiness to use military force to protect U.S. interests and maintain stability in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Big Stick Policy?
This individual exposed the ruthless tactics of Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Company through series of published articles.
Who is Ida Tarbell?
U.S. battleship that mysteriously exploded in Havana Harbor in February 1898.
What is the USS Maine?
The Philippine American War occurred after what monumental event?
What is the Spanish American War?
The right to vote in political elections, the fight for women's voting rights.
What is Women's Suffrage?
President Taft's foreign policy which emphasized the use of economic power to influence the actions of other nations.
What is Dollar Diplomacy?
Known for his book "The Jungle," exposed unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry, leading to calls for regulatory reforms.
Who is Upton Sinclair?
A private letter written by the Spanish Ambassoder that was leaked for critiquing President Mckinley and had increased tensions between Spain and the US for war
What is the De Lome Letter?
True or false and why? Populists wanted to increase the amount of money in circulation to create inflation.
true, they wanted to cause inflation to pay off their debts
The period in U.S. history (1920-1933) during which the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages were banned by the 18th Amendment.
What was the Prohibition?
What is the Square Deal? Who made it? and what are the three c's?
A domestic program introduced by President Theodore Roosevelt that aimed to balance the interests of business, consumers, and labor through progressive reforms.
Conservation
Control of corporations
Consumer protection
These two men exposed terrible conditions in cities in their writings.
Who are Jacob Riis and Lincoln Steffens?
A Christian Movement that sought to tie together Salvation and doing good works for the poor.
What is The Social Gospel?
This monetary system was supported by populists and is a system in which a government recognizes coins composed of both gold or silver as legal tender.
What is Bimetalism?
A U.S. foreign policy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, calling for equal trade access to China for all nations and the preservation of Chinese territorial integrity.
What is the Open Door Policy?
Four Goals of the Progressive Era?
1) Protect Social Welfare
2) Promote Moral Improvement
3) Create Economic Reforms
4) Foster efficiency in work and society.
Law passed by Congress in 1906 that was established to regulate food and drugs.
From this, what federal agency was created?
1. Pure food and drug act
2. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Spain ceded control of several territories, including these four territories.
What is Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines?
Names of gold versus bimetallist individuals
Gold Bugs and Silverites