Reform
The name of the time period following the Gilded Age.
The Progressive Era
What court case legalized segregation in the United States in 1896.
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Who were the two primary countries involved in the Spanish-American War?
The United States and Spain
What nation was under the control of Spain?
Cuba
The name of the book that was written to expose tons of problems happening in the meat packing industry.
The Jungle
What was being segregated that caused Homer Plessy to take his case to court.
Trains
The USS Maine
Group that wanted to use gold as the national currency.
Goldbugs
Law created to solve problems within the meat packing industry.
The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906.
A tax that had to be paid in order to vote.
Exaggerated stories which helped convince the American public that war with Spain was necessary.
Yellow Journalism
Group that wanted to use silver as the national currency.
Silverites
The term for a journalist who wrote to expose the problems or corruption of society.
Muckraker
A test to prove a person could read and write that had to be taken in order to vote.
Literacy Test
The nickname of the Spanish General sent to end the rebellion in Cuba.
The Butcher
The separation or isolation of a race, class, or group.
Segregation
What was the process for change during the Progressive Era?
1. Problem
2. People get mad.
3. People talk/write about it.
4. People Demand Change
5. Government creates legislation to address problem.
A law that allowed a person to vote if their ancestor had voted, even if they did not pass the literacy test.
The Grandfather Clause
US President that said God told him to go to war with Spain.
What was the main characteristic of yellow journalism.
It was exaggerated.