Progressive Era People
Progressive Era Reforms
Progressive Era Politics
American Imperialism
Vocabulary
100
Term for members of the press who exposed corruption
What is muckraker(s)?
100
Gave women the right to vote in 1920
What is the Nineteenth (19th) Amendment?
100

Name three (3) Progressive Presidents

Who are Theodore Roosevelt, Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson?

100

1898 war between SPAIN (not Mexico) and the United States

What is the Spanish-American War?

100
Term for women's right to vote
What is suffrage?
200
Author of The Jungle who exposed bad practices in the meatpacking industry
Who is Upton Sinclair?
200
Created in part due to Upton Sinclair (at least 1)
What are the Meat Inspection Act (1906) and the the Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)?
200

Roosevelt's slogan in 1904 election everyone deserves what

Square Deal

200

This president was known for the "Big Stick" policy - speak softly, but carry a big stick.

Theodore Roosevelt

200
A ban on the making and selling of alcohol, later repealed by the 21st Amendment
What is prohibition (the 18th Amendment)?
300

Richest man alive- owned Standard Oil

John D. Rockerfeller

300

This convention marked the start of an organized Women's Rights movement in the United States.

Seneca Falls Convention

300

In what country did we fight after the Spanish American War and lost more soldiers there putting down a insurrection.

Philippines 

300
Territories acquired by the United States from Spain
What are Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines?
300

This term was used to describe a crusading journalist who exposed corruption and deceitful business practices.

Muckraker

400

Known for Dollar Diplomacy and being a Trustbuster?

William Howard Taft

400

This amendment establishes the direct election of U.S. Senators in each state.

17th Amendment

400

This person was Secretary of War under President Roosevelt and became president in 1908.

William Howard Taft

400

American policy giving equal trading rights in China

What is "Open Door" policy?

400

This term refers to prejudice against Jewish people

Anti-semitism

500

Became president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union in 1879. She worked to educate people about the destructive effects of alcohol.

Frances Willard

500

Formed by Du Bois in 1909 to fight discrimination and fight legal battles on behalf of blacks

NAACP-National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

500

This president urged congress to pass the 19th Amendment which allowed full voting rights for women.

Woodrow Wilson

500

This president promoted "Moral Diplomacy"  - the goal was to support countries with similar morals as our own - to promote and spread democracy around the world.

Woodrow Wilson

500

Term for empire building; taking control of foreign land, government, and people (a cause of WWI)

What is imperialism?

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