Social Reforms
Housing set up by supporters of the social gospel.
What is Settlement Houses.
Investigative journalists who exposed corruption in business and government.
What is Muckrakers.
Teddy's famous nickname referencing his numerous suits of monopolies.
What is "Trustbuster."
What place was sold to the United States for $20 million at the conclusion of the war?
Philippines, Puerto Rico
Novel written by Upton Sinclair about the meat industry.
What is "The Jungle."
Famous court case that confirmed segregation in the US, severely limiting civil rights reform.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson.
In order to help supervise the parks and monuments in the country, Teddy Roosevelt helped create what organization?
National Park Service.
Law passed by Teddy to protect consumers from contaminated food.
What is Pure Food & Drug Act.
Who was a Spanish general responsible for imprisoning thousands of Cuban rebels in concentration camps?
Valeriano Weyler
What was Roosevelt's outdoors hobby?
Hunting big game.
“Rockefeller and his associates did not build the Standard Oil Co. in the board rooms of Wall Street banks. They fought their way to control by rebate and drawback, bribe and blackmail, espionage and price cutting, by ruthless ... efficiency of organization.”
Ida Tarbell
New method for nominating presidential candidates that was first used in the Progressive Era.
What is Direct Primary.
How did Theodore Roosevelt initially become president?
After the assassination of President McKinley
Professional soldiers were not a part of Roosevelt's __________
Rough Riders
Political party that nominated Roosevelt in the 1912 election.
What is Bull Moose Party.
Reform work offered this group of people the only avenue to use their collective knowledge and skills to affect positive change in society
Women
Both the Elkins Act and the Hepburn Act were designed to
Make railroad rates fair
Environmental law that set aside lands for irrigation projects.
What is Newlands Reclamation Act.
What are the four motivations of imperialism?
Political, economic, military, ideological
What Amendment started Prohibition?
18th
What did the 19th Amendment do?
Gave women the right to vote.
This act made railroad rebates illegal, allowing for more competition in the transportation industry.
What is Mann-Elkins Act.
President Roosevelt’s efforts to balance the needs of business, consumers, and labor was called the
Square Deal
What was the ship that sank?
USS Maine
A trust is a _______
Monopoly