Reformers of the Progressive Era
What is a Muckracker?
What is a journalist who exposes bad conditions or an investigative journalist?
These laws were created to keep black citizens and white citizens segregated
Jim Crow Laws
What did the 18th amendment do?
What was George Washington's advice on foreign policy?
neutrality and no permanent alliances
Did every American support imperialism?
No. Anti-Imperialist groups grew with the argument that foreign countries were not asking for American culture to be pushed onto them
This book detailed the unsanitary and problem working conditions in meat processing plants and slaughterhouses that contributed to the passing of the Meat Inspection Act
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
What precedent did Plessy v. Ferguson create?
Separate but equal public facilities (schools, libraries, restaurants, etc...) were Constitutional
When the people vote for an elected official to be removed from office
A recall election
What did the Monroe Doctrine state?
US asserted neutrality but would warned European powers to stay out of Latin America
What were the reasons the US wanted the Panama Canal?
To make travel/trade across the United States easier/quicker
Which journalist published How the Other Half Lives sharing photographs of the living conditions in poor and poverty stricken areas
Jacob Riis
Which reformer formed the NAACP in 1909 as a response to the unjust treatment of black citizens?
W.E.B DuBois
What is when the people get an issue onto the ballot to be voted on? (Ex: Should we build this ramp to alleviate traffic?)
Initiative
What were the three reasons for the Spanish-American War?
Yellow Journalism, DeLome Letter & the explosion of the USS Maine
What were the three reasons support for US imperialism grew?
Profit, Power, Prestige.
Who wrote a History of Standard Oil, criticizing the business practices of John D. Rockefeller and pushing for the breakup of standard oil?
Ida Tarbell
Which scholar promoted the ideal of accommodation with whites and black Americans learning manual labor jobs?
Booker T. Washington
What is it called when people vote on taxes for parks, schools, libraries, etc... (Ex: Would you pay a higher sales tax to build a MARTA station in Gwinnett County?)
Referendum
This addition to the Monroe Doctrine states that the United States had "police powers" in Latin America and would defend it should Europeans try to take any land
What happened as a result of the Spanish-American war?
Cuba is liberated. The United States gains Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines as 'territories'.
Which muckraker founded Chicago's Hull House?
Jane Addams
This journalist published an article in response to lynching and pushed for anti-lynching legislation to be passed.
Ida B. Wells
Which amendments gave more power to the American voter?
15th, 17th, 19th
What does Roosevelt's "Walk softly, but carry a big stick?" imply to outside powers about Latin America?
That the United States would not create any problems in Latin America, but they would use their force to end any unrest.
After the United States gains control of the Philippines this war happens which results in...
The Filipino Insurrection which results in a costly war and the United States keeping the Philippines under its control as a territory.