Progressivism
Teddy Roosevelt
American Imperialism
Spanish-American War
World War 1
100
An organization that moved to progress social welfare by opening libraries, offering classes, and building recreational facilities (swimming pools, handball courts, etc.) for members.
What is the YMCA?
100
An Act that dictated strict cleanliness requirements for meatpackers and created the program of federal meat inspection that was in use until the 1990's.
What is the Meat Inspection Act?
100

The policy favored by many Americans prior to the 1880s that advocated avoiding entanglements in foreign countries.

What is isolationism?

100

The American ship that exploded in the Bay of Havana on February 15th 1898 killing more than 250 American servicemen.

What is the U.S.S. Maine?

100

The British owned steamship that was sunk by German U-Boats killing many passengers including over 100 Americans

What is the Lusitania?

200
A movement to progress moral behavior by banning alcoholic beverages.
What is prohibition?
200
An act that halted the sale of contaminated foods and medicines and called for truth in labeling on products.
What is the Pure Food and Drug Act?
200
The Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln that was responsible for purchasing Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million.
Who is William Seward?
200
A sensational style of writing that exaggerated the news to lure and enrage readers.
What is yellow journalism?
200
A telegram sent from German officials to Mexico that was intercepted and provoked the United States to join the war against Germany.
What is the Zimmerman Note?
300
Journalists who wrote about the corrupt side of business and public life like Upton Sinclair, whose novel The Jungle was influential in cleaning up the meat packing industry.
What is a Muckraker?
300
The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting America’s natural resources.
What is conservation?
300

An important location that America had set its sights on for growing and exporting sugarcane and pineapple.

What is Hawaii?

300
A note sent from Spanish officials in Cuba that criticized American President McKinley for being weak and provoked the United States to go to war with Spain.
What is the De Lôme Letter?
300

A type of loan to the Federal government made by American citizens to help with the war effort.

What are Liberty Bonds?

400

The muckraking author who wrote the book The Jungle outlining the horrible conditions of the meat packing industry.

Who is Upton Sinclair?

400
The title that was given to Theodore Roosevelt because he was responsive to the American people and acted as a model for all future presidents to act by.
What is the modern president?
400

The head of state of Hawaii that orchestrated resistance against American imperialism on the island.

Who is Queen Liliuokalani?

400
A volunteer calvary that won an important battle at San Juan Hill and helped America win the war against Spain.
Who are the Rough Riders?
400

Established by President Woodrow Wilson during the war to oversee manufacturing in the United States to make factories more efficient as they converted into wartime production.

What is the War Industries Board?

500
The right to vote, that was granted to women during the Progressive Era.
What is suffrage?
500

President Theodore Roosevelt’s domestic program formed to protect consumers and limit the abuses of big businesses.

What is the Square Deal?

500
A policy driven by a desire for military strength, a thirst for new markets, and a believe in cultural superiority.
What is American Expansionism?
500
An agreement that led to the United State’s acquisition of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
500

Prohibited "uttering, printing, writing, or publishing any disloyal, profane, slanderous, or abusive language" about either the American government or armed forces.

What is the Espionage & Sedition Acts?

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