Spanish-American War
This country gained their independence with the Treaty of Paris 1898 following the Spanish American War.
What is Cuba?
The United States purchased this land from Russia in 1867.
What is Alaska?
This muckraker wrote "The Jungle," which exposed the unsanitary practices in the meat packing industry.
Who is Upton Sinclair?
This amendment allowed American citizens to vote directly for Senators.
What is the 17th Amendment?
These laws were created to prevent blacks from participating in the political process, including voting, serving in office, and participating in juries. They were extended to include separation of whites and blacks in public education, transportation, and many other public facilities.
What are Jim Crow laws?
This is where fighting began in the Spanish-American War.
What is the Philippines?
The United States entered war with this colony following the Spanish-American War due to their resistance to colonization
What is the Philippines?
Ida Tarbell exposed this company for their ruthless business practices.
What is the Standard Oil Company?
This put a minimum age for employment.
What are child labor laws?
This court case determined that the idea of “separate but equal” under Jim Crow laws was legal.
What is Plessy v Ferguson?
The destruction of this battleship and this insulting letter led to the beginning of the Spanish-American War.
What is the USS Maine and the De Lome Letter?
The United States added territories in the Pacific Ocean, such as Hawaii and the Philippines, to expand trade with this country.
What is China?
This muckraker utilized photojournalism to showcase the poor living conditions in cities during the Progressive Era.
Who is Jacob Riis?
This allowed women to advocate for social change, including temperance, women’s suffrage, sanitation and beautification, and attacks on racism and inequality.
What is education?
This organization was created to combat lynching and Jim Crow laws by using the court system.
What is the NAACP?
This future president rose to fame due to his leadership during the Spanish American War.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
The United States built this to increase trade and profits between America's east coast and west coast, allow the Navy to better defend the United States, and create an easier route to America's new Pacific Ocean territories.
What is the Panama Canal?
Jane Addams created this place in Chicago to educate immigrant women and children
What is the Hull House?
This allows citizens to uphold or repeat existing legislation.
What is a referendum?
This civil rights activist created the NAACP and fought to send discrimination and segregation.
Who is WEB DuBois?
The United States acquired these three territories following the Spanish American War.
What is Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines?
Theodore Roosevelt added onto the Monroe Document with this document. This document stated that the United States would intervene in Latin American countries to prevent their takeover by any other nation.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
This federal agency was created with the goal of having better sanitary practices in food production and restaurants.
What is the Food and Drug Administration?
This movement believed nature should be used responsibly, but also protected to the best of our ability.
What is conservation?
These were created to prevent African Americans from voting.
What are literacy tests or poll taxes?