Gilded Age
It replaced boss selected candidates for public office.
The Direct Primary
The three progressive presidents
Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson
the president with the big stick policy
Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt
the policy Amera wanted in China
Open Door
Used by Republicans to say Democrats started the American Civil War
The Bloody-Shirt Campaign
He coined the term 'gilded age'
Mark Twain
it is the greatest example of social justice progressivism
anti-liquor laws (prohibition)
the president with dollar diplomacy
William Howard Taft
He wrote these notes as Secretary of State
John Hay
Ida Tarbell wrote publicly about this
Standard Oil Company monopolies
passing a test to gain a government job
civil service
progressives stood for these two groups of people
farmers and workers
Roosevelt revived this project in Central America
Panama Canal
The two major countries that the U. S. and Spain fought over in 1896
Cuba and Philippines
They marched on Washington, D. C. to seek public works jobs
Coxey's Army
A person who remains aloof or independent, especially from party politics.
Mugwump
this farm organization provided education and social life for farmers
the Grange
Political party T. R. started for the 1912 election
Bull Moose
these islands provided pineapple to America
Hawaiian
Islands important to American expansion
Midway
He had the Wisconsin progressives strategy
Robert Lafolette
they wrote about the progressive era and exposed poverty and corruption
muckrakers
a key Progressive legislative bill passed by Taft
the Paine-Aldrich Act
peasant uprising of 1900 that attempted to drive all foreigners from China
the Boxer Rebellion
giving government jobs to friends and supporters
the spoils sstem