Key Concepts
The ideology that workers own the means of production, an ideology that became popular in the early 20th Century
Socialism/Communism
The U.S. President during World War I, called his reforms the New Freedom, created the League of Nations, and segregated the government.
Woodrow Wilson
The Platform of reforms that Roosevelt promised the American People. Or name of Roosevelt's policies.
The Square Deal
The Republican President after Theodore Roosevelt, served one term, and lost the 1912 Election. He later became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
William Howard Taft
The idea that the people can overturn or vote on laws already in place
Referendum
Define a Tariff
A tax on foreign items
A famous rough rider, Governor of New York, and President of the United States after his predecessor's assassination, this President's administration was the beginning of the Progressive Era. Also the youngest president in American History.
Theodore Roosevelt
The group of New York City Police, Cowboys, and others who fought at the Battle of San Juan Hill
Rough Riders
The Writer of "The Jungle" and a famous muckracker who wrote on the meatpacking industry.
Upton Sinclair
The theory that immigrants will assimilate and become similar to the general public.
Melting Pot Theory
The Political Party created by Theodore Roosevelt for the 1912 Presidential Election
The Progressive/Bull Moose Party
President of the United States during the Spanish-American War and was assassinated in 1901. He was a major imperialist before the Progressive Era.
William McKinley
A Tax was created in 1913 on all US Citizens based on the amount of money they make.
Graduated Income Tax
Founder of Alabama's Tuskegee Institute
Booker T. Washington
The group of people exposing industry during the Progressive Era. Notable people are Lincoln Stephens, Upton Sinclair, and Ida Tarbell.
Muckrackers
The idea that college campuses should be located close to the state capitol was known as the...
The Wisconsin Idea
The Socialist Party candidate in the 1912 Presidential Election and famous railroad union worker.
Eugene Debs
The ship was destroyed in 1898 that started the Spanish-American War
USS Maine
The Democrat who ran for President and won the Democratic Nomination three times and lost all three times. A known and popular Populist during the Populist Movement.
William Jennings Bryan
Senator from Wisconsin who created the Wisconsin Idea and was a popular Progressive Republican
Robert La Follette
"The Jungle" was a book that convinced Theodore Roosevelt to pass this new law during his Presidency
Pure food and Drug Act
The man that Roosevelt went to Yosemite with and convinced Roosevelt to focus on conserving forests and landmarks across the country.
John Muir
The journalists who provided no real or researched information in their writings but highly exaggerated their writings to increase sales.
Yellow Journalism
The woman who exposed John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil in the early 1900s
Ida Tarbell
A National Association created by W.E.B. DuBois in 1909.
NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)