Gilded Age
This act, fought for by Republican Half-Breeds, sought to end patronage by forcing federal employees to pass a civil service exam
Pendleton Act (Chester Arthur)
Jane Addams' Hull House is a specific example of this type of support for immigrants and the working poor.
Settlement Houses
Explain ONE of the following state political reforms:
Initiative | Referendum | Recall | Direct Primaries
Initiative - New laws passed directly by voters
Referendum - Voters changing existing laws
Recall - Voters' ability to remove elected officials
Direct Primaries - Voters choose party candidates
This was president Teddy Roosevelt's "Big Stick"
The Great White Fleet
This event caused America to side with and begin supporting the Allies during WWI
Sinking of the Lusitania
This landmark Supreme Court case ruled that Jim Crow segregation was legal as long as there were "equal" public facilities for blacks and whites
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
This reformer pursued civil rights through education and economic independence
Booker T. Washington
Roosevelt resolved the Anthracite Coal Strike by threatening this to both sides
The army would take over the coal mine
Explain how one of the following cultural influences encouraged American Imperialism
Alfred Thayer Mahan | Frederick Jackson Turner | Social Darwinism
Alfred Thayer Mahan - "Influence of Sea Power on History
Frederick Jackson Turner - "Frontier Thesis"
Social Darwinism - The "fit" have the right to rule
This intercepted proposal for an alliance between Germany and Mexico caused America to join WWI directly
Zimmerman Telegram
Identify TWO Gilded Age Robber Barons and the industries they monopolized
Cernegie - Steel
Rockefeller - Oil
J. P. Morgan - Banking
Vanderbilt - Railroads
This civil rights reformer fought to lead the government into forcing societal change with his "Talented Tenth"
W.E.B. DuBois
In the election of 1912 this party gained support from women because of its support for women's suffrage
Progressive Party (Bull Moose Party)
This Filipino nationalist asked for America's help in throwing off Spanish rule, and then helped to lead the fight against American rule
Emilio Aguinaldo
This propaganda arm of the U.S. government encouraged Americans to buy in on the "total war" policies of the Wilson Administration
Committee on Public Information (CPI)
This union became the largest "bread & butter" labor union when The Knights of Labor collapsed following the Haymarket Square Riot
The American Federation of Labor
This muckraker accidentally helped to reform the meatpacking industry with this book which was an argument intended to shift the working class toward communism
Upton Sinclair - The Jungle
This act, passed by Woodrow Wilson, replaced the flawed Sherman Antitrust Act and gave increased power to the federal government to break up monopolies
Clayton Antitrust Act
This John Hay policy granted America the freedom to trade anywhere in China
Open Door Policy
This landmark Supreme Court case upheld governmental infringement of First Amendment rights during wartime
Schenck v U.S.
This landmark Supreme Court case ruled that state regulations on railroads violated the commerce clause of the Constitution
Wabash v. Illinois
This reformer founded NAWSA (National American Women's Suffrage Association) and posthumously won women the right to vote with the 19th Amendment
Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
A fire at this NYC factory was the spark that caused significant workplace safety reforms
Triangle Shirtwaist Company
This amendment ensured American support for Cuba's fight against Spain, while this later amendment assumed control of all Cuban foreign relations
Teller Amendment
Platt Amendment
This reservationist senator was the most vocal opponent of Article X of the League of Nations which would require the US to militarily defend other league nations
Henry Cabot Lodge