Vocab Terms
The right to vote
Suffrage
Economic and military competition from _______________ helped to convince many Americans that the United States should become a world power
Europe
In 1903, the United States offered ____________________ money and yearly rent, for the right to build a canal and to control a narrow strip of land on either side of it; they refused.
Colombia
On August 26, 1920, after three-fourths of the states had voted to ratify it, the Nineteenth Amendment guaranteeing ___________________ the right to vote went into effect.
Women
A tax imposed directly on a person or their property
Direct Tax
Laws banning the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages
Prohibition
When the USS Maine exploded, what country did many Americans hold responsible?
Spain
Armed fighters who carry out surprise attacks
Guerrillas
A journalist who uncovers abuses and corruption in a society
Muckraker
In 1906, Upton Sinclair published a novel, ______________, based on his close observations of the slaughterhouses of Chicago
The Jungle
Type of sensational, biased, and often false reporting for the sake of attracting readers
The “___________________,” a volunteer cavalry unit made up of cowboys, miners, and law officers, played an important role in the battle for Cuba
Rough Riders
A policy that allowed each foreign nation in China to trade freely in the other nations' spheres of influence
(DAILY DOUBLE)
Open Door Policy
Providing voters an option to demand a special election to remove an elected official from office before his or her term had expired
Recall
A philosophy, based on Charles Darwin's theories of evolution and natural selection, stating that humans have developed through competition and natural selection with only the strongest surviving
Social Darwinism
A tax that someone pays, but the tax burden falls on someone else
Indirect Tax
The Treaty of Paris of 1898, which formally ended the Spanish-American War, granted independence to which island nation?
Cuba
In 1900 the Boxer Rebellion took place in China. The Boxers believed that "foreign devils" were corrupting Chinese society. After the German ambassador to China was killed, 8 nations intervened. Name 3 of those nations.
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Russia, and the United States
Progressivism was partly a reaction against ____________________ economics, which emphasized an unregulated free market.
(DAILY DOUBLE)
Laissez-Faire
Name 3 States Roosevelt won in the Presidential Election of 1912 (He only won 6)
(DAILY DOUBLE)
Washington, California, South Dakota, Minnesota, Michigan, Pennsylvania
Section of a country where a foreign nation enjoys special rights and powers
Sphere of Influence
The idea that English-speaking nations were superior to other nations
Anglo-Saxonism
Stated that the United States would intervene in Latin American affairs when necessary to maintain economic and political stability in the Western Hemisphere
The Roosevelt Corollary
Name 5 states that allowed full woman suffrage before 1920
Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, Utah, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, South Dakota, Kansas, Oklahoma, Michigan, New York
In the coal strike of 1902, the United Mine Workers agreed to accept ____________________, a settlement negotiated by an outside party, but the mine owners refused.
Arbitration