Spanish-American War
Winners and Losers
The progressive era
20th century politics
100

This term describes the system in which a central country controls the resources of a peripheral country for their own benefit

Imperialism 

Economy vs Government control

100

This party came together to fight for workers rights such as an 8 hour work day

The people's party (Populist Party)

100

This president uses the Sherman Anti Trust act to go after JP Morgan

Teddy Roosevelt



100

Teddy Roosevelt forms this party to try and oust William Howard Taft in the 1912 election

Bull-Moose

-4 way election: Taft(Republican), TR(Bull-Moose), Eugene Debs(socialist party), Woodrow Wilson(Democrat )

-Wilson Wins

200

The attack on this ship instigated the Spanish American War

The USS Maine


- Was it a false flag?

200

This method of payment allowed corporations to pay their employees in a currency only to be spent in their stores

Company Script

200

This president established the department of labor and commerce

Teddy Roosevelt 

-Doesn't crush labor strikes like past leadership

200

Theodore Roosevelt first became president when this president was killed in office 

William Mckinley 

300

The US staged a coup in this territory in order to beat a banana tariff

Hawaii

- Not inherently ties to the Spanish American War, but an example of American Imperialism

-Not a state until 1959

300

This event triggered lost wages and mass layoff, leading to famous workers strikes across the country

The economic crisis of 1893

300

This president establishes the pure food and drug act

Teddy Roosevelt
300

This Roosevelt policy prohibited foreign intervention in Central America, giving way to US authority over the area  

Roosevelt corollary to the Monroe Doctrine 

400

This treaty ended the Spanish American War

The treaty of Paris


-Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines

-Annex Hawaii

400

This act was intended to break up monopolies but is instead used to break up labor unions

The Sherman Anti-Trust act




400

This president oversaw the passing National Monuments act

Teddy Roosevelt

400

This federal agency was established as a result of Roosevelt's differing approach to labor disputes 

Department of Labor and Commerce 

500

This agreement allowed the United States to intervene into Cuban affairs

The Platt amendment

500

This movement brought together the populist party and republicans, forming a coalition of whites and black in American politics  

The Fusion Movement

500

This term describes journalists who worked to expose corruption, such as what is found in Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle"

Muckrakers

500

Roosevelt was the first US President to win the Nobel Peace Prize for mediating the end of this conflict 

Russo-Japanese war 

-Treaty of Portsmith 

-Whats in important here is Roosevelt exhibition of reach abroad