Presidents
26th president, known for: conservationism, trust-busting, Hepburn Act, safe food regulations, "Square Deal," Panama Canal, Great White Fleet, Nobel Peace Prize for negotiation of peace in Russo-Japanese War.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
A movement to increase American democracy and it fought to end business and government corruption and for equal rights for women and other minorities.
What is the Progressive Era?
The continent where the United States is located.
What is North America?
What is forest preservation?
27th president of the U.S.; he angered progressives by moving cautiously toward reforms and by supporting the Payne-Aldrich Tariff; he lost Roosevelt's support and was defeated for a second term.
Who is William Taft?
Journalists who attempted to find corruption or wrongdoing in industries and expose it to the public.
Who are Muckrakers?
In 1898, a conflict between the United States and Spain, in which the U.S. supported the Cubans' fight for independence.
What is the Spanish-American War?
Which reform is this quote referring to? , "The boys working in the breaker are bent double, with little chance to relax."
What is child labor?
The first President of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
The bottom side of something.
What is the underside?
(1882) Denied any additional Chinese laborers to enter the country while allowing students and merchants to immigrate.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
Which reform is this quote referring to?, "...then she must bring herself to use the ballot...American women need this... to preserve the home."
What is women's suffrage?
27th president of the U.S.; he angered progressives by moving cautiously toward reforms and by supporting the Payne-Aldrich Tariff; he lost Roosevelt's support and was defeated for a second term.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
What is imperialism?
A war fought from 1899 to 1903 to quell Filipino resistance to U.S. control of the Phillipine Islands. Although often forgotten, it lasted longer than the Spanish-American War and resulted in more casualties. Filipino querilla soldiers surrendered after their leader, Emilio Aquinaldo, was captured.
What is the Philippine-American War?
Which reform is this quote referring to?, "There would be meat that had tumbled out on the floor, in the dirt and sawdust, where the workers had tramped and spit..."
What is food safety?
The current Vice President of the United States.
Who is Kamala Harris?
What is Progressivism?
An American foreign policy opposing interference in the Western hemisphere from outside powers
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
Women's right to vote.
What is women's suffrage?