Election of 1912
This democratic candidate won the election of 1912
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
This Amendment guarantees women's right to vote
What is 19th?
Immigrants would often find themselves working in these unsafe, low paying factories
What are sweatshops?
The Cuban Revolution and the explosion of the USS Maine led to this war
What is the Spanish-American War?
The E in SCREAM (anything larger than life)
What is Exaggeration?
This socialist candidate gained nearly 900,000 popular votes in 1912
Who is Eugene Debs?
Regulations to workplace safety were established after this incident in New York, 1911
What is Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire?
A controversial dam was built in this California Valley to provide water and power for the area
What is Hetch-Hetchy?
The US wanted it for it sugarcane, strategic location, and a natural harbor
What is Hawa'ii?
The A in SCREAM (how the cartoon connects to the real event)
What is Analogy?
The Republican Party split in 1912 after Roosevelt ran under his own party (what was it named?)
What is Bull Moose Party?
The Jungle, written by Upton Sinclair, started a scandal about this industry
What is meat-packing
Most immigrants to the US during the Progressive Era came from these places
What is Southern/Eastern Europe?
It was constructed in 1914 to expedite travel by ship between the East and West coast
What is the Panama Canal?
A tax on imported goods
What is tariff?
This candidate was known as the Trust-Buster (though Taft broke up more monopolies in his Presidency)
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
Alice Paul created this group to fight for a women's suffrage amendment
Hint: It's an acronym
What is NAWSA?
(National American Women's Suffrage Association)
Political machines like Tammany Hall which corrupted elections were run by _______ like Boss Tweed
What is Party Boss?
Decisive battle of the Spanish American War
What is Manila Bay?
OR
What is San Juan Hill?
An organization that fights for higher wages and safer conditions
What is Labor Union?
Progressive candidates Roosevelt and Debs supported these political measures to increase popular participation in democracy (identify 2 of 3)
What is recall, referendum, and initiative?
The corruption of this company was exposed by Ida Tarbell
What is Standard Oil?
Who is John Muir?
A display of US naval strength ordered by Roosevelt 1907-1909
Hint: We built one as a class
What is the Great White Fleet?
Journalism based upon sensationalism to sway readers
Hint: contributed to American fervor for war against Spain
What is Yellow Journalism?