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A Danish immigrant, he became a reporter who pointed out the terrible conditions of the tenement houses of the big cities where immigrants lived during the late 1800s. He wrote How The Other Half Lives in 1890.
Who is Jacob Riis?
This term was used to describe investigative journalists who exposed the horrors of society and government
What are muckrakers?
The U.S. government overthrew Queen Liliuokalani in order to appease plantation owners growing this crop
What is sugar?
This "survival of the fittest" attitude was the driving force behind American foreign policy in this era
What is Social Darwinism?
He called his foreign policy "Moral Diplomacy"
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
This movement aimed to ban or limit the sale, possession and consumption of alcohol
What is the Temperance Movement?
The U.S. purchased the territory that would one day become the 49th state from this country
What is Russia?
This amendment granted women the right to vote
What is the Nineteenth Amendment?
This founder of Tuskegee Institute believed the path forward for African Americans was economic independence and vocational training
Who is Booker T. Washington?
These centers were set up to provide aid to the urban poor
What are settlement houses?
Congress passed an act in 1856 allowing citizens to take over islands in order to acquire this substance
What is guano?
This approach to foreign policy includes peaceful negotiations backed by military strength
What is "Big Stick Diplomacy"?
The president during the Spanish American War.
Who is William McKinley?
W.E.B. DuBois and others founded this advocacy organization in 1909
What is the NAACP?
This document sent by a Spanish ambassador caused outrage leading to the Spanish American War
What is the De Lome Letter?
This 1913 law limited the power of banks
What is the Federal Reserve Act?
This believer in "Dollar Diplomacy" infuriated progressives with his tariffs and trust busting
Who is William Howard Taft?
This women's suffrage organization pressured Congress to pass legislation allowing women to vote
What is NAWSA?
The six territories the US acquired in this era (pre 1917)
What are Alaska, Guam, Hawaii, the Midway Islands, the Philippines and Puerto Rico (Cuba was not a territory however the U.S. did retain control of the region)
Name either of the two pieces of legislation that were passed in 1906 response to the The Jungle
What are The Meat Inspection Act or the Pure Food and Drug Act?