Progressive Era Figures
He wrote "The Jungle," a book about the meat factories in Chicago, which led to the federal government creating regulations on food safety and the food industry.
What is Upton Sinclair?
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th amendment?
These people were the main base of the Populist Party.
What are farmers?
When a country like the U.S. adds territory to their empire, they are _______________ it.
What is imperializing?
This is where we sent the USS Maine to support a revolution.
What is Cuba?
She was the first black woman to run for office in the United States, became a teacher at age 14 and co-founded the NAACP.
This amendment gave all men regardless of race the right to vote, but not women.
What is the 15th amendment?
This man was actually the Democratic party nominee for president in 1896, but was supported by the Populist Party and he promoted their views.
What is William Jennings Bryan?
The idea that the U.S. and Latin American countries should work together to promote peace and increase trade:
What is Pan-Americanism?
This country was blamed for the explosion of the USS Maine, though it was later discovered that the explosion was an accident.
What is Spain?
He was the governor of Wisconsin, fought against corruption in his party and the opposition party, and promoted the initiative, referendum, and recall.
What is Robert La Follette?
This amendment ended slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th amendment?
The populist party was a ________ party, which meant that it wasn't one of the main 2 political parties, those being the Democrats and Republicans.
What is a third party?
This is the type of diplomacy that Theodore Roosevelt promoted, which included having a powerful military, wielding that power and then using it if necessary.
What is big stick diplomacy?
This document ended the Spanish-American War and gave to the United States the territories of the Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico and some military influence over Cuba.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
She was the first ever "social worker" and created a community space for anyone who needed help in their lives.
What is Jane Addams?
This amendment established a federal income tax, to help lessen the gap between the rich and the poor.
What is the 16th amendment?
The populist party was not a fan of this system which backed up all of the money in the United States with a certain type of metal - you could go to a bank and exchange your paper money for this.
What is the gold standard?
Theodore Roosevelt worked hard to have the ___________ ________ built to make sea travel easier, cuts through Latin America.
What is the panama canal?
This is the name of the military conflict fought in the Philippines in a navy battle (you looked at a painting of this)
What is the Battle of Manila Bay?
She wrote a book on the corruption in Standard Oil which led to the federal government putting restrictions on monopolies and big business.
What is Ida Tarbell?
This amendment allowed the people of each state to choose their states’ senators; previously chosen by state legislatures
What is the 17th amendment?
The populist party pushed for the _______ __________, which made it so that your vote would be cast in secret and nobody could try to bully you or influence you into voting for a specific candidate.
What is the secret ballot?
This man was the poet and leader of the Cuban Revolution, but died close to the start of the fighting.
What is Jose Marti?