Reforms
These are three reforms the Progressive era focused on.
What is poverty, child labor, factory safety, women’s rights, temperance, and political corruption.
This soci-economic group led the Progressive era's reforms.
Who are the educated middle-class.
This battleship exploded in February of 1898 and played a role in Americans pushing for war with Spain.
What is the USS Maine.
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
What is the Nineteenth Amendment.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt.
This drew attention to social problems, such as urban poverty, corruption, & big business practices through writing.
What is muckraking journalism.
This 19th century reformer founded the Hull House.
Who is Jane Addams.
This form of writing became very prominent during the Spanish-American War and was known for sensational headlines.
What is Yellow Journalism.
The eighteenth amendment was ratified in 1919 and did this.
What is prohibited the use of alcohol.
This President leads America into the Spanish-American War.
Who is William McKinley
Ida B. Wells went across the United States to bring awareness to this.
What is African American being lynched.
This person was the first African American to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard University and called for immediate equality.
Who is W.E.B. DuBois.
The Spanish-American War was nicknamed this by Secretary of State John Hay.
What is a splendid little war.
This event was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of New York City and caused the deaths of 146 garment workers.
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.
William McKinley had more of this type of approach to government.
What is Laissez-faire.
This movement taught Christians that it was their duty to end poverty & inequality.
What is the Social Gospel.
These three specific things limited African American suffrage.
What is poll taxes, literacy tests, property qualifications.
This treaty was signed in December and officially ended the Spanish American War.
What is the Treaty of Paris (1898).
President Woodrow Wilson passed this Act to ban price-fixing.
What is the Clayton Anti-trust Act.
This president helped bring about reforms during his Presidency through the "Square Deal".
Who is Theodore Roosevelt.
This reformer wrote "History of Standard Oil" (1904) which outlined Rockefeller’s ruthless business practices.
Who is Ida Tarbell.
This Association played a major role in passing the 19th Amendment.
What is The National American Woman Suffrage Association
In April, 1898, President McKinley asks Congress for authorization to use force in this Nation during the Spanish American War.
What is Cuba.
This Supreme Court ruling further reinforced Jim Crow laws and segregation.
What is Plessy v Ferguson (1896).
President William Howard Taft's foreign policy was called this.
What is Dollar Diplomacy.