REFORM MOVEMENTS
A movement or era that aimed to fix problems caused by industrialization and urbanization.
Progressive Movement/Era
President who believed in “Speak softly and carry a big stick.”
Theodore Roosevelt
Constitutional amendment that ended Prohibition.
21st Amendment
1898 war that helped the U.S. become a global power.
Spanish-American War
The ability of a country to affect decisions or actions of others.
Influence
A reform movement that worked to ban the sale and consumption of alcohol.
Prohibition
African American leader who supported job training and patience.
Booker T. Washington
Constitutional amendment that banned alcohol.
18th Amendment
Foreign policy that used military force to protect U.S. interests.
Big Stick Diplomacy
Land controlled by a country but not part of a state.
Territory
Journalists who exposed corruption, child labor, and unsafe working conditions.
Muckrakers
African American leader who demanded immediate civil rights and co-founded the NAACP.
W.E.B. Du Bois
Constitutional amendment that gave women the right to vote.
19th Amendment
Giving another country financial aid or loans would be an example of this kind of foreign policy.
Dollar Diplomacy
The policy of controlling other countries or territories.
Imperialism
Community centers that helped immigrants with education, childcare, and health services.
Settlement houses
Author who opposed U.S. imperialism and criticized the Spanish-American War.
Mark Twain
DAILY DOUBLE: Federal laws were changed after the publication of the book The Jungle, which exposed poor workplace practices in which industry?
Meat Packing/Inspection
Which president had a foreign policy of Moral Diplomacy, a foreign policy that claimed to promote democracy and moral values abroad.
The method countries use to manage relationships without war.
Diplomacy
A deadly 1911 factory fire that led to major workplace safety reforms.
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Social reformer who founded Hull House in Chicago.
Jane Addams
A formal change to the Constitution that requires ratification by three-fourths of the states.
Constitutional amendment
Treaty that ended the Spanish-American War and gave the U.S. overseas territories.
Treaty of Paris (1898)
Exaggerated or sensational news reporting used to influence public opinion.
Yellow journalism