Leaders & Reformers
R: Oil; B: Education; C: Steel; V/S: Railroads; W: Cosmetics; F: Assembly line automobiles
The United States annexed four Spanish territories during the Span-Am War. Which one is missing?
Cuba, Guam, _____, and the Philippines
Puerto Rico
Laissez-faire
A government policy of "leave it alone" which means very minimal rules.
lidspend
splendid
Another word for cloth that was a major industry in the Carolinas.
Textile
A reformer says "I fully support all the amazing industrial growth across America!*" What does the asterisk say?
* I support growth but not totally laissez-faire. We really need rules for safety, human rights, civil rights, etc.
What is the 3rd main reason for war?
1. Free the islands from evil Spanish rule
2. Gain power (aka imperialism)
3. ?
Protect and grow American business interests around the world - especially in the Caribbean and across the Pacific to Asia.
Urbanization
The process of moving "farm to factory" - many people moving to cities.
3 Words! All mixed up.
majors wiw cl
Jim Crow Laws
The industry responsible for pushing to create time zones in the United States.
The railroads
How was the SC phosphate industry a good example of the benefits of growth and also the need for some rules for growth?
It created amazing jobs and wealth for the SC Lowcountry, but without any rules in place, we have exploding shrimp and destroyed environment 100 years later.
The goal of yellow journalism.
To shape public opinion, galvanize popular support or action, influence, gain attention.
Tenement House
A dangerous, cramped dwelling found in cities during the Progressive Era, photographed by Riis and challenged by Addams.
mlooonpy
monopoly
A benefit of using phosphate in agriculture
Better soil for growing crops
True or False? From 1890-1920, South Carolina was a major industrial state, with large cities and very little agriculture.
False. Remember the graph from yesterday -- the South never industrializes even close to the North or Midwest.
Hawaii
Suffrage
The right to vote. Limited for African-Americans by Jim Crow state laws across the South. Gained for women with the 19th Amendment in 1920.
Two Words! All mixed up.
jealousy llowrnim
yellow journalism
llow rnim
The name of an insect that destroyed 70% of South Carolina's cotton crop from about 1900-1902.
Boll Weevil
We are talking about the Progressive Era, which is roughly what time period?
1890-1920
The two topics of the political cartoons we saw about this war.
1) Ordering new countries off a menu.
2) A caricaturized depiction of a school room.
Imperialism
The drive to increase power internationally. Usually includes military and cultural "outreach" and "influence."
lockeeerfl
Rockefeller
The cyclical system of farming rented land that makes it very difficult for the actual workers to earn much profit and break the cycle. This was the de facto system across all Southern states.
Sharecropping