Reconstruction
Name one of the amendments passed during Reconstruction and what it did for slaves
13th - slavery abolished
14th - citizenship for black Americans
15th - voting rights for black men
Name one social or industrial issue that was fixed by the Progressives
Low pay, long hours, unsafe working conditions, child labor, tenement apartments, city sewage and sanitation, monopolies and trusts
Imperialist President who's motto was "Speak softly and carry a big stick."
Theodore Roosevelt
Who won the Spanish-American War?
America
The process of becoming involved in world issues and politics, and trying to gain more land and influence for your country
Imperialism
Term for the first part of Reconstruction that Abraham Lincoln led
Presidential Reconstruction
Name one of the unionists (founders of unions) that we learned about
Samuel Gompers, Terence Powderly, Eugene V. Debs
Robber baron who controlled the oil industry
John D. Rockefeller
Name one of the territories America got as a result of the Spanish-American War
Guam, Puerto Rico, the Philippines
The term for separation of black and white people in public places, like schools, restaurants and movie theaters.
Segregation
The term for the second part of Reconstruction, led by Congress
Radical Reconstruction
The term for the immigrant apartments that were dirty, small and unsafe, with families living in one room and sharing kitchens and bathrooms with the entire floor
Tenements
Author of The Jungle, a book which exposed the gross conditions of the meatpacking industry
Upton Sinclair
American helped this country declare independence, because we wanted to build a shipping canal through it
Panama
Workers purposefully not going into work in order to protest an issue
Strike
The term for a public vote held to remove someone from office
Recall
Robber baron, who controlled the steel industry
Andrew Carnegie
This ship blew up in the Havana harbor, leading to the U.S. declaring war on Spain
U.S.S. Maine
Exaggerated news stories, sometimes using false or unchecked information, used to increase newspaper sales
Yellow journalism
Congress puts the Southern states under what type of control?
Martial law
The Progressive man who fought for racial equality through vocational skills, founding the Tuskegee Institute
Booker T. Washington
Wrote a book exposing the Standard Oil Company's illegal and manipulative business tactics
Ida Tarbell
The name of America's policy toward China, to encourage unhindered trade
Open Door Policy
Someone who used journalism, books or photography to expose poor living and working conditions in cities and factories
Muckrakers