This 1800's act, often used by Theodore Roosevelt for "trust busting," made certain types of "trusts" and "monopolies" illegal
What is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?
100
This muckraking author wrote "The Jungle" and influenced pure food and drug reform
Who is Upton Sinclair?
100
This treaty ended the Russo Japanese War of 1904
What is the Treaty of Portsmouth
100
This action taken by Roosevelt and his legal team throughout his presidency broke up large companies and monopolies that had too much control over the American economy
What is "trust busting?"
100
This reforming president busted trusts, increased the standard of living for poorer Americans, and helped to protect the environment
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
200
This "act" was inspired by Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle," and allowed the federal government to regulate food, drugs, and alcohol to prevent consumption of tainted goods
What is the Pure Food and Drug Act?
200
This fearless muckraking journalist and photographer was famous for writing The Shame of the Cities
Who is Lincoln Steffens?
200
This treaty allowed for the Panama Canal to be built as an agreement with England
What is the Hay Paunce Fort Treaty?
200
Roosevelt's policies to make American government and business fair for all Americans was given this nickname
What is the "Square Deal?"
200
This labor activist served as president of the United Mine Workers, organizing and negotiating a winning outcome to the Coal Miner's Strike of 1902
Who is John Mitchell?
300
This act provided accident insurance to all factory and mining workers
What is the Employer Liability Act?
300
This female journalist had a bone to pick with John D. Rockefeller, and wrote the expose "A History of Standard Oil"
Who is Ida Tarbell?
300
This addition to the Monroe Doctrine by President Roosevelt allowed for the United States to be the only world power in North and South America
What is the Roosevelt Corollary
300
This clash between labor and business in 1902 provided Roosevelt his first major challenge as president.
What is the Coal Miner's Strike of 1902?
300
This Wisconsin Governor, nicknamed "Battling Bob" by his supporters, helped pushed many progressive reforms which led to Theodore Roosevelt calling Wisconsin "a labratory for democracy"
Who is Robert La Follette?
400
This act used money from the sale of public lands to build dams, canals, and irrigation systems
What is the Newlands Reclamation Act?
400
This 1900's Magazine was famous for publishing many "muckraking" essays and pictures, most famously "History of Standard Oil"
What is "McClures?"
400
This 1800s treaty between the United States and England was replaced by the Hay Paunce Forte Treaty
What is the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty?
400
This holding or "securities" company, mostly owned by JP Morgan, was the first to be broken up as part of Roosevelt's "trust busting"
What is the Northern Securities Company?
400
This system of secret ballot, named after an English-speaking country from where it came from, allowed American voters to keep their votes private from their bosses and neighbors
What is the Australian Ballot?
500
This act gave the Interstate Commerce Committee the power to view railroad companies' financial records and set their maximum rates
What is the Hepburn Act?
500
This muckraking photojournalist was responsible for states and Congress changing child labor laws
Who is Lewis Hine?
500
This treaty between the United States and Japan acknowledged Japanese control of northern China and American control of Hawaii
What is the Root-Takahira Agreement?
500
This treaty, signed in a northern New England state, ended the Russo-Japanese War and allowed Roosevelt to win a Nobel Peace Prize
What is the Treaty of Portsmouth?
500
This artistic movement, or SCHOOL of art, was best known for its gritty realistic paintings of New York's poor