Progressive Era
These journalists exposed corruption in business and government.
Who are muckrakers?
The explosion of this ship helped start the Spanish-American War.
What is the USS Maine?
The United States entered into World War I in this year
1917
Many immigrants came through this entry point in New York Harbor.
What is Ellis Island?
This man’s assembly line method revolutionized car production.
Who is Henry Ford?
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
After the Spanish-American War, the U.S. gained this Pacific territory.
What is the Philippines?
The U.S. joined the war after this ship was sunk.
What is the Lusitania?
This photographer exposed the harsh living conditions of immigrants in tenements through his book How the Other Half Lives.
Who is Jacob Riis?
Journalists who exaggerated stories to sell newspapers were known for this style of reporting.
What is yellow journalism?
This novel led to the Pure Food and Drug Act?
Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle
This U.S. president led the nation during the Spanish-American War.
Who is William McKinley?
This telegram pushed the U.S. closer to war with Germany.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
Overcrowded city apartments where immigrants lived were called this.
What are tenements?
The U.S. bought Alaska from this country in 1867 — it became more valuable by the early 1900s.
What is Russia?
This president was known as a “trust-buster.”
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
This U.S. foreign policy aimed to prevent European nations from taking new colonies in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine (enforced by the Roosevelt Corollary)?
Wilson’s plan for peace after WWI was called this.
What are the Fourteen Points?
This 1882 law banned Chinese immigration to the U.S.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
This African American leader founded the Tuskegee Institute and promoted education.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
This African American reformer argued for immediate civil rights and co-founded the NAACP in 1909.
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
This 1898 treaty ended the Spanish-American War and gave the U.S. control of the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico.
What is the Treaty of Paris (1898)?
This treaty ended WWI but punished Germany harshly.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
The rise of prejudice against immigrants was known as this.
Nativism
This 1911 factory fire in New York City led to stronger safety and labor laws.
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire?