Vocabulary 1
The right to vote
Suffrage
Imperialism
Who took pictures of Tenements of NYC to show the world the conditions people were living in?
Jacob Riis
Name of the Battle Ship that was sunk and sparked the Spanish-American War?
What policy did the U.S. adopt for trade relations with China, that took away the Spheres of Influence?
Open Door Policy
The group of soldiers Teddy Roosevelt led in the Spanish-American War
Rough Riders
The journalists that exposed the dangers and pitfalls of different aspects of society. I.E. tenements of NYC and meat packing plants
Muckrakers
Progressives were motivated by what two factors?
Social Reform and Religious Values
What amendment promised Cuba we would help them fight for independence and not take any control afterwards?
Teller Amendment
The name of Roosevelt's naval fleet
Great White Fleet
The theory of survival to the fittest, but in terms of socio-economic status
Social Darwinism
The policy of European Imperialist countries that divided China up into individual areas.
Spheres of Influence
How were progressives different than populists?
Educated, Middle Class, Urban
Who is the Filipino Nationalist who fought with the U.S. during the war and against the U.S. after the war?
Emilio Aguinaldo
Chinese Rebellion of Nationalists who opposed foreign presence in the country.
Boxer Rebellion
The political ideology that grew out of populism that pushed for reform in Urban america.
Progressivism
The sensationalist journalism that occurred after the sinking of the USS Maine was coined this...
Yellow Journalism
Name of the factory that sparked workplace safety reform
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
What reasons did the U.S. use to justify a change to imperialism?
New Markets, Someone else will if we don't, mistreatment of other countries
Roosevelt's policy that built off of the Monroe Doctrine, that claimed Latin America for the U.S.
Roosevelt Corollary
The amendment between the U.S. and Cuba and removed the ideas of the Teller amendment and gave U.S. control over aspects of Cuba's independence.
Platt Amendment
Place at the bottom of Central America, where Roosevelt constructed an area that would allow U.S. ships to travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific without having to travel around the tip of South America
Panama Canal
What were settlement houses and how did they impact the lives of the poor?
They provided services to poor and immigrants. Child care, education, recreation, english classes, etc.
What is the name of the bay that the U.S. gains control of in Cuba once the war is over?
Clue: we still have a prison and military base located there today.
Guantanamo Bay
President Taft's plan to expand american businesses and banks in Latin America
Dollar Diplomacy