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winning elections and awarding faithful supports with federal jobs (basically the spoils system). it caused the assassination of james garfield
what was patronage
groups of people who knew how to secure votes, targetting immigrants
what were political machines
boss tweed, political machine, organized needs of business, immigrants, and poor and put eveyrone into debt
what was tammany hall
this was a group of competing journalists for greater readerships. they published stories dancing on the truth and exagerated the spanish and cuban attrocities
what is yellow journalism
this protects american business. domestic product are cheaper and more desirable but puts a large financial burden on customers
what is a protective tariff
this amendment allowed the us to militarily intervene if american economic interest was impacted
what was the platt ammendment
us overthrew queen Liliuokalani and incorporated these islands into us territory
what was the hawaiin annexation
yellow journalism claimed that the spanish blew up this ship when it was actually an accident
what was the uss main explosion
this was the first imperial american purchase
what was the purchase of alaska
this was created by henry ford. each worker had the same role and drove prices insanely low
what was the assembly line
this ceded the philipines to the us for 20 million. us didn't want the phillipines to be independent so they revolted
what was the phillipine war
this individual wrote the influence of sea power on history. he stated that any strong power got there because of their navy so congress created a steel fleet
who was alfred thayer mahan
this was voting done in secret and cut off poitical machine power
what was secret ballot
this replaced the patronage system with competitive examination. if you wanted a federal job you had to compete for it
what was the pendleton act
this individual said that the white race is the fittest to survive and that it is the christian duty to spread christianity. he wrote our country its possible future and present crisis
who was josiah strong
this was a group of investigative journalists exposing corruption
who were muckrakers
this group of individuals wanted to stop the growing power of big business, economic uncertainties, political machines, jim crowe laws, alcohol, and wanted to give women suffrage
who were the progressives
this individual exposed the unsanitary conditions of the meat industry
who was upton sinclair (the jungle)
this individual exposed john rockefeller's oil company
who was ida tarbell
this asked european powers in china to observe open chinese trading policies. europeans didn't object so it was deemed a victory
what was the open door policy
this individual took photos of living conditinos of the poor and working class in tenements
who was jacob riis
this amendment was direct senate election
what was the 17th amendment
this amendment was prohibitation and was fought for mainly by women
what was the 18th amendment
this amendment did women's suffrage
what was the 19th amendment
this wanted to purcahse alaska for 7.2 million. however, the land was seen as having no value but then gold was discovered
what was sewards volley