Spanish American War
The US's first imperialistic President
William McKinley
To help American Sugarcane growers, the US annexed this island in the Pacific Ocean much to the chagrin of the islands Queen.
Hawaii
Name given to writers who wanted to expose corruption and bad business practices
Muckrakers
The election of 1912 had 4 candidates. Taft was a Republican, Roosevelt was with the Bull Moose Party, Eugene Debs was with the Socialist Party and Wilson was with the ___Party
Democrat
Plan that lent money to Germany so it could pay its debts
Dawes Plan
US newspapers publish a note from this Spanish ambassador that offends the US and criticizes McKinley. Named after the ambassador this was called the ___Letter
De Lome
The policy of Secretary of State John Hay to create equal trading opportunities in China
Open Door Policy
Author who wrote about corruption in Standard Oil which moved government to take action against Rockefeller's company.
Ida Tarbell
What did the 16th Amendment do?
Established an Income Tax
Amendment that gave women the right to vote
19th amendment
The sinking of the USS Maine (one of the causes of the war) was overexaggerated in the newspapers due to this kind of journalism.
Yellow Journalism
President Theodore Roosevelt had to back a revolution in this country for control of the land required to build a canal.
Panama
Upton Sinclair wrote this book about the meat packing plant which led to the creation of the Meat Inspection Act.
The Jungle
Wilson created this to run the central bank in the US
Federal Reserve System
Name of the committee that investigated Wilson's reasons for getting the US into WWI in 1917
Nye Committee
The Spanish American War referred to as a "splendid little war" gave the US Puerto Rico, Guam, and ___
Cuba
This was added to the Monroe Doctrine giving the US the right to intervene in Latin American affairs.
Roosevelt Corollary
Theodore Roosevelt's plan to conserve natural resources, control corporations, and provide for consumer protection was called...
The Square Deal
Wilson's "Peace through Honor" demonstrates Wilson's desire to remain ___during WWI
Neutral
Leading Republican in the Senate who would have pushed for Senate ratification of the Treaty of Versailles had Wilson made some changes to it.
Henry Cabot Lodge
At the end of the war, the US purchased ___from Spain for $20 million.
Philippines
The sailing of the "Great White Fleet" to show US power to the world was part of Theodore Roosevelt's "_____Diplomacy"
Big Stick
Presidents Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson were known as the ___Presidents.
Progressive
The Act (Law) signed into law by Wilson that said one could not speak out against the US's war efforts.
Sedition Act
Scandal during the Harding Administration were the Secretary of the Interior took bribes from oil companies to drill on Federal Lands.
Tea Pot Dome Scandal