SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
This is an exaggerated, exploitative, sensational style of newspaper reporting.
Yellow Journalism
The economic theory of Social Darwinism was based off of this.
Charles Darwin's survival of the fittest
Muckrakers exposed this.
Corruption and social problems.
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand triggered this.
World War I
The League of Nations was created for this reason.
These were the territories the United States gained after defeating the Spanish in the Spanish-American War
Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines
Technological advances made the growth of this possible.
American industry
Jacob Riss exposed the social ills of life in New York City’s tenements in the book
How the Other Half Lives
This German declaration regarding the seas was one of the reasons why Woodrow Wilson believed we should enter WWI.
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Settlement houses, like Hull House, led to the creation of this to help the poor.
Social welfare programs
After the U.S. Navy destroyed the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay in the Philippines, why did Congress later vote for the control of the Philippines?
They wanted to use the Philippines as a naval base
This is how the growth of industry affected the distribution of wealth in the US.
The majority of the wealth was in the hands of the industrialists
Hull House was created by this person.
Jane Addams
This is what Germany had to do as a result of the Treaty of Versailles.
Pay reparations
This was a major disease of during the industrial revolution that was caused by poor sanitation and crowded conditions.
Cholera
Why was the De Lome letter such an insult to America?
It was full of insults to President McKinley.
These were the major effects of the Industrial Revolution
Child labor, strikes, socialism
Where did most progressive reforms begin?
They began at the state and local level
This was sent to Mexico asking them to join the war on the side of the Germans.
The Zimmerman Telegram
This small European country was neutral when Germany invaded it.
Belgium
The acquisition of new markets and sources of raw materials were the main reasons why the US was interested in this.
Imperialism
Railroads caused the development of these.
Time zones
The Pure Food and Drug Act was inspired by this.
Upton Sinclair’s book, The Jungle.
President Wilson responded to the initial outbreak of WWI with this.
America's neutrality.
These came from small business owners, reform minded politicians, and teachers and social workers.
Progressives