Progressivism & Imperialism

Americans were led to believe that Spain had blown up the U.S.S. Maine by...

Which act regulates food labels?

When an industrialized country takes raw materials from the colony and ships them home

unsuccessful uprising in China in 1900, the objective of which was to drive out all foreigners

Process that allows citizens to approve or reject a law passed by a legislature

Bull Moose party

Military historian whose book led to American naval expansion and modernization

Future president of the US who was made governor of the Philippines in 1901

Mexican revolutionary who was hunted by the US for 11 months for killing 18 Americans

Which act regulated monopolies?

Battleships on a "good will cruise” around the world to demonstrate American naval power

Gave women the right to vote

Large President who busted more than twice as many trusts as his predecessor

The United States acquired control of the Isthmus Panama from Colombia by...

President who offered a Square Deal and New Nationalism – Youngest President ever

Nurse who opened the country’s first birth control clinic

Senators elected by the people

Process by which voters can remove elected officials from office before their terms end

President at beginning of Progressive Era, got shot

Movement that responded to pressures of industrialization and urbanization by promoting reforms

US would end segregation of Asian children;Japan would then agree to limit emigration to US

This book, written by Upton Sinclair, showed the horrors of the meat packing industry.

A black teacher who helped create the National Association of Colored Women

Process in which citizens put a proposed new law directly on the ballot

The banana republics of Central America were...

US Calvary unit organized by Teddy Roosevelt and made famous by the battle of San Juan Hill

set of conditions granting independence to Cuba

As a result of the peace treaty with Spain, the United States gained...

Publisher of the New York Journal, had a huge castle in California and his own herd of zebras

newspapers that made unscrupulous use of scandalous, lurid, or sensationalized stories

American business leaders favored expansion in order to...

Movement aimed at stopping alcohol abuse and problems caused by it

Under imperialism, the stronger nation attempts to...

President whose New Freedom plan aimed to provide more opportunities for small businesses

Opened “Hull House” a settlement house in Chicago in 1889

Ended the Spanish-American War

In China the United States competed with other nations for...

Photographer who took startling photographs of the poverty stricken areas of New York City

The term given to describe writers who exposed corruption in business and government.

Teddy Roosevelt won the Nobel Prize for Peace by leading negotiations ending this conflict

Naturalist whose efforts led to the creation of Yosemite National Park

The forbidding by law of the manufacture, transport, and sale of alcohol

American commodore who sailed into Tokyo Bay and got a trade agreement with Japan

US Secretary of State who put forth the Open Door Policy for free trade with China in 1899

a geographic region or area of activity in which a state, organization, or person is dominant

Historian whose book influenced American expansionism and imperialism

Election in which citizens themselves vote to select nominees for upcoming elections

Income taxes

social theory that a developed society is more “fit to survive” due to biological advantages

During the 1912 election, Teddy Roosevelt ran as a member of what party?

Cuban patriot who launched a war for independence from Spain

American commodore who won the first naval battle of the Spanish-American War

Publisher of the New York World, has a prize for excellence in journalism named for him

Interracial organization to end segregation, discrimination, & protect civil rights for blacks

Community centers to provide social services for the urban poor

Prohibition

Ruler of Hawaii abolished constitution to limit political power of the white plantation owners

Group of African American thinkers pushed for immediate racial reforms in education and voting

The right to vote

US statement we did not want colonies in China, but preferred free trade there

form of fighting using “hit and run” tactics by small bands of fighters

The first naval battle of the Spanish-American War took place in...

Filipino nationalist who fought against Spain imperialism and then fought against America

extreme patriotism expressing itself especially in hostility toward other countries

Law establishing a civil government in Puerto Rico

a rebellion against the government or rulers of a country, often involving armed conflict