Progressivism
Movement that challenged many social and political issues with new ideascand honest, efficient government
Muckrakers
Socially concious writers who dramatized need for reform with sensational ideas that spread quickly
Lincoln Steffens
Muckraker who published articles exposing corruption in city politics and governments
Jacob Riis
A muckraker who was a photographer and published works regarding the slums of large cities. Published "how the other half lives
Upton Sinclair
Muckraker who challenged unsanitary conditions in stockyards. Wrote "the jungle" inspired reforms in food industry
Social gospel
Bended ideas of german socialism and american progressivism set to make society "the kingdon of god" and practice charity and justice
Settlement house
Community center that provided social services to the urban poor, funded and run by volunteers
Jane Addams
Leading figure in settlement house movement. Opened a settlement house in chicago called the hull house. She supported the progressive party. She worked in the hull house all of her life
Direct primary
Election in which citizens themselves vote to select nominees for upcoming elections
Initiative
Gave people the power to put a proposed new law directly on the ballot in the next election by petition
Referendum
Allowed citizens to approve or reject laws passed by legislature
Recall
Allowed voters to remove public servants from office before the end of their term
Seventeenth amendment
Allowed for the direct election of senators by citizens
Florence Kelley
Believed women were hurt by unfair prices charged for needed goods. Helped found the national consumers league (NCL)
National consumers league (NCL)
Gave special labels to good produced under fair safe and healthy working conditions and backed many food safety campaigns
Temperance movement
Movement against the production and consumption of alcohol
Frances Willard
Influential leader of the womens christian temperance movement
Suffrage
Womens right to vote
Margaret Sanger
Opened the country's first birth control clinic, and founded the american birth control league
Ida B. Wells
Formed the national association of colored women (NACW) she strived toassist those less fortunate. Anti lynching campaign
Susan b anthony
reformer who strived for womens suffrage, opened the national women suffrage association to fight for womens constitutional right to vote
Carrie chapman catt
Traveled urging women to join the national american woman suffrage association (nawsa) which she was president of
National American woman suffrage association
Merge of anthonys and another womans suffrage groups.
Alice paul
Radical reformer. Her association the NWP was
First to march with picket in front of the white house.
Nineteenth amendment
Stated that the right to vote will not be denied of
on account of sex
Americanization
Process of replacing immigrant's culture with america's
Booker t Washington
African american leader who urged patience in the fight for equality
W.E.B. Du bois
Outspoken african american leader who demanded rights immediately. Niagara movement, NAACP
Niagara movement
Group of black thinkers who pushed for immediate racial equality
NAACP
political organization that aimed to end racism in society
Urban league
Large network that Helped poorer african american people provide for themselves
Anti-defamation league
Defend jewish people against descrimination
Mutualistas
Mexican american groups that provided loans and legal assistance
American Indian citizen act of 1924
Made all native americans citizens of the united states with full voting rights.
Theodore Roosevelt
Progressive president
Square deal
T.R.'s reforms to keep the wealthy business owners from taking advantage of the poor
Hepburn act
Gave interstate commerce commision uthority to set max shipping rates for transportation companies
Meat inspection act
Empowered the federal government to inspect meat sold across state lines and inspect processing plants
Pure food and drug act
Allowed federal inspection of food and medicine and banned mislabeling of food and drugs
John Muir
California naturalist whos efforts led to the creation of yosemite national Park
Gifford Pinchot
Leader of the division of forestry whose ideas of rational use inspired Roosevelt to create national parks
National reclamation act
Gave the government the power to decide where and when water was distributed
New nationalism
Roosevelts program to restore the governments trust busting power and his third presidential term
Progressive party
Political party formed by progressives who left the Republican Party after it was split between Roosevelt and Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Democratic candidate that ran against Roosevelt and Taft
New freedom
Wilson's plan to play strict government Controls on corporations
16th amendment
Gave the government the power to collect income tax without restrictions
Monetary policy
Control of the supply of money in circulation at any given time
Federal reserve act
Law that placed commercial banks under control of the Federal Reserve board
Federal Trade Commission
Members were named by the president to monitor business practices that could lead to monopolies
Clayton antitrust act
Strengthened earlier antitrust laws by laying out activities in which businesses could not engage
Imperialism
Policy by which stronger nations extend their power over weaker territories
Extractive economies
Colonies under imperialism who's resources would be taken and shipped to the home country
Alfred T. Mahan
Military historian an officer in the U.S. Navy Who sparked the modernization of the U.S. Navy
Social Darwinism
The belief that life consists of competitive struggles which only the strongest survive
Frederick Jackson Turner
Historian encouraged overseas expansion
Matthew Perry
Commodore who sailed a US fleet into present-day Tokyo bay Japan. And openned trade between the two countries
Queen liluokalani
Hawaiian queen who fought against u.s. Farmowners take over and was eventually overruled by them.
Sanford b dole
Influential lawyer who convinced president Benjamin Harrison to annex Hawaii to the United States
Jos� mart�
Cuban patriot who launched a revolution against Spain
William Randolph Hearst
Newspaper publisher who rallied US citizens dislike for the Spanish government. With exaggerations and sensational articles
Yellow press
Newspapers that used sensational headlines and exaggerated stories to promote readership
Jingoism
Agressive nationalism
George dewey
( first battle of the spanish american war) Commodore who surprised the spanish fleet in manila bay
Emilio aguinaldo
Fillipino revolutionary leader in the war to win independence from spain
Rough riders
Theodore roosevelt's cavalry unit of brave and relentless men
Treaty of paris
Official end of thecspanish american war where spain gave up puerto rico, cuba, and guam, and sold the us the phillipines
Isurrection
Rebellion in the phillipines against US rule
Guerrilla warfare
Nontraditional warfare generally involving small bands of fighters and ambush
William Howard Taft
Future president who became governer of the phillipenes who censored the press and began strict regulations
Jones act
Made phillipines their own nation
Spheres of influence
Region dominated and controlled by an outside power
John hay
Secretary of state who helped guide america to open door policy with china
Boxer rebellion
Violence Started by members of a secret society in China
Open door policy
Argued for equal privileges among countries trading with china
Russo-Japanese war
War between japan and russia over presence of russian troops in japan
Gentleman's agreement
Pact between the US and japanese to end segragation of asian children in san francisco schools, in return, japan agreed to limit the emegration of its citizens to the US
Great white fleet
Battleships sent by president TR On a "good will cruise" around the world
Foraker act
Established a civil government in puerto rico
Platt amendment
Set of conditions under which cuba was granted independence
Big stick" diplomacy
Speak softly and carry a big stick" president TR's philosophy of creating a strong military and using it to reach american goals
Panama Canal
Man-made waterway linking the atlantic to the pacific through the isthmus of panama, created by TR
Roosevelt corollary
TR's reassertion of the monroe doctrine ovkeep the western hemisphere free of european powers
Dollar diplomacy
President tafts policy of expanding american investments abroad
Moral diplomacy
Woodrow wilsons statement that the US would not use force to assert influence in the world, but would instead work to promote human rights
Francisco "pancho" villa
Mexican revolutionary and guerilla leader who lead an attack on a US town in rebellion