Muckrakers
American journalists who attacked established institutions and leaders as corrupt. They typically had large audiences in some popular magazines.
McClure's Magazine
was an American illustrated monthly periodical popular at the turn of the 20th century. The magazine is credited with having started the tradition of muckraking journalism (investigative, watchdog, or reform journalism), and helped shape the moral compass
Woman's suffrage
right of women to vote in elections; a person who advocates the extension of suffrage, particularly to women, is called a suffragist.
NAWSA
National American Woman Suffrage Association
19th Amendment
prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex. It was adopted on August 18, 1920
1902 Coal Miner's Stike
strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coalfields of eastern Pennsylvania. Miners struck for higher wages, shorter workdays and the recognition of their union.
Trust-Busting
Government activities aimed at breaking up monopolies and trusts.
Theodore Roosevelt
American statesman, author, explorer, soldier, and naturalist, who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909.
Square Deal
a fair bargain or treatment. Deal coined by Theodore Roosevelt
Howard Taft
27th President of the United States and as the tenth Chief Justice of the United States, the only person to have held both offices.
Temperance Movement
social movement against the consumption of alcoholic beverages. Temperance movements typically criticize alcohol intoxication, promote complete abstinence
Goals of Progressivism
Protecting social welfare
Many of the reformers form the social welfare helped make the horrible conditions of industrialization better.
They opened libraries, built swimming pools, fed poor people, cared for children etc
Ida Tarbell's History of Standard Oil
1904 book by journalist Ida Tarbell. It is an expos� about the Standard Oil Company, run at the time by oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, the richest figure in American history.
Meat Inspection Act
American law that makes it a crime to adulterate or misbrand meat and meat products being sold as food, and ensures that meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions. Act passed in 1906
Upton Sinclair's The Jungle
1906 novel written by the American journalist and novelist Upton Sinclair. Sinclair wrote the novel to portray the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the United States in Chicago and similar industrialized cities.
Pure Food and Drug Act
(1906) For preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating traffic therein, and for other purposes.
Conservation
ethic of resource use, allocation, and protection. Its primary focus is upon maintaining the health of the natural world, its fisheries, habitats, and biological diversity.
Election of 1912
Some Republicans, unhappy with William Howard Taft, split with the Republican Party and created the Progressive Party in 1912. Former president Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt ran as the Progressive Party candidate, but was unsuccessful in obtaining a presiden
Bull Moose Party
formally Progressive Party, U.S. dissident political faction that nominated former president Theodore Roosevelt as its candidate in the presidential election of 1912; the formal name and general objectives of the party were revived 12 years later.
Woodrow Wilson
American statesman and academic who served as the 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921. Through passage of the Adamson Act that imposed an 8-hour workday for railroads, he averted a railroad strike and an ensuing economic crisis. Upon the
Federal Reserve Act
intended to establish a form of economic stability in the United States through the introduction of the Central Bank, which would be in charge of monetary policy.
Clayton Anti-trust Act
was a part of United States antitrust law with the goal of adding further substance to the U.S. antitrust law regime; the Clayton Act sought to prevent anticompetitive practices in their incipiency
16th, 17th, 18th, 19th Amendments
16th Amendment: United States Constitution allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the United States Census.
17th Amendment: Amendment to the United States Constitution established the popular ele
Imperialism
action that involves a country extending its power by the acquisition of territories. It may also include the exploitation of these territories, an action that is linked to colonialism
Commodore Matthew Perry
Commodore of the United States Navy and commanded a number of ships. He served in several wars, most notably in the War of 1812 and the Mexican-American War
Spanish American War
By the Treaty of Paris (signed Dec. 10, 1898), Spain renounced all claim to Cuba, ceded Guam and Puerto Rico to the United States, and transferred sovereignty over the Philippines to the United States for $20,000,000.
Emilio Aguinaldo
Filipino revolutionary, politician, and a military leader who is officially recognized as the first and the youngest President of the Philippines and first president of a constitutional republic in Asia.
John Hay "Splendid Little War
Pin from the Spanish American War period. Robert Bowen Collection. On April 21, 1898, the United States declared war against Spain. It would be the first overseas conflict fought by the U.S. It involved major campaigns in both Cuba and the Philippine Isla
Treaty of Paris
The cession of the Philippines involved a payment of $20 million from the United States to Spain. The treaty was signed on December 10, 1898, and ended the Spanish-American War. The Treaty of Paris came into effect on April 11, 1899, when the documents of
Rough Riders
The Rough Riders was a nickname given to the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, one of three such regiments raised in 1898 for the Spanish-American War and the only one of the three to see action.
Cuba
teller amendment stated that the US wouldn't annex Cuba, but they were afraid that other major powers would try to. Leonard Wood also oversaw the drafting of a new Cuban constitution. Platt Amendment Limited cuba's anility to sign treaties with other nati
Hawaii
July 7th, 1898, Hawaii was annexed, August 1959, Hawaii became a state.
Philippines
war in the Philippines, broke our between US and Spain, Dewey was said to attack the Spanish fleet in the Philippines Dewey Began planning attack on the Capital city, Emilio Aguinaldo, who was the leader of the rebel army( Filipino patriots) Spanish force
Platt Amendment
amendment to a U.S. army appropriations bill, established the terms under which the United States would end its military occupation of Cuba (which had begun in 1898 during the Spanish-American War) and "leave the government and control of the island of Cu
Admiral George Dewey
Admiral of the Navy, the only person in United States history to have attained the rank. He is best known for his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War
Queen Liliuokalani
first queen and last monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, ruling from January 29, 1891, until the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii on January 17, 1893
Yellow Journalism
US term for a type of journalism that presents little or no legitimate well-researched news and instead uses eye-catching headlines to sell more newspapers
Panama Canal Zone
unincorporated territory of the United States from 1903 to 1979, centered on the Panama Canal and surrounded by the Republic of Panama.
Big Stick Diplomacy
U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy: "speak softly, and carry a big stick.
Maine
February 15th 1898, USS Maine was blown up, the warship
Roosevelt Corollary
addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt in his State of the Union address in 1904 after the Venezuela Crisis of 1902-03.
Monroe Doctrine
U.S. policy toward the Western Hemisphere. Buried in a routine annual message delivered to Congress by President James Monroe in December 1823, the doctrine warns European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization or puppet mo
Effects of US Imperialism in Latin America
The 1823 Monroe Doctrine, which began the United States' policy of isolationism, deemed it necessary for the United States to refrain from entering into European affairs, but to protect nations in the Western hemisphere from foreign military intervention.