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the reform movement of the early 1900s concerned with problems of urbanization and industrialization is
Progressivism
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became an advocate for improving the lives of women and children..
Florence Kelly
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feared the alcohol was undermining American morals..
WCTU
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journalists who uncovered the wrongdoings on the part of politicians of corporations..
muckrakers
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led the way in regulating bis businesses..
Robert M. La Follette
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gives the voters the power to introduce legislation..
iniative
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citizens can force the legislature to place a recently passed law on the ballot..
referendum
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enables the voters to remove an official from office..
recall
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gave voters the power to elect their senators directly..
17th amendment
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Triangle Shirtwaist fire
- - March 25, 1911
- - 145 Garment workers died
- - new, strict building codes were passed
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Reasons why women were denied the right to vote:
- 1. it wasnt a woman's place
- 2. it would increase the divorce rate
- 3. liquor industry didnt want them to
- 4. factories didnt want them to
- 5. it would reopen black voting rights
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Women gained the right to vote..
19th amendment
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who won the election of 1900?
William McKinley
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Teddy's fair and equal treatment for all people:
Square Deal
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6 major achievements of the square deal:
- 1. increased federal power
- 2. mediated coal strike
- 3. regulated trust
- 4. regulates transportation
- 5. protect our health
- 6. protect our environment
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who won the election of 1904?
Teddy
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Who wrote a book exposing the meat packing industry in 1906?
Upton Sinclair; The jungle
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passed in 1906 and required the federal government to inspect meat shipped across state lines:
Meat Inspection Act
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Pure food and drug act forbid the _______, _______, and __________ of food and medical products containing harmful ingredients.
manufacturing, transportation, and selling
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Preserving of our land is..
conservation
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_______ was named the head of the Forestry Service in 1905.
Gifford Pinchot
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who won the election of 1908?
William Taft
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Gifford Pinchot was fired for criticizing the sale of land in _______.
Alaska
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who won the election of 1912?
Woodrow Wilson
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a federal agency established in 1914 to investigate and stop unfair business practices..
Federal Trade Commission
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the creation of income tax:
16th amendment
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a national banking system that controls the US money supply and the availability of credit in the country is..
Federal Reserve System
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the policy of conquering other countries to build your empire is
imperialism
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3 factors that fueled the new American imperialism:
- 1. desire for military strength
- 2. thirst for new markets
- 3. belief in cultural superiority
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4 things Alfred T. Mahan said we need to become a world power:
- 1. modern army
- 2. canal across Panama
- 3. navy bases in the Caribbean
- 4. Hawaii and other islands in the Pacific
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wrote a book called "Our Country: Its possible future and its present Crisis" that convinced many people that the US imperialism was right.
Josiah Strong
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king of Hawaii; forced to sign a new constitution called the Bayonet Constitution that limited his role to that of a figurehead..
King Kalakaua
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Queen of HAwaii; Champion of Hawaii
Queen Liliuokalani
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taking a territory and making it your own is
annexation
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what year was the Spanish American War?
1898
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sensational stories used to sway public opinionS
Yellow journalism
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2 Causes of the Spanish American War:
- 1. the De Lame Letter
- 2. The USS Maine explodes
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Us Commander in the PAcific during the Spanish American War was
George Dewey
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group of people led by Teddy were..
Rough Riders
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Treaty of Paris:
- 1. Cuba became free
- 2. US received Guam & Puerto Rico
- 3. paid Spain 20 million dollars for the Phillipeans
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ended military rule in Puerto Rico..
Foraker Act
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Platt Amendment:
- 1. Cuba cant make any treaties that would jeprodize their freedom
- 2. the US could intervein in Cuba's affairs if necessary
- 3. the US would receive navy bases in Cuba
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a country whose affairs are controlled by a stronger power..
Protectorate
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policy of giving countries equal access to trading rights in China
Open Door Policy
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when chinese nationalists tried to free their country from western influence..
Boxer Rebellion
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gave us the authority to build the Panama Canal:
Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
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What year did the Panama Canal open?
1914
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who virturally eliminated yellow fever by draining and sanitizing areas of standing water in the canal zone?
William Gorgas
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"Big Stick Policy"; Established the US as an international police power..
Roosevelt Corollary
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the US policy of using economic power to influence other countries..
Dollar Diplomacy
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US policy to deny the recognition of any undemocratic of hostile gov't..
Missionary diplomacy
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