3. Imperialism/Progressive Era Flashcards
Progressive Era Characteristics
Strengthen protections for workers/consumers & improve overall society
Meat Inspection Act (1906)
Provided government inspection of meat
Pure Food & Drug Act (1906)
Regulation of the preparation of foods & the sale of medications
Muckraker
Investigative reporters who exposed corruption & abuses of big business
Yellow Journalism
Sensationalized reporting & exaggerated truth (helped push US into Spanish American War)
Upton Sinclair
Muckraker who wrote “The Jungle” about the meat packing industry
Upton Sinclair Quote
“I aimed for America’s heart & instead hit it’s stomach.”
Trust Busting
Teddy Roosevelt (Trust Buster president) Broke up monopolies
16th Amendment
Established Federal Income Tax
17th Amendment
Direct Elections of Senators
18th Amendment
Prohibition of alcohol (buy, sale, & trade)
19th Amendment
Women’s Suffrage (right to vote)
Rough Riders
attacked San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War
Teddy Roosevelt
Created National Parks, Great White Fleet, & Big Stick Policy
US Imperialism
Show military Strength, new trade markets, cultural superiority
US Territory gained from the Spanish-American War
Porto Rico, Guam, & Philippines
Panama Canal significance
Increased trade & reduced travel time
W.E.B. Du Bois
Early civil rights leader and co-founder of the NAACP wanted equality now.
Booker T. Washington
He believed African-Americans should achieve economic independence before social equality.
Name of new US Naval ships
Great White Fleet
Ship that blew up in Havanna Habor-pushing US into Spanish-American War
U.S.S. Maine
