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political party

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Political Machine

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government employees had to pass a test to get the job; created because of the spoils system

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Pendleton Civil Service Act

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giving people important jobs just for supporting them

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Spoils/Patronage System

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was in charge of Tammany Hall; stole $25 million from New York City and spent the rest of his life in prison

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Boss Tweed

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Father of Political Cartoons

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Thomas Nast

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big buildings that housed several poor people

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Tenements

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movement that believed honest and efficient government could bring about social justice; a thought process that believed the government should be used to improve society

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Progressivism

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belief that following Christian principles could bring about social justice/social reform

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Social Gospel

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socially conscious journalists and writers who dramatized the need for reform

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Muckraker

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examples of muckrakers

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Jacob Riis & Ida Tarbell

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wrote The Jungle

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Upton Sinclair

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muckraking photographer and author of How The Other Half Lives, exposed the condition of the urban poor

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Jacob Riis

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muckraker that wrote The History of the Standard Oil Company, which busted the trust

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Ida M. Tarbell

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the fight for women to vote

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Women’s Suffrage

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campaign to end the production, sale, and use of alcohol

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Women’s Christian Temperance Movement

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opposed Washington’s approach; favored education in history, literature, and philosophy, not just in the trades

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Niagara Movement

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energetic Progressive who became the youngest president in 1901; Trust Buster; conservationist

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Theodore Roosevelt

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27th president; Progressive; created the Dollar Diplomacy; got stuck in a bathroom; did what Roosevelt did but to a lesser degree

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William Howard Taft

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28th president; Progressive Democrat elected President in 1912; created the Moral Diplomacy; genuinely good person; made 19th amendment; made the 8 hour workday; made the New Freedom

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Woodrow Wilson

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gave the federal government responsibility for insuring food and medicine are safe

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Pure Food and Drug Act

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gave federal agents power to inspect and monitor the meatpacking industry

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Meat Inspection Act

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central banking system; national bank

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Federal Reserve

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Theodore Roosevelt put this into place

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Conservation (Preservation of National Parks)

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gave the Interstate Commerce Committee power to limit railroad company prices

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Hepburn Act

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protects consumers

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Federal Trade Commission

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prevented unfair competition

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Clayton Anti-trust Act

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allowed voters to cast direct votes for senators

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17th Amendment

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established in 1919, granted women the right to vote

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19th Amendment

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no president can be elected more than twice

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22nd Amendment

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everyone over 18 can vote

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26th Amendment

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first social settlement house; started by Jane Addams; for poor people and immigrants

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Hull House

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former Secretary of State; Democratic and Populist leader; Cowardly Lion

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William Jennings Bryan

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25th president; president during Spanish-American War

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William McKinley

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legalized racial segregation

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Jim Crow Laws

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upheld “separate but equal” doctrine

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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public execution

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Lynching

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helped to found the National Association of Colored Women

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Ida B. Wells

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favored a gradualist approach for blacks to earn rights through economic progress and employment in the skilled trades

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Booker T. Washington

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demanded immediate and full rights for blacks as guaranteed by the Constitution

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W.E.B. Dubois

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, viewed full legal rights as the only solution to racial discrimination

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NAACP

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1898-1914

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Spanish-American War

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Leaders in the Spanish-American War

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Roosevelt, Wilson, & Taft

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Involved in the Spanish-American War

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Cuba, Guam, Philippines, Hawaii, & America

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Locations in the Spanish-American War

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Philippines, Cuba, Hawaii, & Guam

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Reason the Spanish-American War started

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The Maine exploded.

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Reason the US got involved in the Spanish-American War

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We wanted to expand our markets.

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Caused the Spanish-American War to end

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Treaty of Paris

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Territories gained/annexed in the Spanish-American War

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Puerto Rico, Guam, Hawaii, Philippines, & Cuba

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Roosevelt’s addition to the Monroe Doctrine, which stated that the US would intervene in Latin America in order to prevent European intervention

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Roosevelt Corollary

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no European monarchies in Latin America

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Monroe Doctrine

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zones in China that gave European powers exclusive access to commerce

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Spheres of Influence

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U.S. Secretary of State who asserted the “Open Door Policy” in China

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John Hay

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waterway dug across Panama to shorten the trip between the Atlantic and the Pacific; tried to buy from Colombia

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Panama Canal

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They rebelled against the Spanish and when the US bought the Philippines, they rebelled against the US.

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Philippine Insurrection

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created by William Seward; agreed to purchase Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million

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Seward’s Folly

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addendum to Cuba’s constitution restricting Cuba’s independence from the United States

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Platt Amendment

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the US can not annex Cuba

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Teller Amendment

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President Taft’s policy to encourage investment rather than use force in Latin America

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Dollar Diplomacy

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Theodore Roosevelt’s approach to international relations that depended on a strong military to achieve its aims

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Big Stick Diplomacy

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President Wilson’s policy to encourage human rights and opportunity rather than act in our own self-interest in Latin America

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Moral Diplomacy

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1900 revolt by secret Chinese societies against outside influences

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Boxer Rebellion

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