Progressive Era Vocab and People to Know Flashcards
Social Darwinism
Theories that use biological concepts of natural selection and survival of the fittest to sociology and politics
Muckraker
Investigative reporter who sought to make public the ills of society during the Gilded Age
Square Deal
Nickname for Teddy Roosevelt’s agenda as president which included trust-busting and giving all Americans a “square” or fair deal
Suffrage
The right to vote-what women were looking for during the Progressive Era
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
1890 law that broke up the massive monopolies that dominated key industries
Dollar Diplomacy
William Howard Taft’s policy of investing in Latin America so that it would become a market and region of allies to the US
Big Stick Policy
Roosevelt’s famed policy of working with others with the threat of a powerful military to back up our plans
Open Door Policy
Policy proposed by Sec. of State John Hay to keep China open to trade for all nations
Yellow Journalism
sensationalist headlines and stories in newspapers meant to sell copies rather than tell the truth
Roosevelt Corollary
Roosevelt’s addition to the Monroe Doctrine that made the US the “police force” of the West. Hem.
The Panama Canal
Waterway built by the US to connect the Caribbean and the Pacific Ocean
Theodore Roosevelt
-His “big stick” foreign policy was to threaten intervention
-The “Roosevelt Corollary” made the US the police of the western hemisphere
-Trust buster of monopolies
-Set aside land for parks
William H. Taft
-His “Dollar Diplomacy” foreign policy was to invest in Latin America
-Not as progressive as TR had hoped
-Later Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Woodrow Wilson
-Tried to keep US out of WW1
-His “new freedom” policy called for domestic reforms
-Moral diplomacy of only supporting nations with moral beliefs like the US’s
-His 14 points and league of nations sought world peace
Jane Addams
-Progressive social reformer and activist
-Founder of hull house in Chicago
-Provided aid to poor working-class families
-Nobel peace prize winner
Eugene Debs
-Socialist labor leader
-Co-founder of the industrial workers of the world
-5-time candidate for president by the Socialist Party
Ida Tarbell
-Muckraking reporter -investigates Rockefeller and standard oil
-Wrote 19-part magazine expose of standard oil
-Revealed unfair business practices and tactics
-Spurred the Sherman anti-trust act and breaking up of standard oil
Susan B. Anthony
-Most famous supporter of women’s suffrage and women’s rights in the US
-Founded the American Equal Rights Association, which campaigned for equal rights for both women and Black people
-Founded the national woman suffrage association
Upton Sinclair
-Wrote the jungle
-Exposed unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry
-Spurred the pure food and drug act
Liliukalani
-Last queen of Hawaii
-Opposed US intervention and taking of her country
-Powerless to stop powerful and wealthy American businessmen
-Wrote “Aloha O’e”-and anthem for Hawaii
