Quartely Review Ch 22-25 Flashcards
Joseph Pulitzer
New York World
“Yellow Journalism”
William Randolph Hearst
New York Journal
“Yellow Journalism”
Enrique Dupuy de Lome
Spanish ambassador to the US.
Wrote a public statement criticizing McKinley, considered a national insult.
The Maine
US battle ship
Exploded on the coast of the Cuban capital, Havana. (US blamed Spanish)
“Remember the Maine!”
Rough Riders
A regiment compiled of college athletes, cowboys, miners, and law workers.
Led by Theodore Roosevelt
neutrality
The refusal to take sides
Key events that lead to war with Spain over Cuba
1) Spanis/Mexicans own southwest region o the present-day US
2) American dream “Ocean-to-Ocean”
3) Spanish refusal to hand over land
4) Explosion of the Maine
“Looking Backward”
Edward Bellamys 1887 novel
Made socialism seem attractive and a alternate to the existing industrial society
Wobblies
Labor Union
“Industrial Workers of the World”
Ida Tarbell
Wrote “The History of the Standard Oil Company””
John Dewey
Pragmtist
Argued that the value o government actions should be measured by the good they do.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Wrote “The Common Law”
Thought Lae should not be an absolute set of principles but a tool to meet the needs of society
Muckrakers
Journalist who wrote controversial arguments to sell their works.
Social Gospel
Religious organizations should work to improve society as well as to meet the spiritual needs o their congregations.
Pragmatism
An approach to problem solving
