History study guide 10/19

progressivism

movement that responded to the pressures of industrialization and urbanization by promoting reforms

settlement house

community center that provided services for the urban poor

muckracker

writer who uncovers and exposes misconduct in politics or business

florence kelley

founded the national consumers league

temperance movement

aimed at stopping alcohol abuse and the problems created by it

ida b wells

helped to found the national association of colored women

suffrage

the right to vote

nineteenth amendment

1919, constitutional amendment that granted women the right to vote

americanization

belief that assimilating immigrants into american society would make them loyal citizens

niagara movement

group of african american thinkers founded in 1905 that pushed for immediate racial reforms

NAACP

interaccial organization founded in 1909 to abolish segregation and discrimination and achieve political rights for african americans

booker t washington

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

theodore roosevelt

president who passed progressive reforms and expanded the powers of the presidency

meat inspection act

meat inspection act gave federal agents power to inspect and monitor the meatpacking industry

square deal

roosevelts program to keep the wealthy and powerful from taking advantage of the small business owners and the poor

pure food and drug act

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

national reclamation act

gave the federal government power to decide where and how water would be distributed in arid western states

impreialism

policy by which stronger nations extend their political, economic, and military, control over weaker territories

extractive economy

colonial economies based on an imperialist nation extracting, or removing raw materials

social darwinism

belief that darwins theory of the survival of the fittest should be applied to societies, justifying imperialism

frederick jackson turner

historian who noted the closure of the American fronteir; his ideas were used by others to urge U.S. overseas expansion

Jose Marti

cuban patriot who launched a war for independence from spain in 1895

yellow press

newspapers that used sensational headlines and exaggeration to promote readership

Maine (ship)

battleship boarded in Havana harbor to protect American citizens, it exploded killing 266 americans

tearty of paris

ended the spanish-american war and inculded U.S. acquisition of Puerto Rico and the purchase of the philippines