Progressives and Roosevelt

Location of the Progressives

East Coast

Five primary goals of the Populists

Good government, expanding democracy, helping the poor, limiting big businesses, and increasing government regulation

Parties in the Election of 1892

Benjamin Harrison and Grover Cleveland

Winner of the Election of 1892

Grover Cleveland

Actions taken by Grover Cleveland to fix the economy after 1892

Eliminated the McKinley Tariff and reduced government spending

First Populist candidate for President

William Jennings Bryan

Famous quote from William Jennings Bryan’s 1896 campaign

“You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.”

Winner of the Election of 1896

William McKinley

The popular idea that the strongest societies will survive

Social Darwinism

Main crop farmed by the Spanish in Cuba using exploited labor

Sugarcane

Spanish general in Cuba nicknamed "El Carnicero" (the butcher)

Valeriano Weyler

The first version of tabloids used to pressure government intervention

Yellow journalism

Two famous yellow journalists and their newspapers

Joseph Pulitzer (New York World) and William Randolph Hearst (New York Journal)

Theodore Roosevelt’s title prior to the Spanish-American War

Assistant Secretary of the Navy

“The president had no more backbone than a chocolate éclair.”

Teddy Roosevelt

The intercepted letter from the Spanish ambassador to the King of Spain

The Delomme Letter

Date the U.S.S. Maine was torpedoed in Havana Harbor

February 15, 1898

Casualty count of the U.S.S. Maine sinking

260 died out of 358 on board

Modern consensus on the cause of the Maine’s sinking

It was an accident

U.S. Captain who took the Philippines and Guam

George Dewey

Ship used by Captain George Dewey

The Olympia

Legislation stating the U.S. goal was to free Cuba but not annex it

The Teller Amendment (spelled "Telar" in notes)

Special unit formed by Teddy Roosevelt for the invasion

The Rough Riders

Recruits for the Rough Riders

Polo players, cowboys, Indians, policemen, and wrestlers

Cowboy hired to train the Rough Riders

Leonard Wood

Resource the Rough Riders left behind in Florida

Their horses

Length of the Battle of San Juan Hill

3 days

John Hay’s quote about the Spanish-American War

“Splendid little war.”

Three territories adopted by the U.S. in the Treaty of Paris

The Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico

Legislation giving the U.S. the right to interfere in Cuban affairs

The Platt Amendment

Naval base retained by the U.S. in Cuba

Guantanamo Bay

Candidates in the Election of 1900

William McKinley (with Teddy Roosevelt as VP) and William Jennings Bryan

Assassin of President William McKinley

Leon Czolgosz (spelled "Czolgolz" in notes)

Method of execution for Leon Czolgosz

The electric chair

Teddy Roosevelt's distinction upon taking office

Youngest person to be president

Founder of the Sierra Club who encouraged the National Park System

John Muir

First National Park in the United States

Yellowstone

Inventor of the "Teddy Bear" in 1903

Morris Michtom (referred to as "Morris Mich" in notes)

Roosevelt's nickname for enforcing the Sherman Antitrust Act

Trust Buster

Roosevelt's nickname for his efforts against corruption

Muckraker

Muckraker who wrote The History of the Standard Oil Company

Ida Tarbell

Author and subject of the book The Jungle

Upton Sinclair; the meatpacking industry

Government organization started by Roosevelt after reading The Jungle

The FDA

Author and subject of The Octopus

Frank Norris; corruption of the railroad industry

Author and subject of The Shame of the Cities

Lincoln Steffens

Color change of the Navy ships under Roosevelt

From white to horizon gray

Roosevelt's response when Colombia declined the Panama Canal

Recognized Panama as an independent nation and put the Navy off their coast

Award won by Roosevelt for negotiating peace in the Russo-Japanese War

Nobel Peace Prize