Progressivism/Spanish-American War

William McKinley

assasinated, came before Teddy, Lead US into spanish american war, lassez faire

Teddy Roosevelt

Trust buster, the square deal, big stick policy, got Panama canal to construction

William Taft

handpicked successor to Teddy but not as progressive as ted hoped, Dollar diplomacy

Woodrow Wilson

Clayton Anti Trust act, Moral Diplomacy, succeeded Taft

Yellow Journalism

relied on sensational headlines but distorted the truth most times

Muckraker

journalists drawing attention to social problems

Cornelius Vanderbilt

Controlled shipping and railroad monopolies

Booker T Washington

Believed in gradual integration

WEB DuBios

beleived in immediate integration, founded NAACP

Progressivism

addressed rapid economic and social changes of the gilded age, 1890-1920

Ida B Wells

investigative reporter, wrote book about antilynching in the south

Jacob Riis

Wrote how the other half lives which was the first story of urban poverty and slums

Ida Tarbell

wrote history of standard oil which revealed Rockefellers ruthless business practices

Upton Sinclair

wrote the jungle about the meatpacking industry

Jose Marti

cuban revolutionary in the war of independence

USS Maine

Explodes in Havana Harbor and leads to Mckinley starting war

Treaty of Paris

1898, ends spanish american war

The DeLome letter

spanish ambassador writes that McKinley is weak and cubans give it to US reporters and Hearst sensationalizes it

Moral Diplomacy

a policy that supports nations that have similar beliefs to the US

The Square Deal

3 parts of conservation (national parks) trustbusting (breaking up monopolies) and consumer protection (meat inspection act) which have everyone a fair chance made my Roosevelt

Big Stick Policy

made america active in world politics, made US police force of the western hemisphere and made panama canal for shortcut

Rough Riders

volunteer calvary unit for spanish american war that was charged at San Juan

Standard Oil

Rockefellers monopoly

16th amendment

federal income tax (pay what you earn)

17th amendment

direct election of senators by the people

18th amendment

banning of alchohol

19th amendment

gave woman the right to vote

Panama Canal

travel time shorter from east coast to west coast