Amhist Ch. 20-21

Front 1

Lincoln Steffens

Back 1

Shame of the Cities (about political corruption)

Front 2

Other People's Money (a book about excessive centralization & little competition)

Back 2

written by Brandeis

Front 3

Jane Addams

Back 3

Hull House

Front 4

USS Maine

Back 4

ship that exploded in Cuba and stared the Spanish-American war

Front 5

Teddy Roosevelt led the famous ___________

Back 5

charge up San Juan Hill

Front 6

military changes by Elihu Root

Back 6

1. fed. standards for the national guard
2. 100,000 man standing army
3. O.T.S.
4. a general staff

Front 7

Platt Amendment

Back 7

U.S. could intervene in Cuba at any time

Front 8

Spheres of Influence

Back 8

areas of China carved up by Europe, Japan, and Russia

Front 9

Foraker Act

Back 9

ended military rule in Puerto Rico

Front 10

Jones Act

Back 10

this made Puerto Rico part of US territory

Front 11

areas where women dominated the workforce

Back 11

nursing and teaching

Front 12

territories gained by the US after the Sp-Am war

Back 12

the Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico

Front 13

_________ were used to select candidates for office

Back 13

primaries

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These THREE things INCREASED the POWER of the PEOPLE.

Back 14

referendum, initiative, recall.

Front 15

name given to the Spanish AMerican war

Back 15

The Splendid Little War

Front 16

Government distinguishes between good and bad trusts

Back 16

Promise of American Life by H. Croly

Front 17

________ used faith as a tool for social reform.

Back 17

Salvation Army

Front 18

19th amendment

Back 18

gave women equal suffrage nationwide and the right to vote

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10% of women did not marry and __________

Back 19

divorce rates increased.

Front 20

city managers

Back 20

outside experts who were hired to run large cities

Front 21

progressive laws passed by the states

Back 21

Regulated railroads and utilities.
Workers comp.
Increased taxes on railroads and corporate interests.
Tax inheritance.

Front 22

open door policy in China - free trade - set up by

Back 22

John Hay

Front 23

group committed to exposing scandal, corruption, and injustice

Back 23

muckrakers

Front 24

Ida Tarbell

Back 24

she exposed the standard oil company and later political machines

Front 25

Robert LaFollette

Back 25

progressive governor of Wisconsin that pushed for progressive laws

Front 26

IWW or the Wobblies

Back 26

radical labor group that wanted one single union

Front 27

professional groups:

Back 27

American Dental Association,
American Medical Association,
American Bar Association,
Chamber of Commerce

Front 28

1898 US annexes the ______ and splits _______ with ______

Back 28

Hawaiian Islands, Samoan Islands with Germany

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Hearst and Pulitzer

Back 29

___________ sensationalized headlines to sell newspapers

Front 30

causes of the frontier closing:

Back 30

fear of declining resources and neew for new markets

Front 31

women living together in a long-term relationahip

Back 31

Boston Marriage

Front 32

NAACP

Back 32

W.E.B. DuBois was one of the founders

Front 33

Influence of Sea Power Upon History

Back 33

written by Mahan; about large navies making great nations.

Front 34

Emilio Aguinaldo

Back 34

led the Filipino insurrection against the US

Front 35

Human inequalities caused by heredity________.
Nativists blamed ________.

Back 35

eugenics
immigration

Front 36

rebellion in China that caused an international force to quell it

Back 36

Boxer Rebellion

Front 37

leader of the WCTU

Back 37

Frances Willard

Front 38

Frances Willard and the WCTU helped get the ___ passed

Back 38

18th amendment

Front 39

secret ballots were adopted during _________ and handed out at the polls

Back 39

political reform