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38 Cards in this Set
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To add or incorporate |
Annex |
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Complete control over the whole supply of a type of goods or services in a given market. |
Monopoly |
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A person who wants the government to solve social problems and help the poor. |
Progressive |
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When a country changes from manufacturing goods in small shops to using large factories. |
Industrialization |
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A way of reporting new stories that do not focus on facts as much as it does on the reaction hoped. |
Yellow Journalism |
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I was the organizer of a settlement house to help immigrants and the poor. |
John Adams |
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I became a war hero after leading the Rough Riders and was a progressive. |
Theodore Roosevelt |
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I was president during the Spanish-American war. |
William McKinley |
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This country controlled Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines in the 1890’s. |
Spain |
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The __________ military leader treated the Cuban people very poorly. |
Spanish |
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The ____________________ war was Cuba’s war for independence from Spain. It was fought in the late 1890’s. |
Spanish - American |
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Humanitarian concern for Cuba & explosion of the USS Main (killing 260 Americans) was the reason _________ joined the war. |
America |
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Many articles and shocking newspaper headlines were written about the Main explosion, this __________ __________ contributed to the story of the Spanish - American War. |
Yellow Journalism |
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In the Spanish - American war, the _________ quickly defeated the Spanish military on lands and sea. |
U.S. |
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Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines were new territories _________ by the US as a result of the Spanish - American war. |
Annexed |
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Puerto Rico & Guam are still U.S. territories, the __________ are now their own country. |
Philippines |
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During the 1800’s, America had an _________ economy. |
Agricultural |
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The second industrial revolution change the agricultural economy to on based on __________ goods (factories) |
Manufactured |
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Many factories used _________ _________ (producing several things at once, much cheaper, much faster). |
Mass Prodduction |
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Big Business = ______ _________ |
Big Money |
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Big Businesses started buying all other small businesses until they were the only businesses left to provide a good or service, creating a _________. |
Monopoly |
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Big business (such s Standard Oil Company and Carnegie Steel Company) were huge _________-__________. |
Money Makers |
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The __________ ____________ brought many people to cities to work in factories BUT working in factories as very hard and dangerous. |
Industrial Revolution |
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During the Progressive Movement, many people also wanted to eliminate _________ in business and government. |
Corruption |
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One of the goals of Progressiivism is the right to safe food and better _________. |
Housing |
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One of the goals of Progressivism is rights of ________ (8-hour Wendy, safe working conditions and a voice at work). |
Workers |
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One of the goals of Progressivism is the rights of _________ and children. |
Women |
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One of the goals of Progressivism is controlling __________ ____________ (elimination of trusts and monopolies). |
Big Business |
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One of the goals of Progressivism is Women’s _________ (right to vote). |
Suffrage |
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New __________ and machines helped produce goods faster but people were treated poorly. |
Technology |
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__________ ___________ worked long hours (12-14 hours per day), had dangerous working conditions, and could bee replaced easily. |
Factory Workers |
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Low wages, very little time off and child labor were also poor conditions experienced by ________ __________. |
Factory Workers |
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During the _________ __________, workers united to improve working conditions and salaries. |
Labor movement |
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__________ __________ were formed to help support the labor movement. |
Labor Unions |
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In 1911, the _________ __________ fire occurred. 145 workers died because the building did not have sprinklers or working water hoses and one of the two stairways to exit was locked. |
Triangle Shirtwaist |
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Strict __________ safety laws were created to protect worker in factories as a result of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire. |
Fire |
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The __________ ___________ was a period of reformation or change. |
Progressive Movement |
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During the Progressive Movement many people believed it was the responsibility of the _________ to improve citizen’s living and working conditions. |
Government |