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progressivism
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Progressivism | the reform movement from 1900-1920 that tried to improve American life by ending injustices and increasing democracy |
| Muckrakers | journalists who exposed corruption in business and politics and encouraged reforms |
| Ida Tarbell | 4muckraker who exposed Rockefeller and the Standard Oil Company |
| 19th Amendment = WOMEN's SUFFRAGE | right to vote for all U.S. citizens no matter of sex ; it took a while for the political parties to get used to women voting and at first women were not welcomed |
| wq women's suffrage | Susan B. Anthony = most famous |
| trust buster | Teddy Roosevelt was called this because he enforced the Sherman Anti-Trust Act |
| The Jungle | Sinclair's muckraking book about the meat-packing industry Lead to Meat Inspection Act |
| Pure Food and Drug Act | required Content Labels |
| conservation | TR began the conservation movement to preserve our natural resources |
| Teddy Roosevelt | national parks and wildlife sanctuaries were created = conservation movement |
| Roosevelt Corollary | TR pledged American military force to maintain order in LATIN AMERICA |
| Roosevelt Corollary | United States could intervene if a nation had trouble paying its debts |
| Dollar Diplomacy | President Taft's policy of using foreign investment to influence LATIN AMERICAN politics |
| Missionary Diplomacy AKA Moral Diplomacy | President Wilson's policy of using U.S. power to encourage democracy and moral progress ;0 ident Wilson's policy of using U.S. power to encourage democracy and moral |
| banana republics | Latin American dictatorships that Presidents supported and intervened in |
| Federal Reserve | National BANKING system created by President Wilson where paper money was issued, gives loans to banks and this INFLUENCES the economy |