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American History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| muckraker | Journalists who drew attention to social problems |
| Square deal | Roosevelt's policy to balance the needs of all Americans |
| Pure Food & Drug Act | Part of the "square deal" required all foods and drugs to have truth on labels |
| Meat Inspection Act | Federal government inspects meat |
| "How the Other Half Lives" | Written by Jacob Riis, focused on bad living conditions, passed building codes in NYC |
| "The Jungle" | Written by Upton Sinclair, focused on bad conditions on meat plants, passed the pure food and drug act as well as the meat inspection act |
| 16th Amendment | Made it legal for congress to pass an income tax (the more you make, the more you pay) |
| 17th Amendment | Each state has 2 senators elected by the people |
| 18th Amendment | Established an 8-hour workday |
| 19th Amendment | Nationwide women suffrage |
| Jane Adams & Hull House | Offered healthcare, education, and social services in cities |
| Bull Moose Party | Roosevelt progressive platform, branch of republican |
| Imperialism | Stronger nations controlling weaker nations |
| yellow journalism | Newspaper led by William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer, battled for sales |
| protectorate | Parent and child |
| Treaty of Paris 1898 | Ended the Spanish-American War |
| Roosevelt Corollary | Monroe Doctrine says US will intervene in Latin America |
| Panama Canal | Shortcut connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific |
| Dollar Diplomacy | Economic power rather than force |