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| muckraking journalist He is known for his dedication to using his photographic and journalistic talents to help the impoverished in New York City |
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| She was known as one of the leading "muckrakers" of the progressive era, work known in modern times as "investigative journalism" |
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| Pulitzer Prize-winning American author who wrote over 90 books in many genres, muckraking novel The Jungle |
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| first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, founder of Hull House |
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| Woman's Christian Temperance Union entering saloons, singing, praying, and urging saloon keepers to stop selling alcohol. |
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| governor and senator of wisconsin. ran for president |
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| leadership of the Progressive Movement and founder of progressive party |
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| leadership of the Progressive Movement and founder of progressive party |
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| requires the United States Department of Agriculture to inspect all cattle, sheep, goats, and horses when slaughtered and processed into products for human consumption |
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| reporter or writer who investigates and publishes truthful reports including crime and corruption |
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| one of the most famous practitioners of the journalistic style called muckraking |
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| established direct election of United States Senators by popular vote |
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| triangle shirt waist factory |
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| deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city of New York and resulted in the fourth highest loss of life, deaths of 146 garment workers |
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| Theodore Roosevelt's domestic program formed upon three basic ideas: conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection |
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| 1906, United States federal law that gave the Interstate Commerce Commission the power to set maximum railroad rates |
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| initiative/referendum/recall |
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a trio of methods often called direct
democracy. They allow citizens to become directly involved in their government by
drafting and voting on laws |
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| 1906, is a United States federal law that provided federal inspection of meat products |
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| funded irrigation projects for the arid lands of 20 states in the American West. |
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| Sinclair wrote the novel to point out the troubles of the working class and to show the corruption of the American meatpacking industry |
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| creation of yellow journalism |
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| 1898 war in which america wins taking place in Cuba |
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| presents little or no legitimate well-researched news and instead uses eye-catching headlines to sell more newspapers |
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| a characterization for imperialism that justified the policy as a noble enterprise |
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| "sea power" was based on the idea that the most powerful navy will control the globe |
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| Platt and teller ammendments |
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| It placed a condition of the United States military in Cuba |
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| battle fleet that completed a circumnavigation of the globe |
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| a right of the United States to intervene to "stabilize" the economic affairs of small states in the Caribbean and Central America if they were unable to pay their international debts |
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| "the first great war of the 20th century" |
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| thousands day war. United States decided to support the Panamanian independence |
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