US History II Final Review

What reform focused on urban problems such as the plight of workers, poor sanitation, and corrupt political machines?

Investigative journalists who wrote about corruption in business and politics hoping to bring about reform

A national magazine that had been founded in 1893 publishing stories that explored corruption in politics and business as well as social problems such as slums and child labor

In 1911 some 140 workers perished in this event, which led to the increase of safety regulations within businesses

The system under which the government or worker cooperatives own most factories, utilities, and transportation and communication systems

Leader of the American Federation of Labor (AFL)

Brilliant African-American thinker whose view contrasted sharply with that of Booker T Washington

This amendment gave voters the power to elect their senators directly

A nominating election in which voters choose the candidates who later run in a general election

Roosevelt's 1904 campaign slogan which called for limiting the power of trusts, promoting public health and safety, and improving working conditions

The writer of The Jungle, a novel that depicted the wretched and unsanitary conditions at a meatpacking plant

Wilson's program of the 1912 campaign made proposals to help small businesses and also called for a return to an America where people where free from the heavy hand of big business and government

Wilson helped draft this act of 1913 which created a three-tiered banking system (Federal Reserve Board > 12 Federal Reserve Banks > Private Banks)

This gives voters the power to initiate, or introduce, legislation

This secures a specified number of signatures on a petition and the citizens can force the legislature to place a recently passed law on the ballot, allowing voters to approve or veto the measure

This enables voters to remove an elected official from office by calling for a special election

This group was a leading force in the suffrage movement and was led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony

This amendment granted women full voting rights and was ratified in 1920

This party adopted a platform based on the New Nationalism and nominated Roosevelt as their presidential candidate which was also called this, after Roosevelt

President: 1901 - 1909Charles W. Fairbanks

President: 1913 - 1921Thomas R. Marshall

President: 1909 - 1913James S Sherman

This queen, sister to Kalakaua, petitioned for the United States to annex Hawaii

Britain, France, Germany, and Russia carved out these -- regions where a particular country has exclusive rights over mines, railroads, and trade

In 1899 Secy. of State John Hay called for this policy which could give all nations equal access to trade and investment in China

In 1900, a secret society called the Fists of Righteous Harmony attacked Western missionaries and traders in northern China, known as this which was also supported by some Chinese government

What warship was destroyed, sparking the Spanish-American war?

This agreement started that once Cuba won its independence from Spain, the United States would "leave the government and control of the Island to its people"

Jones Act of 1916 granted whom the right to elect both houses of their legislature?