Problem: People threw garbage in the street

illegal use of political influence for personal gain

granted 160 acres of land in West if would farm it for 5 years

legislation that encouraged assimilation of Native Americans to white culture

Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition

Right to bear arms

Restricts quartering of troops in private homes.

Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures

The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy, right to due process

The right to a Speedy Trial by jury, representation by an attorney for an accused person

Right to jury in civil trials.

Prohibits excessive fines and excessive bail/and cruel unusual punishment

Rights not included in Constitution go to the people

Powers Reserved to the States

Sets up the goals that will later be explained in the body of the Constitution and the right to create a government

Document in which the Americans set out their beliefs and aims for independence.

1887 law passed to regulate railroad and other interstate businesses

outlawed monopolies

Problem: Drawing water from public wells caused people to get sick.

A group of corporations run by a single board of directors

Giving jobs or doing favors in exchange for votes

A policy of favoring native-born individuals over foreign-born ones

US would not segregate schools or ban immigration.

Banned Immigration From China

Poor neighborhoods with people of similar ethnic grouping

A movement to fix the political, economic, and social problems of the Gilded Age

applied the teaching of jesus to the problems of society

a system in which the government owns and operates a country's means of production

1906 - Journalists who searched for corruption in politics and big business

Photographer; published series of photographs showing how bad life was in the tenement slums

Journalist; exposed the corrupt business practices of John D. Rockefeller and his Standard Oil Company

Journalist; investigated the Chicago meat industry, led to many reforms such as the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act

African American journalist; exposed the horrors of lynching (murder, usually by hanging, of someone by a group of people)

A pioneer American settlement social worker, public philosopher, sociologist, author.

a place in the city where the poor could go to get food, clothing, and other services

leading reformer in the temperance movement -carried a hatchet and Bible

restraint or moderation, especially in regards to alcohol or food

brought higher education for African Americans believing that economic value of African Americans in the work force will end racism.

Believed that African Americans were taken for granted.and founded the NAACP.

Organization for advancing the rights of ethnic minorities

right of women to vote

Co-founded NWSA (National Women's Suffrage Association) - Dedicated their lives to women's suffrage

Gave women the right to vote

progressive president created the square deal program

used to describe the various progressive reforms sponsored by Theodore Roosevelt

protection of natural resources

term given to Teddy for his willingness to regulate the big trusts

A law passed by Congress to subject meat shipped over state lines to federal inspection.

Halted the sale of contaminated foods and medicines and called for truth in labeling

a legislative act is referred for final approval to a popular vote by the electorate

Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages

A requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote

Period of great social, political, and economic reforms needed after the corrupt Gilded Age.

direct election of senators

A procedure by which voters can propose a law or a constitutional amendment.

attempting to influence policy makers

1) US expansion in the Caribbean

war fought in Cuba and Philippines between Spanish and America, leading to the US becoming a world power

human-made waterway linking the Atlantic to the Pacific across the Isthmus of Panama, also the narrowest point between the two oceans.

US Admiral who encouraged the US to strengthen its naval power to become a world power.

the extension of a nation's power over other lands

A policy that calls for expanding a nation's boundaries.

Belonging to, situated in, or derived from another country.

related to home or place of birth

A policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war

Roosevelt encouraged and supported Panamanian Independence

1) Yellow Journalism

US policy stating that no country should have a trade monopoly with China