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| A person advocating or implementing social reform or new, liberal ideas. |
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| A social and political reformer from Philadelphia. Her work against sweatshops and for the minimum wage, eight-hour workdays , and children's rights is widely regarded today. |
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| The action of forbidding something, esp. by law. |
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| One who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage). |
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| senator, congressman, governor of Wisconsin and candidate for President (1912 and 1924) |
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| The ability to assess and initiate things independently |
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| A general vote by the electorate on a single political question that has been referred to them for a direct decision |
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| Bring (a fact, event, or situation) back into one's mind, esp. so as to recount it to others; remember |
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| The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures. |
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| No manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors. |
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| United States astronomer who studied sunspots and nebulae and was an educator |
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| The right to vote in political elections |
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| American civil rights leader who played a pivotal role in the 19th century women's rights movement to introduce women's suffrage into the United States |
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| The National American Woman Suffrage Association |
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| 26th President of the United States; hero of the Spanish-American War; Panama Canal was built during his administration |
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| A fair bargain or treatment |
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| a 1906 novel written by journalist Upton Sinclair.[1] Sinclair wrote the novel to portray the life of the immigrant in the United States and the corruption of the meat packing industry. |
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| An act of Congress substantially passed on June 30, 1906, establishing the federal meat inspection service. |
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| enacted through the efforts of Harvey Wiley and Sinclair in 1906, gave consumers protection from dangerous and impure foods. All products must be clearly labeled and must explain a product which cannot be seen or judged by a consumer. |
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| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - a civil rights association |
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| A specialist in forestry management and Roosevelt’s close friend, he led the drive for scientific management of natural resources in 1905. Pinchot was fired by Taft for going public with a scandal inspiring Ballinger. |
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| 27th President of the United States and later chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1857-1930) |
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| began in the United States House of Representatives as a bill lowering certain tariffs on goods entering the United States. |
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| enacted in the United States to add further substance to the U.S. antitrust law regime by seeking to prevent anticompetitive practices in their incipiency. |
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| A federal agency, established in 1914, that administers antitrust and consumer protection legislation in pursuit of free and fair competition in the marketplace. |
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| The central federal banking system that regulates and provides services to member commercial banks. Also has the responsibility for conducting federal monetary policy. |
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| was the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii |
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| A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force |
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| A United States Navy flag officer, geostrategist, and historian, who has been called "the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century. |
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| Journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration |
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| the lead ship of her class of battleships, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the 23rd state |
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| A rider appended to the Army Appropriations Act presented to the U.S. Senate by Connecticut Republican Senator Orville H. Platt (1827–1905) replacing the earlier Teller Amendment. |
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| A state that is controlled and protected by another |
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| A concept in foreign affairs, which usually refers to the policy around 1900 allowing multiple Imperial powers access to China, with none of them in control of that country. |
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| A rebellion by the people of China to end foreign domination. |
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| A canal about 50 miles long, across the Isthmus of Panama, that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans completed by the US, 1904–14. Control of the canal remained with the US until 1999, when it was ceded to Panama |
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| A political policy of the United States by President Theodore Roosevelt that states only the United States could intervene in the affairs of South America. |
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| The use of a country's financial power to extend its international influence |
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| The belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests |
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| A state formally cooperating with another for a military or other purpose, typically by treaty |
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| The alliance of Germany, Austria–Hungary, Turkey, and Bulgaria during World War I |
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| A Cunard liner that was sunk by a German submarine in the Atlantic in May 1915 with the loss of over 1,000 lives |
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| A 1917 proposal from Germany to Mexico to make war against the United States. It was ignored by Mexico but angered Americans and led in part to the declaration of war in April. |
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| Passed in May 1917, an act that established the draft and eventually led to all males between the ages of 18-45 registering. It was challenged in the Supreme Court and upheld. |
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| A person who for reasons of conscience objects to serving in the armed forces |
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| Espionage & Sedition Acts |
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| A United States federal law passed on June 15, 1917, shortly after the U.S. entry into World War I, during the First Red Scare |
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| A speech delivered by United States President Woodrow Wilson to a joint session of Congress on January 8, 1918. The address was intended to assure the country that the Great War was being fought for a moral cause and for postwar peace in Europe. |
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| An association of countries established in 1919 by the Treaty of Versailles to promote international cooperation and achieve international peace and security. |
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| One of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. |
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| A proposal that some type of compensation should be provided |
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