Key Terms from the Gilded Age and Progressive Era

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Social Darwinism

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Theories using natural selection in sociology and politics

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Muckraker

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Investigative reporter exposing societal ills

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Square Deal

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Teddy Roosevelt's agenda: trust-busting, fair deal

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Suffrage

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The right to vote, sought by women

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Sherman Anti-Trust Act

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1890 law breaking up monopolies

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Dollar Diplomacy

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Taft's policy of investing in Latin America

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Big Stick Policy

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Roosevelt's policy: diplomacy backed by military

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Open Door Policy

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John Hay's policy to keep China open to trade

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Yellow Journalism

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Sensationalist news to sell copies

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Roosevelt Corollary

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US as the 'police force' of the western hemisphere