Progressive Era & Imperialism Vocab

Theories that use biological concepts of natural selection and survival of the fittest to sociology and politics.

• Muckraker

• Social Darwinism

• Square Deal

• Suffrage

Investigative reporter who sought to make public the ills of society during the Gilded Age.

• Dollar Diplomacy

• Sherman Anti-Trust Act

• Muckraker

• Suffrage

Nickname for Teddy Roosevelt’s agenda as president which included trust-busting and giving all Americans a “square” or fair deal.

• Square Deal

• Big Stick Policy

• Roosevelt Corollary

• The Panama Canal

The right to vote - what women were looking for during the Progressive Era.

• Yellow Journalism

• Roosevelt Corollary

• Suffrage

• Open Door Policy

1890 law that broke up the massive monopolies that dominated key industries.

• Open Door Policy

• Sherman Anti-Trust Act

• The Panama Canal

• Dollar Diplomacy

William Howard Taft’s policy of investing in Latin America so that it would become a market and region of allies to the US.

• Dollar Diplomacy

• Big Stick Policy

• Muckraker

• Square Deal

Roosevelt’s famed policy of working with others with the threat of a powerful military to back up our plans.

• Muckraker

• Social Darwinism

• Big Stick Policy

• Open Door Policy

Policy proposed by Sec. of State John Hay to keep China open to trade for all nations.

• Open Door Policy

• Sherman Anti-Trust Act

• Social Darwinism

• Roosevelt Corollary

Sensationalist headlines and stories in newspapers meant to sell copies rather than tell the truth.

• Suffrage

• The Panama Canal

• Social Darwinism

• Yellow Journalism

Roosevelt’s addition to the Monroe Doctrine that made the US the “police force” of the Western Hemisphere.

• Sherman Anti-Trust Act

• Roosevelt Corollary

• Big Stick Policy

• Suffrage