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| Statement of U.S. foreign policy toward China. Issued by U.S. Secretary of State John Hay (1899), the statement reaffirmed the principle that all countries should have equal access to any Chinese port open to trade. |
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| To add, attach or include. |
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| A statement of foreign policy that proclaimed that Europe should not interfere in affairs within the United States or in the development of other countries in the Western Hemisphere. |
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| 26th president, known for: conservationism, trust-busting, Panama Canal. |
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| Roosevelt's 1904 extension of the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the United States has the right to protect its economic interests in South And Central America by using military force. |
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| Diplomatic policy developed by T.R where the "big stick" symbolizes his power and readiness to use military force if necessary. It is a way of intimidating countries without actually harming them and was the basis of U.S. imperialistic foreign policy. |
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| Big Stick Diplomacy (Roosevelt) |
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| (TR) ,The United States built the Panama Canal to have a quicker passage to the Pacific from the Atlantic and vice versa. It cost $400,000,000 to build. Colombians would not let Americans build the canal, but then with the assistance of the United States a Panamanian Revolution occurred. The new ruling people allowed the United States to build the canal. |
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| 1904-1979. Territory in Central Panama governed by the treaty gave the United States the right to build and operate the Panama Canal, to control the Canal Zone as if it were U.S. Territory. |
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| 1. To correct the abuses and injustices in society 2. to restore control of government to the people's democracy 3. restore equal economic opportunity to all by writing new rules for business 4. they honestly believed that people could change and that good could triumph over evil. |
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| Progressive Goal and Beliefs |
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| Writers who exposed unsafe working conditions. |
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| The muckraker who shocked the nation when he published The Jungle, a novel that revealed gruesome details about the meat packing industry in Chicago. |
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| Factory that highlighted the need for government regulation. |
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| Single Shirtwaist Factory |
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| Programs to secure basic living standards for all Americans. |
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| relating to a city, town, village, or the like with local self-government (City level government). |
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| Process for citizens to begin lawmaking at the state level. |
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| Process for citizens to overrule an act of Congress at the state level. |
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| Process for citizens to remove an elected state official before their term is up. |
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| Reformers' goal to give voters a more direct say in lawmaking |
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| Allows cities to write their own laws, choose their own type of government, and manage their own affairs. |
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| Economic policy by Roosevelt that favored fair relationships between companies and workers. |
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| Huge corporate structures that controlled entire industries or areas of the economy. |
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| Roosevelt threatened the mine owners with the army, sides with the workers. FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. |
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| Group ensuring the safety of food and goods for households. |
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| National Consumers League |
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| The country's central banking system, which is responsible for the nation's monetary policy by regulating the supply of money and interest rates. |
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| A person who works to maintain forests and natural resources. |
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| Allows the federal government to collect income tax. |
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| Established the direct election of senators (instead of being chosen by state legislatures). |
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| Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages. |
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| Gave women the right to vote. |
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| An American social reformer and feminist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. |
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| A nonviolent, public refusal to obey allegedly unjust laws. |
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| Foreign policy of President Woodrow Wilson. Wilson hoped to influence and control other countries through economic pressure, refusing to support non-democratic countries. Helped with the advancement of human rights in Latin America. |
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| Foreign policy created under President Taft that had the U.S. exchanging financial support ($) for the right to "help" countries make decisions about trade and other commercial ventures. Basically it was exchanging money for political influence in Latin America and the Caribbean. |
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| Why did the bird go to the doctor? |
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