American Imperialism & Progressivism

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Social Darwinism

white man's burden

Anglo-Saxon

white supremacy

survival of the fittest

foreign policies

non-involvement

imperialism

isolationism

Spanish-American War

"splendid little war"

triggers

"Remember the Maine"

DeLome Letter

Cuba

Teller Amendment

Platt Amendment

Puerto Rico

Foraker Act

Jones Act

Philippines

China

Secretary of State John Hay

Open Door Policy

spheres of influence

Japan

Russo-Japanese War

Panama Canal

isthmus

Columbia

Roosevelt's Big Stick Policy

Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

"policeman of the Western Hemisphere"

Dollar Diplomacy

progressivism

Populism

middle class reform movement

bourgeoisie

no laissez faire government

belief in progress

muckrackers

The Jungle Upton Sinclair

Pure Food & Drug Act

Meat Inspection Act

Theodore Roosevelt 1901-1908

Square Deal

Sherman Antitrust Act

trustbusting

Hepburn Act/ICC

conservation

William Howard Taft 1908-1912

Payne Aldrich Tariff

Ballinger Pinchot Controversy

Cannon Controversy

Election of 1912

Republicans

Roosevelt

New Nationalism

Progressives

Bull Moose Party

Taft

GOP Conservatives

Democrats

Woodrow Wilson

New Freedom

Woodrow Wilson 1912-1920

Underwood Tariff

Federal Reserve Act

Clayton Antitrust Act