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People (6)
Ida Tarbell
Investigative Journalist Who Broke Standard Oil, 1857–1944
Jane Addams
Social reformer, Nobel laureate, and founder of Hull House
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President who broke trusts, conserved millions of acres, and remade American power
Upton Sinclair
Muckraking Author of The Jungle Who Accidentally Reformed the Food Supply, 1878–1968
William Howard Taft
27th President and 10th Chief Justice of the United States
Woodrow Wilson
Progressive reformer, World War I president, and architect of the modern international order
Places (4)
Glacier National Park
The Montana park named for ice formations now disappearing within a generation
Grand Canyon National Park
The mile-deep Colorado River gorge protected from dam projects in 1968
Hawaii Territory
The Pacific kingdom annexed after a planter-led coup against Queen Liliuokalani
Panama Canal
The 51-mile waterway that united two oceans and announced American power to the world
Events (4)
1900 Galveston Hurricane
The deadliest natural disaster in American history
1906 San Francisco Earthquake
The quake and fire that destroyed a great American city
Assassination of William McKinley
The 1901 murder that handed the presidency to Theodore Roosevelt
Wright Brothers' First Flight
The 12-second powered flight at Kitty Hawk that opened the aviation age
Documents (2)
Interstate Commerce Act
The 1887 Law That First Subjected American Business to Federal Regulation
Pendleton Civil Service Act
The 1883 Reform That Ended the Spoils System in Federal Hiring
Concepts (5)
Big Stick Diplomacy
Roosevelt's doctrine of speaking softly while projecting American power across the hemisphere
Dollar Diplomacy
Taft's strategy of substituting American investment for military force — with mixed results
Muckraking
The Progressive Era journalism that exposed America's hidden costs of industrial prosperity
Trust-Busting
The Progressive Era campaign to break up industrial monopolies and restore competition
Yellow Journalism
The Sensational Press That Helped Start a War and Shaped American Media
All Tags
Politics 169 Economy 147 Military 115 Presidency 113 Civil Rights 112 Reform 111 Law & Justice 99 Founding Era 95 Foreign Policy 90 Race 82 Constitution 74 Industry 71 Science & Technology 71 Cold War 62 Civil War 61 Protest 58 Westward Expansion 57 Arts & Culture 56 Revolution 55 Slavery 54 Women 51 War 49 Modern America 46 Indigenous 42 Diplomacy 41 Media & Press 38 Labor 33 Immigration 31 Supreme Court 30 Religion 29 Environment 28 Congress 28 World War II 28 Exploration 24 Disaster 22 Reconstruction 22 Abolition 21 Progressive Era 21 Finance 20 Democracy 19 Assassination 15 Education 14 Colonial America 13 Gilded Age 12 Public Health 12 Suffrage 11 World War I 8 Sports 8 Corruption 8 Prohibition 1