gilded age

2. The corollary stated that not only were the nations of the Western Hemisphere not open to colonization by European powers but that the United States had the responsibility to preserve order and protect life and property in those countries.
5. an expose of the appalling and unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry.
7. a direct vote by the electorate on a proposal, law, or political issue.
8. America's first great woman journalist.
10. a constructed waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans across the Isthmus of Panama.
11. a period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States focused on defeating corruption, monopoly, waste, and inefficiency.
13. a power reserved to the voters that allow the voters, by petition, to demand the removal of an elected official.
15. a person favoring a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.
16. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
17. A petition to propose amendments to the constitution. A petition to propose enactment of national legislation.
18. a person who searches for and tries to expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or other wrongdoing

1. a place where immigrants of diverse communities gathered to learn, eat, debate, and acquire the tools necessary to put down roots in their new country.
3. 26th US president
4. case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on May 18, 1896
6. state and local statutes that legalized racial segregation.
9. a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy.
12. ended the American Revolution and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation.
14. an 1898 conflict between the United States and Spain.