Vocabulary

4. women's suffrage
9. president that focused on economic development in Latin America
10. believed that African Americans shouldn't have to earn their rights and instead they should be given to them
16. expanding a nation's power and influence by gaining territories through diplomacy or military force
17. made monopolies illegal in America
18. party boss in charge of the political machine known as Tammany Hall
19. wrote, "The Influence of Sea Power" and said that in order to be a world power the US needed to build a strong navy
20. Germany promised not to sink any US passenger ships or else the US would no longer trade with them.
21. direct election of senators
22. citizens can vote on bills directly
23. gave black men the right to vote

1. created a graduated income tax
2. citizens have the right to propose bills or laws
3. founder of the Hull House in Chicago
5. movement led by women to ban alcohol
6. citizens can vote to remove officials from government office
7. believed that African Americans could gradually achieve equality through education
8. controlled ninety percent of the oil industry
11. exposed the horrors of lynching
12. ended prohibition
13. Titan of industry who used the Bessemer steel process to increase the production of steel and created a monopoly on the industry
14. abolished slavery in the United States
15. ban the sale and consumption of alcohol in the United States
23. granted citizenship to newly freed slaves