Had benefitted from spoils system; worked for Reform.

Signed Sherman Antitrust Act.

Wisconsin Governor; introduced progressive reforms.

Coined term muckrakers.

Oil baron; target of muckrakers

New York political boss; cheated NYC out of $100 million.

Shot by a disappointed office seeker.

Signed Interstate Commerce Act.

Muckraker; wrote The Jungle, an indictment against the meat packing industry.

Sets up commission to oversee the railroads.

Allows voters to put a bill before a state legislature.

A set of Progressive reforms introduced by Gov. LaFollette.

Required direct election (by the people) of Senators.

Cuba gains independence; Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam ceded to USA.

Act that created the Civil Service Commission.

People vote directly on a proposed law.

Though it was intended to prevent businesses from destroying competition, it was primarily used against unions.

Listed specific business practices that were outlawed, thus proving more effective than a previous attempt to regulate business.

Policy to keep China open for trade with all countries.

Gave Congress the right to pass an income tax.

Ran for president on the Bull Moose (Progressive) Party.

Defeated the Spanish in the Philippines.

Led the Rough Riders, capturing San Juan Hill in Cuba.

Led efforts to clean up breeding grounds of mosquitoes.

Proposed the 'Open Door Policy.'

Social Reforms were labeled 'A Square Deal.'

First successful airplane flight at Kitty Hawk, NC.

Favored using 'dollar diplomacy' to military intervention.

Directed the construction of the Panama Canal.

His Fourteen Points were meant to be the basis for peace at the conclusion of WWI

Queen of Hawaii, forced from power by American settlers.