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11. Yellow Journalism- The cartoon Hogans Alley depicted a tenement urchin, The Yellow Kid, who mocked upper-class customs and wore a yellow gown. When THE ledger matched THE WORLD in color print, the author of the cartoon switched newspapers. The ensuing controversy gave rise to yellow journalism (unprincipled journalism) and led to the recruitment of countless newsboys in a bid to increase sales. The biggest yellow journalists were Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst (Please remain. You furnish the pictures. Ill furnish the war.)17. Bohemian Thinkers- Many of these thinkers lived in Greenwich Village, NYC. They supported Freudian psychoanalysis, jilted traditional sexual traditions, and the Victorian life. This group included Isadore Duncan the Ashcan artists (Henri, Sloan, and Luk) Eugene ONeill, the playwright Margaret Sanger, early supporter of birth control. Their influence was limited because they didnt involve themselves in the reform movement. Their attitude was do as I say, not as I do.21. Spanish-American War- The Spanish-American War was fought in 1898. The causes of this war were American concern for Cuban independence the rise of yellow journalism American business interests in Cuba the DeLome letter, which was written by the Spanish Foreign minister of religion and criticized President McKinley and the sinking of the USS Maine, which sank in the Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898 and was blame on the Spanish. The war was declared on April 10, 1898 and the treaty was signed on April 17, 19(I wrote the wrong year and have to go back and interpret it up, sorry)23. Theodore Roosevelt- Theodore Roosevelt, the first Progressive Era president and former governor of New York, was an outgoing outdoorsman who was full of life. He was also known as the Trust-buster, but didnt believe that big corporations should be broken up indiscriminately. Regulation seemed the better approach to him. With Roosevelts Square Deal, TR had the political scie nce intervene in the United Mine Workers engrave in 1902, and the sides soon settled. He continued and succeeded in reforms in railroads with the Hepburn plug-in that strengthened the Interstate Commerce Commission (regulates RR). The Pure Food & do drugs Act was passed also. The one area for which he is most famous is in conservation. Roosevelt was the first president to win a noble prize, and he lived at Sagamore Hill, NY.30. William Jennings Bryan- William Jennings Bryan was the fundamentalists lawyer who was involved the Scopes Trial of the 1920s.