| A | B |
| muckrakers | crusading journalists investigating social conditions |
| protectorate | allow local rules to stay in control but offer protection |
| yellow journalism | sensationalist reporting |
| progressives | movement with a collection of reform ideas and activities |
| suffrage | right to vote |
| temperance | movement to moderate or eliminate alcohol |
| prohibition | laws banning the manufacture, sale, and consumption of alcohol |
| imperialism | act of creating an empire dominating other nations |
| isolationism | policy or belief that a nation should limit its involvement |