Ch. 8 Laws
This is a “process in which citizens put a proposed new law directly on the ballot.”
What is an initiative?
This was a turn-of-the-century political movement interested in furthering social and political reform, curbing political corruption caused by political machines, and limiting the political influence of large corporations.
What is Progressivism?
This is the “political, military, and economic domination of strong nations over weaker territories.”
What is Imperialism?
These are “regions dominated and controlled by an outside power.”
What are Spheres of Influence?
This is a German submarine.
What is a U-Boat?
This is a “process that allows citizens to approve or reject a law passed by legislature.”
What is a referendum?
This was a “reform movement that emerged in the late nineteenth century that sought to improve society by applying Christian principles.”
What is the Social Gospel?
This was “newspapers that used sensational headlines and exaggerated stories in order to promote readership.”
What is Yellow Press?
This was an “American statement that the government did not want colonies in China, but favored free trade there.”
What is the Open Door Policy?
These are “soldiers killed, wounded, and missing.” Given the incredibly large number of these, the side with the largest number of soldiers was likely to win unless some other technology was developed.
What are casualties?
This is a “process by which voters can remove elected officials from office before their term ends.”
What is a recall?
This is an “interracial organization founded in 1909 to abolish segregation and discrimination and to achieve political and civil rights for African Americans.”
What is the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)?
This is a “form of non-traditional warfare generally involving hit-and-run attacks by small bands of fighters.”
What is guerilla warfare?
This was a “pact between the United States and Japan to end segregation of Asian children in San Francisco public schools. In return, Japan agreed to limit the immigration of its citizens to the United States.”
What is the Gentlemen's Agreement?
This was an “act passed by Congress in 1917 authorizing a draft of men for military service.”
What is the Selective Service Act?
This was a 1906 law that allowed federal inspection of food and medicine and banned the interstate shipment and sale of impure food and the mislabeling of food and drugs.
What is the Pure Food and Drug Act?
This movement is the belief that “assimilating immigrants into American society would make them more loyal citizens.”
What is Americanization?
This was “violence started by members of a secret society in China, which prompted the governments of Europe and America to send troops to squash the rebellion.”
What is the Boxer Rebellion?
This was “President Taft’s policy of expanding American investments abroad.” (“Dollars for Bullets”)
What is Dollar Diplomacy?
This is a “person whose moral or religious beliefs forbid him or her to fight in wars.”
What is a conscientious objector?
This was a 1902 law that gave the federal government the power to decide where and how water would be distributed through the building and management of dams and irrigation projects.
What is the National Reclamation Act?
This is a “government agency established in 1914 to identify monopolistic business practices, false advertising, and dishonest labeling.”
What is the FTC (Federal Trade Commission)?
This ended the Spanish-American War. Spain gave up control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Guam, and sold the Philippines to the U.S. for $20 million.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
This was “Woodrow Wilson’s statement that the U.S. would not use force to assert influence in the world, but would instead work to promote human rights.”
What is Moral Diplomacy?
This regulated all industries engaged in the war effort to increase efficiency and production during World War I.
What is the WIB (War Industries Board)?