Reconstruction
sharecropping was:
system of farming that kept freed slaves in a cycle of debt and tied to the land
Exodusters are:
African Americans who moved from post-reconstruction-south to Kansas for land offered under homestead act to escape discrimination and sharecropping in the south
How did Wilson reform banking?
created the federal reserve system- government controled banks now
WHAT IS IMPERIALISM?
The policy in which stronger nations(have more money) extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories
What was the 4 long term causes of WWI
M-militarism
A-alliances
I- imperialism
N-nationalism
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
**PLESSY VS FERGUSON DID WHAT?
SUPREME COURT CASE/ SEPERATE BUT EQUAL
3 things the US did to assimilate Native Americans?
1. killed buffalo
2. boarding schools( carslie )
3. dawes act - broke up reservations
pendleton civil service act did
created a federal civil service so that hiring and promotion would be based on merit rather than patronage.
WHAT WAR DID YELLOW JOURNALISM HELP CAUSE?
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
WHY DID TRENCHES START?
MACHINE GUNS
the 3 amendments passed during reconstruction did what?
13th- ended slavery
14th-citizenship rights
15th- all men right to vote
3 reasons america industrialized after the Civil War?
-wealth of natural resources(oil, coal, iron)
government support for business
growing urban population for cheap labor and being new markets for selling
DOUBLE JEOPARDY*****
WHAT WAS SHELL SHOCK/ CAUSED BY?
ARTILLERY SHELLS BEING USED IN TRENCHES OF WWI
-PTDS
How did Woodrow Wilson add a moral tone to the Monroe doctrine and what was the effect of that?
“Missionary diplomacy”- the US had a moral responsibility to deny recognition of any Latin American government is viewed as oppressive, undemocratic, or hostile to the US interests.
Pressed nations to accept a democratic government ( at time when not all countries were yet..)
Allowed America to expand influence in Latin America
EFFECTS OF THE WAR ON THE WORLD????
Europe destroyed/ soldiers dead or injured
Colonial revolts started to spread, marking the beginning of the end of imperialism
The last remaining monarchies in Europe collapsed and were replaced by democracies
The rise of Communism in Russia
The balance of power in the world shifted
Europe neared bankruptcy, the United States became a world power
Treaty of Versailles caused Germans to allow Hitler to take power
compromise of 1877 did what?
pulled federal troops out of the south= ending reconstruction
Why did political machines grow at this time?
In response to how fast cities grew at time and ideas of social Darwinism meant no support for poor/immigrants
Political machines- offered supports to voters/businesses in return for votes
differnce in Carnegie and Rocketfeller?
CARNEGIE- He offered stock into the company/ looked for ways to be efficient/ used vertical integration( combine all steps of the process)
ROCKEFELLER- oil business/ horizontal integration( combined all the same business. Bad monopoly because he can control prices now)
OPEN DOOR POLICY WAS WHAT?
Policy statements issued addressing leaders of world nations proposing them to share trade routes with America
To make sure no nation have a monopoly over china
WHY DID THE US NOT WANT TO JOIN THE WAR?
1. HAPPENING OVER THERE
2. DON'T WANT TO SPEND MONEY
3. MEDIATION COULD BE USED
4. NO COMMON ENEMY!
3 causes of the civil war
ALL ABOUT SLAVERY
-sectionalism
-expansion
-state rights
Schenck v. the United States
A 1919 decision upholding the conviction of a socialist who had urged young men to resist the draft during World War I ( got in trouble for violating sediation acts)
Justice Holmes declared that government can limit speech if the speech provokes a "clear and present danger" of substantive evils.
list 3 new laws/acts passed to fix the problems caused by the industrial revolution
1. Clayton antitrust act
2. Federal reserve
3. meat packing act
4.
What were the terms of the Treaty of Paris? (3)
pain freed Cuba/ turned over the island of Guam and Puerto Rico to US/ sold the Philippines to the US for $20 million dollars.
America is now officially an imperialist country( own smaller, weaker countries)
Brought debates in American if had right to buy the Philippines
4 REASONS WHY U.S. JOINED THE WAR
1. UNRESTRICTED SUBMARINE WARFARE
2. SPREAD DEMOCRACY
3. ZIMMERMAN TELEGRPAM
4. MONEY