Quotalicious
There is no reason why a man who is willing to work should not be able to work and to receive the full value of his work. There is equally no reason why a man who can but will not work should not receive the full value of his services to the community an equivalent of what he contributes to it. If he contributes nothing he should take away nothing. He should have the freedom of starvation.
Henry Ford
This person believed that slavery was a business that shouldn't be interfered with by the government
John Calhoun
After the Spanish American War, which 3 territories did the U.S. control?
Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines
This was FDR's series of programs to ge the U.S. out of the Great Depression
The New Deal
When unions gather together to negotiate better wages or working conditions, it's known as
Collective Bargaining
"The hands of these men would be crisscrossed with cuts until you could no longer pretend to count them or to trace them. They would have no nails-they had worn them off pulling hides, theirs knuckles were swollen so that their fingers spread out like a fan."
Upton Sinclair
This person believed that the United States should not interfere in the affairs in Europe
George Washington -- early neutrality
The U.S. intervened in this country to establish an "open door" policy
China
This era is known for reform movements, including protections for worker pay and safety
Progressive Era
This system of labor often left agricultural workers in constant debt, as they were easily exploited
Sharecropping
"I have favored the use of certain types of public works as a further emergency means of stimulating employment and the issuance of bonds to pay for such public works, but I have pointed out that no economic end is served if we merely build without building for a necessary purpose…"
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
During this era (around the Industrial Revolution in the U.S), critics argued that the economy looked good on the surface, but that many were, in fact, suffering.
The Gilded Age
This policy was meant to keep Communism from spreading
This term is used to explain why some people, groups or societies are more successful or rich than others
Social Darwinism
This person wrote The Gospel of Wealth, arguing the wealth gap was helpful to society
Andrew Carnegie
"With the existing colonies or dependencies of any European power we have not interfered and shall not interfere. But the with the governments who have declared their independence and maintain it, and whose independence we have on great consideration and on just principles acknowledged we could not view any interposition for the purpose of oppressing them or controlling any other manner their destiny, by any European power in any other light than as the manifestation of an unfriendly disposition toward the U.S . . ."
James Monroe -- Monroe Doctrine
What are "Muckrakers"
Journalists / Writers who tried to expose the social problems of post-industrial America.
Set up a Naval Blockade around Cuba
This is the economic belief that allowing the rich to keep more ot their money will help to stimulate the overall economy
Trickle Down Economics / Reganomics / Supplyside Economics
Name two causes of the Great Depression
People putting lots of borrowed money into the stock market, Poor banking practices, Inflation due to printing of money, The stock market crash
"At the present moment in world history nearly every nation must choose between alternative ways of life. The choice is too often not a free one. One way of life is based upon the will of the majority and is distinguished by free institutions, representative government, free elections, guarantees of individual liberty, freedom of speech and religion, and freedom from political oppression. The second way of life is based upon the will of a minority forcibly imposed..."
Harry Truman -- The Truman Doctrine
King Philips War
This senator promoted the "Red Scare" during the Cold War.
Joseph McCarthy
This was a failed invasion of Cuba by the Kennedy administration
The Bay of Pigs
When one business controls all elements of production of a good, it's known as a
Vertical Monopoly