Progressive era
The progressive era was largely a result of which event/period and which political party sparked this? (bonus: what were the goals of this party)
the gilded age and the populist party
bonus:coinage of silver, graduated income tax, terifs, government regulation of large corporations etc)
The extension of this document sparked imperialism
Monroe doctrine
By the late 1920s, what changed with American consumers?
They were buying more stuff on credit and were racking up debt
Why did the US enter ww1?
Germany kept sinking our ships and also told mexico to attack us and that made us mad 😡
Create a headline for the sinking of the USS Maine
Na
What was the first overturned amendment that came from this time period and why was it unsuccessful?
Prohibition largely because of how poorly enforced it was and the large amounts of corruption
Who was the first progressive president that championed the use of America’s position as an international power as a means of obtaining more power and expanding American influence in the world?
Teddy Roosavelt
When did the nation truly get out of the depression?
when we mobilized for war during ww2
Who were the new workers in the factories during ww1?
Women and african americans
What were some themes of the 1920’s?
Rise of consumer culture (but big time), migration (great migration & Harlem renaissance) & prohibition
What was the gospel of efficiency and what role did it play socially, economically and politically?
Use of science to make the life of workers to be more easier in terms of at the workplace;
Thought it would improve workers life, but employers took advantage of these to exploit their workers; creation of assembly lines, and also helped with government efficiency (Wisconsin idea, natural disaster commission system etc)
What issue do we have after the frontieer was declared to be “closed” and what did America decide to do? Why was the frontier closing an issue for Americans?
We had no more land to procure so we begin turning our attention to international places that we can conquer. Closing of the frontier was an issue since expansion and moving west into new land has been a defining part of our collective identities and have symbolized a new start/begining and now that begining is over with the closing of the frontier.
What are the three New deal policies & what was their purpose?
Relief, recovery, and reform: Relief meant that the president wanted to help those in crisis immediately by creating jobs, bread lines, and welfare. Recovery was aimed at fixing the economy and ending the Depression, and Reform programs focused specifically on methods for ensuring that depressions like that in the 1930s would never affect the American public again.
What was the date that the US declared war and enteed ww2? What were the three conferences that were held?
Dec 7th, 1941
Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam
What was the concept behind the idea of "The white man's burdan
Social Darwinism
Name 3 goals the progressive reformers achieved and 3-4 key players (muckrakers) in the progressive era.
Direct election of senators, prohibition, settlement house movement, etc.
ppl:
Ida Tarbell - exposed Rockefeller fam
Jane Addams - established hull house
Jacob Rills - exposed struggles of ppl in poverty through photography
What was american attitude towards the spam war and what largely influenced these ideals?
It was largely in support of the war for Cuban independence especially after sinking of the Maine and public opinion was largely influenced by yellow journalism
Which program established pensions for retired people and aid for single mothers?
Social Security Administration
how did ww2 affect our international policies?
Far from the isolationism that characterized US global politics, the immediate aftermath of World War II established a clear desire among American political and economic leaders to protect this newfound power and to secure the United States as the leader of the “free world.”
Who was known by the nickname scarface and w hat did they do
Al Capone - he was a gangster during the time of prohibition
What were the 4 amendments that pertained to the goals of progressive reformers?
Tax(16) senators(17) who drink(18) with women (19)
John hay wrote a series of open door notes with what in mind?
The Open Door Notes served the important purpose of outlining U.S. policy toward China and expressing U.S. hopes for cooperation with the other foreign powers with a stake in the region. At the time, secretary of State, John hay grew weary that the US will be left out of international affairs so he essentially reassessed our stance on international affairs.
what were the djffeences between Hoovers presidency to Roosevelt.
Hoover believed that the economy would just fix itself and everything would go back to normalcy after some time and FDR believed that it was up to the government to restore the economy; FDR passed a series of legislation (the new deal) which greatly helped take the nation out of economic crisis
What was different about how we approached mobilization when war broke out in eruope for a second time compared to ww1?
We mobalized more efficnetly before we were even in war and had the first peacetime draft to help prepare and mitigate the blow that mobilization and war would normally have.
How does FDR die?
a brain hemmorage :(