Imperialism 1
1823 US Foreign policy forbidding European Colonization of the Western Hemisphere in exchange for the US avoiding unnecessary involvement in European Affairs.
What is the Monroe Doctrine
A 1904 extension of the Monroe Doctrine stating that the US has the right to protect its economic interests in the Western Hemisphere (work as a police power)
What is the Roosevelt Corollary
Journalists who exposed the corruption of economic, social, and political life in America
Who are Muckrakers
Practice of exaggerating stories and creating sensational headlines in order to sell newspapers
Yellow Journalism
Unrestricted Sub Warfare
Zimmerman Note
Russian Revolution
This war was fought between the US and Spain in Cuba and the Philippines. It lasted less than 3 months and resulted in? (Name the war and the acquisitions)
What is the Spanish American War and Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines.
President of the United States, winner of a Nobel Peace Prize, and responsible for increasing the size of the American Navy.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt.
Community centers for poor immigrant neighborhoods where educated reformers lived and provided classes to help immigrants assimilate into American Society.
Settlement houses
What is the 19th Amendment and why did it pass
Why it passed
Women's support for WWI
Women's contributions on the homefront
Explain the Causes and effects of the Great Migration
Causes:
Jim Crow Violence
Limited Economic opportunities
Effects:
Increased Economic opportunities
Racial tension in Northern cities
Causes of the Spanish America War
Spanish Atrocities in Cuba
Economic interests being threatened
Explosion of USS Maine in Havana Harbor
This treaty ended the Spanish American War and made the US a global power for the first time in history.
What is the Treaty of Paris
Exposed the corruption and disgusting standards of the meat packing industry. (Title and Author)
What two pieces of legislation were passed as a result of this.
Upton Sinclair
The Jungle
Meat Inspection Act
Pure Food and Drug Act
Name the 2 laws that attempted to break up monopolies and trusts during the progressive Era
Sherman Anti-trust Act
Clayton Anti Trust Act
A 1919 Supreme Court Case that upholding the Espionage and Sedition Acts and conviction of a socialist who had urged young men to resist the draft. Upheld that the government could restrict free speech in times of war
Schenck v. United States
A narrow strip of land located in Central America in which the US bought for 10 million dollars. One of the greatest engineering feats of its time, it reduced shipping costs by cutting through a narrow Isthmus and helped extend US naval power in the region
What is the Panama Canal
A policy proposed by Secretary of State John Hay in 1899 under which all nations would have equal opportunities to trade in China
Open Door Policy
Wrote "How the other half lives" Who is the author and what effect did this have on society?
Jacob Riis
Effect: Exposed the poor living conditions of tenement buildings and mandated building codes for tenements.
Besides the 19th amendment identify and explain the constitutional amendments passed during this period.
16th- Graduated Income tax.
17th- Direct Election of Senators
18th- Prohibition of Alcohol
An international organization that was set up after WWI to prevent future wars-
Name and reason the US doesn't join
League of Nations
US is afraid that it will restrict their access/freedom in Latin America.
Name all of the US acquisitions that were discussed in textbook about Imperialism
Guam
Puerto Rico
Philippines
Alaska
US Virgin Islands
Hawaii
(Panama)
(Cuba)
Explain how Americans justified US Imperialism
Economic
Military
Social Darwinism
Explain the following political Reforms
Initiative Referendum Recall
What was the significance of these
Allows citizens the right to propose legislation
Allows citizens to vote on legislation on the ballot.
Allows citizens to remove elected officials from office through a special election process.
Gave more power to the people and help eliminate the political machines
What was the cause of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire and what were the effects it had on the period
Major fire due to poor management and cigarettes that started the fire.
Mandated fire drills
Fire escapes added
Sprinkler systems required
Increased funding for fire departments.
President Woodrow Wilson's plan for organizing post WWI Europe and for avoiding Future Wars- Peace without victory
Name and explain key parts
14 points
Establish a league of Nations
Self Determination
Freedom of the Seas
No Secret Treaties
Armament Reductions