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Panama Canal |
The California Gold Rush creates an interest in a crossing between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through a channel in Panama. France proposes a plan to build a canal in Panama in 1877 after the Panama Railway is completed. France's company was granted permission by Columbia (owned Panama) to start building the canal. The French company goes bankrupt after spending $30o million. The US under the presidency of Teddy Roosevelt sparked interest in building a canal in Nicaragua but was influenced by Philippe Bunau-Varilla to obtain canal assets in Panama. The Hay-Herran Treaty in 1903 which made the US pay the French Company and Columbia. The Columbian Sentate demands a provision to the treaty which makes the French pay Columbia which sparks the revolution of Panama's Independence. After Panama's independence from Columbia, the US recognizes the new nation and creates the Hay-Buneau-Varilla Treaty which the US pays Panama and the French for building the Panama Canal under a condition which gives the US exclusive jurisdictional rights to a 10 mile wide strip of territory. The canal remained under control of the US until 1994. |
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Edith Wilson |
She was Woodrow Wilson's 2nd wife and his wife during his presidency. Woodrow suffered a stroke in 1919 which left half of his body paralyzed. This forced Edith to sign and monitor all important legislative documents during his term while keeping Woodrow's actual condition a secret. She is responsible for influencing the ratification of the 18th Amendment which prohibited alcohol and the 19th amendment which allowed women to vote. |
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Muckrakers |
Muckrakers are defined as journalists that exposed the evils of society during the late 1880s and early 1900s. Notable muckrakers include Nellie Bly which exposed the unsanitary conditions and horrific treatment of patients at mental institutions and Ida Tarbell who revealed the unknown acts that oil monopolist John D. Rockefeller did during the time of operation. These journalists influenced the creation of government regulations in public institutions. |
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Jacob Reis |
Jacob Riis is a photojournalist known and a for his work depicting the hardships of the lives in New York City. In 1890, he released a work titled "How the Other Half Lives" which through the use of flash photography, exposed the horrific living conditions in tenements. This eventually influenced the 1901 Tenement Act which required lighting and electricity in public areas, indoor plumbing in large capacity areas, and garbage collecting. |
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U.S.S. Maine |
Between 1896-1897, more than 1/3 of Cuba's population were placed into concentration camps where about 225,000 people die. The US sent the U.S.S. Maine in 1898 to Havana to rescue possible US citizens who might be endangered in Cuba. On February 15h, the U.S.S. Maine exploded and killed 266 of the 400 American crew members on board. The US Naval Court of Inquiry ruled that the ship was destroyed by a mine. This angered much of Congress and the American public which led to accusing Spain. This caused the declaration of war against Spain starting the Spanish-American War. |
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Schlieffen Plan |
In 1914, Germany created a plan that would prevent a two-front war. It called for a quick strike through Belgium to Paris, France where they would capture the northern half of France. This would allow them to tread directly to Russia and attack. The plan commenced on August 3rd of 1914 and failed. |
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Treaty of Versailles |
On June 28th 1919, the Big Four (France, US, Britain, Italy) and the leaders of the defeat nations gathered in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles and signed the Treaty of Versailles. This treaty included six clauses that Germany was required to follow. These include the War-Guilt Clause which forced Germany to admit guilt for causing war, stripped Germany of all colonies and 13% of their territory in Europe, Germany was not allowed to have an army, forced Germany to pay reparations set at $33 billion, redrew boundaries along nationalistic lines that created 9 new nations, and to join the League of Nations. |
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Essay: Option #2
How did Presidents', Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson foster the rise of Progressive ideals at the beginning of the twentieth century? |
During each of their presidencies, Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson contributed to progressive ideals through national acts of legislation that aimed for bettering American society.
Outline: I. Introduction II. Roosevelt - 1901 Tenement Act - Pure Food and Drug Act - Conservation/national forests III. Taft - Trust-busting - Forest and oil reserves - Breaking more than 80 monopolies IV. Wilson - 18th and 19th Amendment - Equal pay in World War I V. Conclusion (restate thesis) |
