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36 Cards in this Set
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populism
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political party that believes that the government's unfair to farmers and laborers; contributes to labor unions or strikes
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urbanization/ immigration
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death, disease and immigration led to people standing up for change; urbanization and immigration caused over population, nativism, sanitation problems; Atlanta Compromise-African Americans should have the same job and educational opportunities as others in America
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Goals of Progressives
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protecting social welfare (helping out the poor), promoting moral improvement (prohibition), fostering efficiency (exposing corruption)
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muckrakers
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journalist who expose problems in different industries; expose problems to the public; Upton Sincllair
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imperialism
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stronger nation wants to expand territories; takes over weaker countries-controlling economy or politics
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origins of imperialism
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desire for more resources and power (military, economic, political); competition among countries leads to stronger countries taking over weaker countries; continuance of idea of manifest destiny
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Spanish American War
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cuba trying to get independence from Spain
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Yellow Journalism
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exaggeration of facts; journalists would sensationalize the events between Cuba and Spain to sell papers; public began to sympathize with Cuba
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Battleship Maine
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battleship blows up; US blames Spain for the explosion; the wealthy, the public and newspapers wanted war with Spain McKinley and Congress war on Spain-1898; 16 week muscle flexing war
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Terms of Peace treaty
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Cuban independence; Puerto Rico and Guam ceded to US; US occupation of Manila, Philippines-US wants to annex Philippines; leads to Philippine-American War (worse than previous)
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Foraker Act
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1900- Civil Government in Puerto Rico; president could appoint Puerto Rico's government; Puerto Ricans given US citizenship
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Platt Amendment
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amendment to Cuban constitution; Cuba must stay out of debt, US has right to intervene and buy/ lease Cuban land for naval bases
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Philippine American War
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Filipinos wanted independence; get rid of US occupation
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Panama Canal
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US helped Panamanians revolt against Colombia in order to build a canal through Central America; easier to transport of goods and military from Atlantic to Pacific (or vise versa)
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Socialism/ IWW
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People decide how goods/ money is distributed; Wobblies- Union made up of all types of workers (socialist); Eugene V. Debs-leader of Socialist party in US, jailed for his beliefs and still ran for president from jail and still 6% of the votes
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3 C's of the Square Deal
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control the corporations- trust busting; Roosevelt was okay with monopolies as long as they were fair to workers; gov't works out agreements between workers and businesses/ consumer production- meat inspection act; pure food and drug act/ conservation of natural resources
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NAACP
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national association for the advancement of colored people; W.E.B. DuBois founded it; civil rights were not actually guaranteed; jobs, educational opportunities, pay not equal progressive indifference to racial tensions
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Roosevelt Corollary
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added to monroe doctrine; US has international police power to correct wrongs within its sphere of influence and help countries pay debts to Europe; justified intervention in Latin America
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Dollar Diplomacy
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American business were encourage to invest in foreign countries; 1911- American bankers loaned Nicaragua money and therefore controlled railroads, banks
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Federal Reserve Act of 1913
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divided the nation into 12 districts and established a regional central bank in each district
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Clayton Anti-Trust Act of 1914
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a law enacted that made certain monopolistic business practices illegal and protected the rights of labor union and farm organization
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16th amendment
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allows congress to impose tax
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17th amendment
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provides for the election of US senators by the people rather than the state legislatures
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18th amendment
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established prohibition
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19th amendment
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women have the right to vote
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national american woman suffrage association
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organization founded in 1890 to gain voting rights for women
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Carrie Chapman Catt
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leader in women suffrage movement
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William McKinley
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president before theodore roosevelt, pro spanish american war, philippine american war
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Upton Sinclair
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wrote the jungle, exposed unhealthy conditions in meat packing factories, socialist
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theodore roosevelt
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president after mckinley, 3 c's,
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Eugene V. debs
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leader of Socialist party in US, jailed for his beliefs and still ran for president from jail and still got 6% of the votes
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Woodrow Wilson
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dem candidate, new freedom, 17th, 18th amendment, and 19th amendment, underwood tariff bill, federal reserve system, clayton anti-trust act,
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taft
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very cautious, called a conservative (broke up more trusts than anybody else) dollar diplomacy
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new nationalism
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strong government, social welfare, labor legislation, reform of banks, roosevelt
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new freedom
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against social welfare, free enterprise, lower tariff (gives small businesses a chance to succeed), banking reform
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underwood tariff bill
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16th amendment
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