11/5 U.S History exam part 2 Flashcards
Goals of Prohibition
Promote moral improvement - work to ban alcohol (manufacture and sell alcohol illegal)
Goals of Progressivism
- Protect social welfare (easing the ills of society)
- Promote moral improvement – work to ban alcohol (prohibition)
- Reform the economy
- Make businesses more efficient and profitable
Teller Amendment
U.S. had no intentions of taking over Cuba
Platt Amendment
several provisions added to the Cuban constitution (by the U.S.) to protect American investments in Cuba
Jim Crow laws
segregated whites & blacks into separate facilities
racist laws
Plessy v Ferguson
-established doctrine of “separate but equal” and permitted legalized racial segregation
The Jungle
a book was written by Upton Sinclair, expose the appalling working conditions in the meat-packing industry
Social Darwinism
free-market competition would lead to the survival of the fittest
1902 Coal Strike
- TR intervened to end the strike
- set precedent for gov’t intervention when public welfare was threatened
Pure food & Drug act
a law had to be true in labeling list of ingredients and what is that claim to do (cure cancer)
Meat Inspection Act
established inspectors to go to the meatpacking plants and check on the sanitary conditions.
Pendelton Civil Service Act
established a standardized test who award gov job “what you knew no who you know”
Chinese Exclusion Act
banned all but a few Chinese immigrants (except students, teachers, merchants, tourists, and government officials). Not lifted until 1942.
Gentlemen’s Agreement
Japan restricted immigration to the US in return for the repeal of Asian segregation laws.
NAACP
goal to reach the equality among races
de Lome letter
private inflammatory letter written by Spanish minister to the U.S. accusing President McKinley of weakness
Open Door Policy
- proposed nations share their trading rights in China with U.S.
- no single nation would have a monopoly on trade with China
Boxer Rebellion
drive “foreign devils” out of China
an attempt by the Chinese to drive Western influences out of China.
Panama Canal
- U.S. supported the Panamanian revolt against Colombia
- one of the world’s greatest engineering feats
- TR’s actions caused ill will throughout Latin America
