16th 17th 18th and 19th amendments Flashcards
The 16th Amendment put a tax on _____
Individual income
used god as an excuse to expand land
manifest destiny
telling half-truths and half-lies in newspaper
Yellow journalism
Leaders of the press and which newspapers they worked on
William Randolph Hearst - NY Hearld
Joseph Pulitzer - NY Times
Teddy’s first job was as _______
Asst. sec. of the Navy
Teddy said what about Mckinley
“Mckinley was white livered and had the backbone of a chocolate eclair”
The sinking of what ship on what date caused people to outrage against spain
The Maine, feb 15 1898
declares war
congress
The british saved us when we were cornered by spain, (Admiral ____)
Dewey
Teddy roosevelt formed a group of men known as _____
“Rough riders”
Teddy’s group was made up of ____ _____ _____
cowboys, criminals, and polo players
How many pairs of glasses did teddy take with him
12
3 main diseases that soldiers caught
- Malaria
- Typhoid fever
- yellow fever
who found the cause of yellow fever
Walter Reed
What land was gained from the war (5)
- puerto rico
- hawaii
- guam
- virgin island
- philippines
said we could not keep cuba after helping them win their independence
Teller Resolution
____was re-elected and ____was his vice pres.
Mckinley, teddy
mkinley was assasinated in ____ on _____
New York, Sept 6 1901
Teddy’s big accomplishments (how much did the ____ cost to build?)
- Built a navy called teh great white fleet
- built the Panama canal, costed 400 million
teddy said that _ should be president
Taft
Taft was the ____(est) president of all time
largest
teddy ran for the ____ party
the bull moose party
(17th amend) popular selection of ____ (_ are to be elected by the people of each state)
Senators
senate used to be called ——
“the rich mans club”
was elected pres in 1912
wilson
the —– was sunk by —–
luistiana, german U-boats
Democrats used what slogan
“he kept us out of the war”
what note was the final blow, Us needing a reason to enter the war
The zimmerman note
made it illegal to manufacture, transport, or sell intoxicating ——
Prohibition, liqours
was rattified by — of the states
3/4
transported liqour illegaly
bootlegger
secret clubs where alchohol was served
speak easies
the 19th amendment gave women —– (meaning?)
suffrage, the right to vote
womansb suffrage came about due to womens efforts in factories during —–
ww1
Lead womens rights movement
Susan B Anthony
in 1869, —– gave women the right to vote
wyoming
wrote a book called the homemaker
Dorothy fisher
Alice paul and lucy burns formed the —– party
womens
Teddy won the ____ prize for his part in the Russo-Japanese war
nobel peace
