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What purchase did William Seward make?

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He bought Alaska from Russia (Seward’s Folly). Many saw this as dumb and a waste of money

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Who believes that the US can be a world power?

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Republicans

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Alfred Thayer Mahan’s “The Influence of Sea Power Upon History”

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-America needs a powerful navy
-Islands (Hawaii) will help with this

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Imperialism

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taking over other nations

Social Darwinism, religion, the press make this popular

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What does the Monroe Doctrine do to help Imperialism?

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(Europe cannot colonize America)

-people use this as an excuse to interfere with Latin American affairs
-says this will benefit America

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More people opposed American Imperialism. But the wealthy controlled the country, so Imperialism was supported.

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Why did many oppose American Imperialism?

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-self-determination (America should be allowed to govern themselves, and themselves only)

-rejected racial theories of the time

-support for Isolationism (American should stay by themselves and not engage in foreign affairs)

-too expensive

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American elites push for the Spanish-American War

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Jingoism

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an intense form of patriotism, attention towards foreign policy

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Things that sparked the Spanish-American War

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-Cuban Revolt

-Yellow Journalism (fake news)

-De Lome Letter (Spanish Ambassador letter leaked, calling President of the time a fool)

-USS Maine sinks in Havana, Cuba (fake news said Spain was the blame for this)

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Spanish-American War

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-America and Spain fight

-America gains Guam, Puerto Rico, and Philippines because of the Treaty of Paris of 1898

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Reasons why America wins Spanish-American War

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-Theodore Roosevelt wins at Rough Riders

-The Buffalo Soldiers (African American troop) win

-overwhelming technical superiority

-US Navy captures Havana

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How was the Treaty of Paris of 1898 debated in Congress?

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-did the annexing of the Philippines violate the principles that founded America?

-was it going against the values of an American?

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Insular Cases held by the Supreme Court

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the US flag in territories does not bring US citizens rights to that territory unless Congress gave it to them

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Platt Amendment 1901

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Cuba is just above a territory to the US

-they must keep a military base open for the US

-the US forces Cuba to be a “puppet” of the government

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European Powers (Russia, Japan, Britain, France, Germany) created the “Spheres of Influences” where they dominate all trade and investments in China. The US wants in on this.

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the Open Door Policy

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all nations should have equal trading privileges in China (free trade)

-it could be beneficial to the US and other countries

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Boxer Rebellion

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US and European Powers further weakened China

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What does Roosevelt want to do as President?

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-wants to use the power of office for action in the country and world stage

-wants to be a man of the moment

-will have a vision of how government will work

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Roosevelt really wanted to Panama Canal to be built

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Roosevelt Corollary

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the US had the responsibility to preserve order and protect life and property in those in Latin America

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Gentlemen’s Agreement

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Japan limits immigration to the US

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Why does Roosevelt send of the Great War Fleet?

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to display America’s growing naval power

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Roosevelt’s Square Deal

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-Roosevelt sides with labor

-negotiating new labor rights

-Roosevelt broke up railroad trust, went after Standard Oil and other large companies

-Roosevelt believes in “Good Trusts” (good for the public) and “Bad Trusts” (bad for the public)

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Elkins Act

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strengthens the Interstate Commerce Act (limits power of large companies, railroads)

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Hepburn Act

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brings railroads rater under proper guidelines

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Pure Food and Drug Fact and Meat Inspection Act

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both bring standards to American food because journalists recognize issues with food

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What did Roosevelt do to protect the land/nature?

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He created national parks and uses the Federal Governments to protect the lands

29
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what helps the Progressive Movement?

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-attention brought to the public through media, political leadership

-middle-class people agree that society needs to change through reform

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Muckrakers

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investigative journalists who wrote about corruption in American society (ex. Standard Oil, meat corporations, living poor, unfair industries

31
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Muckrakers and Journalists helped created support for reforms by bringing this attention to the public. (but they made bad things seem significantly worse than they actually were)

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32
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Goals and beliefs of the National American Women Suffrage Association

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-get rights throughout the states by going state by state

-from there they will move on to a national level

-believed that upper, middle-class, white women were the backbone of a progressive, democratic society because of Motherhood (they are raising men to run the country so they should have a say)

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Progressive Causes

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-political
-initiative
-referendum
-recall
-municipal reforms

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Political reforms from the Progressive Era

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-secret ballots
-direct primaries
-direct election of US Senators (17th Ammendment)

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Initiative reforms from the Progressive Era

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state legislatures were forced to consider a bill in to forming

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Referendum reforms from the Progressive Era

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citizens were allowed to vote on proposed laws

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Recall reforms from the Progressive Era

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voters were able to remove (recall) a politician from office (it was difficult but possible)

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Municipal reforms from the Progressive Era

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controlled public utilities, etc (it is the cities job for these issues)

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Temperance and Prohibition movment

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-sought to end the sale of alcohol in America

-people believed American society will improve if there is no alcohol in America

-led by Carrie Nation

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National Child Labor Committee

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ended Child Labor and required children to go to school

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National Consumer’s League led by Florence Kelly

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wanted to pass state laws to limit workday to 10 hours

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Lochner V. New York (1905)

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ruled a 10 hour workday to be illegal and it hurt business industry

43
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Muller V. Oregon (1908)

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ruled women were weaker so they could only work 10 hour workday

44
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Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

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improves safety and working conditions in factories

45
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Mann-Elkins Act

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further strengthens the Interstate commerce act

46
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16th Amendment

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congress can collect tax on income

47
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New Freedom Plan

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ends corruption and brings support to small businesses by limiting the big businesses and governments

48
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Things Wilson did as President

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-reduced tariff (Underwood Tariff)
-created federal reserve (one central bank)

49
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Wilson on the World Stage

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-wanted to show that he opposed self-interested Imperialism
-granted the Philippines full territorial status through the Jones Act
-granted those in Puerto Rico US Citizenship
-gave Nicaragua, Haiti, and Dominican Republic self-government (their own country)
-avoided many foreign affairs

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“MAIN” reasons of WW1

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-Militarism (build up of European navies, armies)

-Alliances (many secret alliances between nations)

-Imperialism (everyone wants power, no one will back down)

-Nationalism (belief that one country is superior of others)

51
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Allied Powers v. Central Powers

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Allied: Great Britain, France, Russia

Central: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire (Turkey)

52
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WW1 was first modern war of the time, many casualties, both sides knew it would be a draw unless America

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53
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Freedom of the Seas

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America should be able to trade with both sides fighting, via shipping, but Britain blockades Germany, preventing them from shipping

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Submarine Warefare

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German navy has success with its fleet of submarines until they sink many American ships, this causes Wilson to turn support against them

55
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What caused America to enter WW1 on the Allied side?

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-Zimmerman Telegram (between Germany and Mexico)
-Russian Revolution
-unrestricted submarine warefare

56
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US Navy and its “convoy system”

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made sure allies could not be taken control by German U-Boats

57
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American Expeditionary Force (Army) led by John Pershing

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American troops have a rough start, but they are optimistic, tanks help in success

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Germany surrenders, they recognize that US have a balance of power

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59
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Woodrow Wilson’s 14 points

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“peace without victory” with the European powers
-13 were negotiable
-the 14, the League of Nations was not

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The Treaty of Versailles dominated by the Big Four (France, GB, USA, Italy)

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-3 European powers took advantage of Wilson, they wanted Germany to pay for the war costs

-formed the League of Nations (but it was not allowed in the US, so US makes separate treaty with Germany)

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Federal Government was the reason for WW1 success

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62
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Committee on Public Information led by George Creel

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propaganda that played up heroism of US Soldiers and villanized Germans

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Espionage (1917) and Sedition (1918) Acts

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made it illegal to criticize the government war efforts

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Selective Service Act (1917)

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instituted the military draft

65
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Racism in the Failure of the Progressive Era

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-Great Migration
-D.W. Griffith’s “the Birth of a Nation” was racist
-African Americans who campaigned for Civil Rights were seen as communist
-tension between white and blacks over job, housing, etc

66
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the Red Summer of 1919

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-Africans who served no longer want to accept Racism and are more willing to confront it

-countless times where blacks attacked whites over racism

-Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921

67
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the Red Scare 1919-1920

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-Communist takes over Russian, scared the same thing could happen in the US

-the public and government wants action taken against the threats of communism in America

68
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“Palmer Raids” by Attorney General A. Mitchel Palmer and J. Edgar Hoover

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-leads this against those suspected of communism (it turns out these people are immigrants)

-they promise a bloody uprising of May Day 1920, but nothing happens. They lose the trust of the people

69
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Unions are now seen as communist

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this causes the country to turn from them. Progressive Era is over

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