APUSH Chapter 27-29 Flashcards

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Big-sister policy

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Pushed by James G Blaine, aimed at rallying the Latin American nations behind American leadership and opening Latin America markets to American traders

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Great Rapprochement

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New American and British friendship

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McKinley Tariff

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Raised barriers against Hawaiian sugar in 1890

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Insurrectos

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Cuban insurgents seeking to drive out Spanish overlords

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Maine

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Blew up in Havana harbor, battleship sent to Cuba from Washington, Spanish officials said the explosion was internal and accidental and Americans argued the blast was caused by a submarine mine

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Teller Amendment

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Proclaimed that when the United States overthrew Spanish misrule, it would give the Cuban’s their freedom

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Rough Riders

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A part of the American invading army during the invasion of Cuba, consisted largely of cowboys and ex-convicts and organized by Theodore Roosevelt

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Anti-Imperialist League

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Developed to fight the McKinley administration’s expansionist moves, objected to annexing the Philippines

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Foraker Act

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Accorded the Puerto Rican’s a limited degree of popular government

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Insular Cases

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Supreme Court decreed that the flag outran the Constitution, meaning Puerto Rican’s and Filipinos did not enjoy all American rights but were subject to American rule

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Platt Amendment

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Allowed the United States government to intervene with troops in the Cuban government

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Open Door note

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The great powers would respect certain Chinese rights and the ideal of fair competition

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Boxer Rebellion

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The Chinese “Boxers” murdered more than 200 foreigners and thousands of Chinese Christians and besieged the foreign diplomatic community in Beijing

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Hay-Pauncefote Treaty

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Gave the United States permission to build a canal in Panama but conceded the right to fortify it as well

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Roosevelt Corollary

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“Preventative intervention,” in the event of future financial malfeasance by the Latin America nations the United States would intervene, take over the customs houses, pay off the debts, and keep Europeans away

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Root-Takahira agreement

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Pledged the US and Japan to respect each other’s territorial possessions in the Pacific and to uphold the Open Door in China

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Payne-Aldrich Bill

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Moderately reductive bill but senatorial reactionaries tacked on hundreds of upward tariff revisions but not on items such as sea moss and canary seed

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Elkins Act

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Aimed primarily at the rebate evil, heavy fines could now be imposed on railroads that gave rebates and on shippers

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Dollar diplomacy

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The use of American investments to boost American political interests abroad, primarily utilized by Taft

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Social gospel

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Promoted a brand of progressivism based on Christian teachings

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Muckrakers

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Reporters publishing expose material

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Initiative

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Created so that voters could directly propose legislation themselves, bypassing state legislatures

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Referendum

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Would place laws on the ballot for final approval by the people

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Recall

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Enable voters to remove faithless elected officials, particularly those who had been bribed by bosses

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Australian ballot

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Voters could vote privately without fear of judgement

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Muller v Oregon

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Louis D Brandeis persuaded the Supreme Court to accept the constitutionality of laws protecting women workers, and afforded employers total control over the workplace

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Lochner v New York

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Invalidated a New York law establishing a 10-hour workday for bakers

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Woman’s Christian Temperance Union

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Largest organization of women in the world, preached abstention

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Meat Inspection Act

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Decreed that the preparation of meat shipped over state lines would be subject to federal inspection

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The Pure Food and Drug Act

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Designed to prevent the adulteration and mislabeling of foods and pharmaceuticals

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Hetch Hetchy Valley

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San Francisco built the dam for its municipal water supply

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New Freedom

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Democratic platform in the election of 1912 which included calls for stronger antitrust legislation, banking reform, and tariff reductions

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New Nationalism

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Roosevelt’s Progressive campaign in the election of 1912

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Underwood Tariff

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Provided for a substantial reduction of rates moved by Wilson’s aggressive leadership

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Federal Reserve Act

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Created the Federal Reserve Board, which oversaw a nationwide system of twelve regional reserve districts, each with its own central bank, guaranteed a substantial measure of public control

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Federal Trade Commission Act

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Empowered a presidentially appointed commission to search industries engaged in interstate commerce, such as meat packers

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Clayton Anti-Trust Act

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Extended the Sherman Anti-Trust Act’s list of business practices that were deemed objectionable, including price discrimination and interlocking directorates

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Holding companies

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Achieved price discrimination and interlocking directorates

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Workingmen’s Compensation Act

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Granted assistance to federal civil-service employees during periods of disability

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Adamson Act

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Established an 8-hour workday for all employees on trains in interstate commerce, with extra pay for overtime

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Jones Act

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Granted to the Philippines territorial status and promised independence as soon as a “stable government” could be established

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Tampico Incident

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American sailors were arrested by the Mexican government, causing the navy to be dispatched to seize the port of Veracruz

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U-boats

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German submarines that sank about ninety ships in the war zone

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Lusitania

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British passenger liner that was torpedoed and sank off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives including 128 Americans, angered the American public