BMA 2 Flashcards
political party
Political Machine
government employees had to pass a test to get the job; created because of the spoils system
Pendleton Civil Service Act
giving people important jobs just for supporting them
Spoils/Patronage System
was in charge of Tammany Hall; stole $25 million from New York City and spent the rest of his life in prison
Boss Tweed
Father of Political Cartoons
Thomas Nast
big buildings that housed several poor people
Tenements
movement that believed honest and efficient government could bring about social justice; a thought process that believed the government should be used to improve society
Progressivism
belief that following Christian principles could bring about social justice/social reform
Social Gospel
socially conscious journalists and writers who dramatized the need for reform
Muckraker
examples of muckrakers
Jacob Riis & Ida Tarbell
wrote The Jungle
Upton Sinclair
muckraking photographer and author of How The Other Half Lives, exposed the condition of the urban poor
Jacob Riis
muckraker that wrote The History of the Standard Oil Company, which busted the trust
Ida M. Tarbell
the fight for women to vote
Women’s Suffrage
campaign to end the production, sale, and use of alcohol
Women’s Christian Temperance Movement
opposed Washington’s approach; favored education in history, literature, and philosophy, not just in the trades
Niagara Movement
energetic Progressive who became the youngest president in 1901; Trust Buster; conservationist
Theodore Roosevelt
27th president; Progressive; created the Dollar Diplomacy; got stuck in a bathroom; did what Roosevelt did but to a lesser degree
William Howard Taft
28th president; Progressive Democrat elected President in 1912; created the Moral Diplomacy; genuinely good person; made 19th amendment; made the 8 hour workday; made the New Freedom
Woodrow Wilson
gave the federal government responsibility for insuring food and medicine are safe
Pure Food and Drug Act
gave federal agents power to inspect and monitor the meatpacking industry
Meat Inspection Act
central banking system; national bank
Federal Reserve
Theodore Roosevelt put this into place
Conservation (Preservation of National Parks)
gave the Interstate Commerce Committee power to limit railroad company prices
Hepburn Act
protects consumers
Federal Trade Commission
prevented unfair competition
Clayton Anti-trust Act
allowed voters to cast direct votes for senators
17th Amendment
established in 1919, granted women the right to vote
19th Amendment
no president can be elected more than twice
22nd Amendment
everyone over 18 can vote
26th Amendment
first social settlement house; started by Jane Addams; for poor people and immigrants
Hull House
former Secretary of State; Democratic and Populist leader; Cowardly Lion
William Jennings Bryan
25th president; president during Spanish-American War
William McKinley
legalized racial segregation
Jim Crow Laws
upheld “separate but equal” doctrine
Plessy v. Ferguson
public execution
Lynching
helped to found the National Association of Colored Women
Ida B. Wells
favored a gradualist approach for blacks to earn rights through economic progress and employment in the skilled trades
Booker T. Washington
demanded immediate and full rights for blacks as guaranteed by the Constitution
W.E.B. Dubois
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, viewed full legal rights as the only solution to racial discrimination
NAACP
1898-1914
Spanish-American War
Leaders in the Spanish-American War
Roosevelt, Wilson, & Taft
Involved in the Spanish-American War
Cuba, Guam, Philippines, Hawaii, & America
Locations in the Spanish-American War
Philippines, Cuba, Hawaii, & Guam
Reason the Spanish-American War started
The Maine exploded.
Reason the US got involved in the Spanish-American War
We wanted to expand our markets.
Caused the Spanish-American War to end
Treaty of Paris
Territories gained/annexed in the Spanish-American War
Puerto Rico, Guam, Hawaii, Philippines, & Cuba
Roosevelt’s addition to the Monroe Doctrine, which stated that the US would intervene in Latin America in order to prevent European intervention
Roosevelt Corollary
no European monarchies in Latin America
Monroe Doctrine
zones in China that gave European powers exclusive access to commerce
Spheres of Influence
U.S. Secretary of State who asserted the “Open Door Policy” in China
John Hay
waterway dug across Panama to shorten the trip between the Atlantic and the Pacific; tried to buy from Colombia
Panama Canal
They rebelled against the Spanish and when the US bought the Philippines, they rebelled against the US.
Philippine Insurrection
created by William Seward; agreed to purchase Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million
Seward’s Folly
addendum to Cuba’s constitution restricting Cuba’s independence from the United States
Platt Amendment
the US can not annex Cuba
Teller Amendment
President Taft’s policy to encourage investment rather than use force in Latin America
Dollar Diplomacy
Theodore Roosevelt’s approach to international relations that depended on a strong military to achieve its aims
Big Stick Diplomacy
President Wilson’s policy to encourage human rights and opportunity rather than act in our own self-interest in Latin America
Moral Diplomacy
1900 revolt by secret Chinese societies against outside influences
Boxer Rebellion
