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HIST 122, Mod Amer: Rcnst to Globl Power > Chapter 17: Freedom's Boundaries at Home and Abroad > Flashcards

Chapter 17: Freedom's Boundaries at Home and Abroad Flashcards

1
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By the late 1800s, which segment of the population was suffering the most? Why?

A
  • Farmers
  • wheat prices high, population grew, had to borrow money, drought, poor harvests, other countries were selling wheat, lost farms
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What/who were the Knights of Reliance?

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farmers’ alliance in texas

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What was the platform of the Populist Party?

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income tax, national ownership of railroads and telephones, hold back perishables, unlimited coinage of silver, 8 hr day, restricted immigration

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Who ran for President in 1892? Who won?

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  • Republican: Benjamin Harrison
  • Democrat: Grover Cleveland (won)
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What was the political issue of the 1890s?

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segregation legalized

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What was the Bland-Allison Act?

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government had to purchase $2-4 million in silver monthly

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What was the Sherman Silver Purchase Act?

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buy silver by the ounce

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Who ran for President in 1896? Who won?

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  • Republican: William McKinley
  • Democrat: William Jennings Bryan (won)
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Plessy vs. Ferguson

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  • 1896
  • segregation legalized
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Who was Booker T. Washington?

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black educator that did the Atlanta Compromise & Confrontation vs. Accommodation

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What was the Atlanta Compromise?

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if white people helped the black people, then black people had to stop fighting segregation

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Why were there so many immigrants in America? What problems did they encounter?

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  • economic betterment
  • jews and eastern europeans weren’t welcome; social darwinism
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What were cities like?

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sewer, water, garbage, fire protection, bad streets, bad living conditions, gangs

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What was the Social Gospel?

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  • care of physical needs first
  • settlement houses (child labor, better wages)
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Who was Jane Addams and what was her mission?

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  • cofounded and led Hull House, one of the first settlement houses in North America
  • it provided childcare, training, education, and other services for Chicago immigrants
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Immigration came to an end for whom by the late 1800s?

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  • chinese
  • chinese exclusion act
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17
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In the late 1800s, the US was mostly indifferent to whom?

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Europe

18
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What was the title of the book Alfred Thayer Mahon wrote?

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The Importance of Sea Power Upon History

19
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How did Americans first come about landing in Hawaii?

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sugar

20
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What was the reciprocity treaty signed with Hawaii in 1875?

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if america was given duty-free sugar, they wouldn’t place power in Hawaii

21
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Who was the Queen of Hawaii?

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Queen Liliuokalani

22
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Why did Hawaii get annexed?

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because of pearl harbor, military leaders feared potential Japanese occupation of the island

23
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What is yellow journalism, who started it, and what stories were being written?

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  • crude, exaggerated, biased opinions that were presented as the truth
  • William Randolph Hearst, Joseph Pulitzer
  • Cuba was suffering under Spanish rule
24
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How did President McKinley feel about war?

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he wanted to prevent it

25
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Who was the Assistant Secretary of the Navy?

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Roosevelt

26
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What was the USS Maine? What happened to it?

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  • it sent Cuba to protect American workers
  • it exploded Feb, 15, 1898 (267 killed)
27
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What was the Teller Amendment?

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Teller proposed an amendment to declare war on Spain

28
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Where did the Spanish-American war begin?

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Manilla Bay, Philippines

29
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Why was the Spanish-American War fought?

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Philippines wanted independence from Spain

30
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Who headed the Philippine Nationalist forces?

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Emilio Aguinaldo

31
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Teddy Roosevelt formed a volunteer regiment called _________. Where was it formed?

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  • rough riders
  • san antonio
32
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Who did U.S. gain control of as a result of the Spanish-American War? The US was now a ____________.

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  • Puerto Rico, Philippines, Guam
  • world power
33
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What was the problem with the Philippines?

A

they wanted independence

34
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Who was the Philippines’ first American governor-general?

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William Howard Taft

35
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What was the Foraker Act?

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established a civil government in Puerto Rico; no self-government, no citizenship

36
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What was the Platt Amendment?

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  • self-government in Cuba
  • Americans would intervene if necessary
37
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What were the Open-Door notes?

A

notes to secure the trade with China

38
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What was the Boxer Rebellion?

A

international rescue mission

39
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What was the Treaty of Portsmouth? Who negotiated it? What was his reward?

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  • ended Russo-Japanese War
  • Roosevelt
  • Nobel Peace Prize
40
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How did President Roosevelt celebrate the United States becoming a world power?

A

sent navy around the world

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