Exactly what he said Flashcards
14th amendment
granted citizenship to all persons “born or naturalized in the United States,” including formerly enslaved people, and provided all citizens with “equal protection under the laws,”
15th amendment
Ability to vote
guaranteed that the right to vote could not be denied based on “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”
14 points of Wilson
how progressives have no level to improvability But strategy as to change
Refashioning a wholly new international order - a world fit or safe to live in
freedom of the seas
Wilson’s response to post world war 1 era and how do we fix trade and issues within europe and global disorder
1918
Freedom of the seas : based on commerce historically reflective of time under britain
Sherman Antitrust act
the sherman antitrust act of 1890 had been the effort to take the frist approach and ended up being used to break up large concentrations of coorporate wealth and power, prevent formulation of monopolies and endeavor to restore healthy competition
Stewardship Theory
Roosevelt made extensive use of his independent executive power; he argued that he was permitted to do anything that was not expressly forbidden by the consitution
-interpreting the constituion as a charter not of enumerated powers but as enumerated prohibition - “ STREWARD OF THE PEOPLE” the president was permitted to do anything to necessary for the well being of the people
Growth of cities
33% growth in the size of cities
t/f only 1 million immigrants came during 1880 -1920
false
20 million immigrants
t/f
Work conditions and labor were ppk working 40 hrs a week during this period
false
Was the sinking of the lusitania a big deal?
yes
World war 1 was only a dispute between economic problems ….
false
result of the ottoman empire dissolution
Ottoman empire dissolved - destabilized all the territory it had - like balkan
Zimmerman telegram
WW1
Shows the knowledge base of US adversaries
Germany understood the dynamics of the US and with Mexico
This triggered the US - the US realized the germans were coming after the US and there was a large german immigrant population ( how many are sympathizers)
Colonialism
establish a colony
go to an area to live and colonize
Imperial
administration of power from afar
Expansion
Empire building
acquire territory
urbanization
growth of cities