Exam 2 Flashcards
NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; 1910
racial discrimination and prejudice
promote civil rights for blacks
Muckrakers
journalists
propelled Progressivism by exposing corruption, economic monopolies, and moral decay in American society.
New Nationalism
Roosevelt
1910 and 1912
strong federal government
regulate corporations, stabilize the economy, protect the weak, and restore social harmony.
Meat Inspection Act
obligated the government to monitor the quality and safety of meat being sold to American consumers
Federal Reserve Act
act that brought private banks and public authority together to regulate and strengthen the nation’s financial system.
New Freedom
Wilson’s reform program of 1912 that called for temporarily concentrating government power so as to dismantle the trusts and return America to 19th century conditions od competitive capitalism.
Article X
Covenant;
Treaty of Versailles
League of nations to undertake military actions against aggressor nations
Irreconcilables
14 Midwestern and western senators
opposed the treaty of Versailles
Teapot Dome
Albert Fall allowed oil tycoons access to government oil reserves in exchange for $400,000 in bribes
Immigration Act of 1924
Johnson-Reed Act; Limited immigration to the US to 165,000 per year
banned immigration from East and South Asia.
Theodore Roosevelt
The first great progressive leader on the national scene who changed the face of American politics and government; president in 1901 because of the assassination of McKinley
Progressivism
The first great wave of 20th century reform
Domestic reform
The response to the great abuses and social problems associated with industrialization and the concentration of wealth and power growing out of industrialization
The US response to global conflicts
WWI and WWII
Three great waves of reform:
Progressivism (TR & Wilson)
New Deal & Fair Deal (FDR & Truman)
New Frontier & Great Society (JFK & LBJ)
Problems defining progressivism:
It was non-partisan;
It existed in all sections of the country;
It existed at all levels of the government (local, state, national);
It was an attitude
Progressivism relies on:
Moralism & optimism;
Belief in science to improve society;
Emphasis on efficiency;
Liberal nationalism
Frederick W Taylor
Efficiency
Jefferson & Jackson
Liberal nationalism
Liberalism
Opposite of progressivism;
Don’t want government to become to strong
Dark side to progressivism
Belief in ordering society from above;
Darwinism & racism;
Birth control;
Eugenics
Eugenics
Science in improving the human race
Coal strike (1902)
Beginning of government taking control; TR made the mine owners reach an agreement
Northern securities case (1904)
Came to Supreme Court;
Sherman anti-trust act;
TR revised the Sherman act
Elkins act (1903)
Prohibited railroads giving rebates to big businesses - there are always economic interests behind reforms
Woodrow Wilson
Initiated the greatest round of domestic reform legislation in American History;
Won presidency because he won the electoral college
William Howard Taft
Hand picked by TR;
Conservative;
Reformer
Ballinger-Pinchot Affair
Dispute that broke out over conservation
16th amendment
Tax amendment;
Progressive movement
Conception of presidency
Has to be a party leader and a moral leader
Big three measures of early administration
Underwood-Simmons Tariff (1913)
Federal Reserve Act (1913)
Clayton Anti-Trust Act (1914)
Later Significant measures of Early Administration
Establishment of Federal Trade Commission
Federal Highway Act (1916)
Adamson Act (1916)
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act (1916)
Adamson Act
Established an 8 hour work day for railroad workers
Consequences of WWI
Destruction of four great empires (German, Austria, Russian, Ottoman)
Communist takeover in Russia;
Rise of Hitler &Naziism;
Beginning of the end for British, French, and others in Africa and Asia;
Beginning of the middle eastern conflict between Jews and Arabs;
Merging of American and world history;
Discrediting of European traditions
June 28, 1914
Assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand
1914 attitude of the US
Progress, scientific advance
Great War year
1914
Schlieffen Plan (1914)
German military plan
First battle of the Marne (Sept 1914)
Key turning point in Great War!;
French and British stop German advance
How WWI was different
Numbers engaged
Firepower
Continuous war
Verdun
German offensive
Somme
British offensive
WWI key people
Wilson
William Jennings Bryan
Robert Lansing
Edward M House
Objectives of American neutrality
Protect national interests;
Stay out of the war
Neutral rights
The right of a neutral to conduct commerce with countries at war subject to certain restrictions (blockades, contraband)
Great dilemma of US neutrality policy
Conflict between two objectives
Lusitania
Many killed; resulted in diplomatic crisis
Election of 1916
Wilson v. Charles Evans Hughes
Wilson’s crusade ended in failure because:
Peace conference and the Senate’s rejection of the peace treaty
US declaration of WWI
April 1917
AEF
American Expeditionary Force
John Pershing
Fourteen Points!
- Open Diplomacy
- Freedom of the Seas
- Free Trade
- Reduction of Arms
- Adjustment of colonial claims
6-13. Self Determination - League of Nations
Self determination
The right of people or a nation to determine its own destiny
Liberal internationalism
One can achieve peace and stability through free trade, disarmament, and a powerful international peacekeeping organization.
What went wrong at Paris?
Specific elements of the treaty of Versailles (reparations)
General sense that it was not consistent with 14 points
Wilson’s problems at Paris
Lack of leverage Lack of US unity Enthusiasm for league Exaggerated hopes Flaws in liberal program
Treaty of Versailles
Did not live up to 14 points; Article X (security)
Cultural reaction in 1920s
Kkk Nativism Sacco-Vanzetti Johnson-Reed Fundamentalism Scopes
Sacco-Vanzetti
Convicted and executed for murder
Scopes Trial
Evolution - teacher
Elements of an emerging modern America
Social liberation (women's rights) Mass communications Consumerism Automobile culture Sports
Inflation
-1%
Unemployment
2-3%
Real wages
Up 26%
Per capita income
Up 37%
Inequities of the economic system
Mall distribution of wealth
Bad corporate structure
Weak banking system
Poor intelligence
Babe Ruth
Baseball
John Steinback
The Grapes of Wrath
Great Depression
Worst economic collapse;
Crisis of Confidence;
Crisis in traditional American values
American revolution years
1775-1815
Depression and WWII
1929-1945
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
New deal
Glass Steagall Banking Act
Bank reform
Revenue Act of 1935
Higher taxes on wealthy