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Exam 2 Review Flashcards

1
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A nickname for Alaska

William Seward proposed its purchase in 1867
Also called ‘Russian America’
The Senate saw the potential, but the house stalled for over a year

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Polar Bear Garden

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The Spanish minister to the United States

Wrote a stinging letter about President McKingley to a personal friend; it was stolen and published for the public to see
He was later recalled and the Spanish government apologized
This was days prior the Maine explosion

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Dupuy De Lome

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Promised that America would not annex Cuba

This was because the American public didn’t want them
Afterwards, American leaders declared open warfare on the Spanish throne

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Teller Amendment

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An American battleship

Took part in the Battle of Manila Bay, May 1, 1898

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Olympia

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The battle between the large, wooden Spanish fleet versus the new American steel navy

Overwhelming victory for America

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Battle of Manila Bay

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Cuba was forbidden from entering any treaty that might endanger their independence

Additionally, Cuba was prohibited from incurring debt to prevent European gunboats from landing on Cuban shores
If there were any problems, America has permission to step in

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Platt Amendment

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A phrase that included large debts or civil unrest

Should any Latin American nation engage in it, the U.S. military would intervene

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Chronic Wrongdoing

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A massive passenger ship in New York was sunk by Germans

It held 1,198 passengers and 128 Americans, as well as over 4 million rounds of ammunition, the main reason why it was attacked

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Lusitania 1915

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The first female ever to sit in Congress

One of the people who voted against the war resolution against Germany

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Jeannette Rankin

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All males between the ages of 21 and 30 were required to register for military service

A response to lack of necessary troops

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Selective Service Act 1917

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A nickname the French used for the new, green soldiers

They were mesmerized by the French attractions (like prostitutes); ended up getting disease, costing millions in treatment

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Dough Boys

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Anyone found guilty of criticizing the government war policy or hindering wartime directives could be sent to jail

Government stifling wartime opposition by law
It was later accused a violation of civil liberties (free speech)

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Espionage and Sedition Act of 1917

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Illustrated dozens of posters urging Americans to do everything from preserving coal to enlisting in the service

depicted a serious Uncle Sam staring at young American men declaring “I want you for the U.S. Army”

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James Montgomery Flagg

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Established to coordinate production of munitions and supplies

Women and African Americans took their chance at potential jobs

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War Industries Board

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Urban, Northeast, Educated, middle-class, Protestant reform-minded presidents

There were three: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson

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Progressive Presidents

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Adapt their physical environments to suit their needs and purposes

Shift in philosophy away from Social Darwinism
Name was given by philosopher William James

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Pragmatism

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A new practice of education rather than having students memorize facts and formulas

Proposed by John Dewey, a disciple of William James
Dominated educational debate the entire 20th century

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Learning by Doing

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By Ida Tarbell, she outlined and documented the cutthroat business practices behind John Rockefeller’s meteoric rise

A muckraker

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History of the Standard Oil Company

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David Phillips linked 75 senators to big business interests

One of the publications in response to seeing how profitable exposés are

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Treason of the Senate 1906

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Used to create two “separate but equal” societies, upholding power Southern states

Supreme Court would later judge that they fell short on the “equal” requirement

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Plessy v. Ferguson 1896

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Booker T. Washington established this with the belief in practical education

This aimed to train African Americans in skills to demand social equality

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Tuskegee Institute

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The name critics called Booker T. Washington’s speech where he denies the dream for a black utopia of freedom

“cast down your bucket where you are”

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The Atlanta Compromise

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Formed to assert full rights and opportunities to African Americans

Denounced as radical by most whites at the time, but educated African Americans supported the resolutions

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The Niagara Movement

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Formed after the Niagara Movement, this organization sought to fight for equality on a national front

Intended to improve self-image of African Americans

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

25
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Roosevelt used the White House to promote an active government that protected the interests of the people over big business

The worst fears of conservatives were realized
The Progressive movement finally had an ally in the white house

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Bully Pulpit

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This law declared illegal all combinations “in restraint of trade”

This was Roosevelt’s weapon against trust titans

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Sherman Anti-Trust Act 1890

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Roosevelt’s War Secretary

Ordered to prepare the army to seize the coal mines if no settlement were reached

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Elihu Root

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Formed in dedication to saving the wilderness

John Muir, president of this, worked valiantly to stop the sale of public lands to private developers

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Sierra Club

29
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This law encouraged developers and homesteaders to inhabit lands that were useless without massive irrigation works

Sold at cheap prices assuming cost of irrigation and living on the land for five years
The first measure Roosevelt created to protect the nation’s public lands

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Newlands Reclamation Act of 1902

30
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The growth of this caused an economic revolution across the United States

Demand for vulcanized rubber and creation of thousands of new jobs for road construction followed

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Automobile Industry

31
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Social scientists are certain that actual consumption of alcohol actually decreased during the decade

Although no polls or surveys would be accurate, health records indicate a decrease in alcoholism and alcohol related diseases such as cirrhosis of the liver

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Advantages of Prohibition

32
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The law implemented to enforce the Eighteenth Amendment

Loopholes in this encouraged abuse

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Volstead Act

33
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The repeal of prohibition

In response to the high cost of enforcing prohibition

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Twenty-First Amendment

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Department stores opened these for those who could not pay upfront but could demonstrate the ability to pay in the future

Part of the “buy now, pay later” credo of many middle class Americans of the roaring twenties

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Lines of Credit

35
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Two Italian immigrants sentenced to death for murder

This trial was biased against them

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Sacco-Vanzetti Case

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249 Russian immigrants were deported by Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer without just cause

Palmer did this believing they were dangerous to American security

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Soviet Ark

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Passed in 1925 by Tennessee legislature, it forbade the teachings of Darwin’s theory of evolution in any public school or university

Other Southern states followed suit

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Butler Law

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This led the charge of evolution’s supporters

It offered to fund the legal defense of any Tennessee teacher willing to fight the law in court

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Civil Liberties Union

39
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Critics of this cried that America’s racial stock was being overrun by undesirable ethnicities

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Open Immigration Policy

40
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She was employed by the Farm Security Administration to document the Depression through the camera lens

Her bleak photos captured the desperation of the era

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Dorothea Lange

41
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This photographer documented the lives of the destitute of Oakland, California

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Imogen Cunningham

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Written by John Steinbeck, this novel told of Joad family’s loss of their Oklahoma tenant farm and the hardships they encountered while trying to reach California and start anew

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Grapes of Wrath

43
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A drought that brought dry winds that forced thousands to migrate westward

African Americans endured unemployment rates double that of white communities
Mexican Americans in California were offered free trips back to Mexico to decrease job competition

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Dust Bowl

44
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Roosevelt wisely used these weekly to keep in touch with the populace

This was part of Radio’s golden era

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Fireside Chats

45
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This law gave $3 billion to state and local governments for direct relief payments

This was the first major help to large numbers of jobless Americans
Under the direction of Harry Hopkins

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Federal Emergency Relief Act

46
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This program was aimed at over two million unemployed unmarried men between the ages of 17 and 25

Of the many programs instituted by the New Deal, this was one of the most popular and successful

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Civilian Conservation Corps

47
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Employed nearly 9 million Americans before its expiration

Roosevelt appointed Harry Hopkins to head this
This was the largest relief program of all
Americans of all skill levels were given jobs to match their talents

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Works in Progress Administration

48
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The first female ever to hold a Cabinet position

Penned the Social Security Contract

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Frances Perkins

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A radio priest from Detroit

One major threat to FDR
Originally a supporter of the New Deal, turned against Roosevelt when he refused to nationalize the banking system
Formed the Nation Union for Social Justice

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Father Charles Coughlin

50
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A rollicking country lawyer who became governor of Louisiana

The person considered the greatest threat to Roosevelt
Started a movement to bring greater financial equality

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Huey Long - Share our Wealth

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