Period 7: 1890-1945 Flashcards
Spanish American War
1898
because of election year and yellow journalism
DeLome Letter
1898
criticizes McKinley
Williams v Miss
1898
upheld literacy test
Peace of Paris
1898
gives Cuba Independence and US gets Puerto Rico, Philippines, and Guam
Samoa divided between US and Germany
1899
Teller Amendment
1899
gave Cuba freedom
Open Door Notes
1899
Hay
agree to territorial integrity of China
National Negro Business League
founded 1900 by Booker T Washington
Gold Standard Act
1900
gold standard unit of value
Progressive Era
starts 1900
cure corruption
anti-monopolies
temperance
help immigrants and labor
building codes
public utilities
Boxer Rebellion
1900
Chinese nationalist rebel
foreign nations unite to put down rebellion
US Steel Corporation
formed 1901
Platt Amendment
1901
gave US a base in Cuba ad permission for troops to intervene and consent to treaties
Insular Cases
1901
Constitution does not follow the flag
Coal Strike
1902
Department of Commerce and Labor
created 1903
Hay-Herran Treaty
1903
for Panama canal
rejected by Columbia
Hay-Buena Varilla Treaty
1903
gives US land in Panama
Elkins Act
1903
dealt with RR rebates
part of “Square Deal”
Panama Canal Zone acquired
1904
National Child Labor Committee is formed
1904
Roosevelt Coroollary
1904
addition to Monroe Doctrine
made US police force
take over Dominican customs duty
Arbitrate in Venezuela dispute with Germany
Industrial Workers of the World
formed 1905
Meat Inspection Act
1906
Treaty of Portsmouth of Russo-Japanese War
1906
negotiated by T Roosevelt
Hepburn Act
1906
strengthened the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission
Pure Food and Drug Act
1906
Established Food and Drug Administration
Drago Doctrine
1907
Invest in Latin America at own risk
Bank Panic 1907
1907
Muller v Oregon
1908
limited number of hours for women
Root Takahira Agreement
1908
Japan will honor Open Door Notes
NAACP
founded 1909
Dollar Diplomacy
begins 1909
Taft
Payne Aldrich Tariff
1909
lowered tariffs
Ballinger-Pinchot Controversy
1909
Ballinger, Sec. of Interior, dismissed - charged with not following nation’s conservation policy
Standard Oil Co. v US
1911
court determines what’s a reasonable trust
Standard Oil broken up
16th Amendment
1913
authorized income taxes
17th Amendment
1913
direct popular election of Senate
Underwood Tariff
1913
lowered duties
Federal Reserve Act
1913
created federal reserve system
The Federal Trade Commission
established 1914
Clayton Antitrust Act
1914
amendment too Sherman Anti-Trust Act
strengthened anti-monopolistic reform
Federal Trade Bill
1914
USS Lusitania is sunk by a German submarine
1915
Adamson Act
1916
allowed government to take over RR
administered by McAdoo
War Industries Board
1916
coordinate production and mobilize
headed by Beruch
Food Administration
1916
headed by Hoover
Leiver Act - set prices for agricultural products
Fuel Administration
1916
headed by Garfield
control fuel prices
US enters WWI
1917
Great Migration
1917
blacks move from South to North
cause race riots
Harlem Renaissance
Garvey back to Africa movement
Creel Committee: Public Info
1917
spread propaganda
formed Liberty Leagues
National War Labor Board
1918
Under Taft
prevented strikes
Armistice Day
1918
Treaty of Versailles
1918
Germany accepts full blame
demilitarize Rhineland
Germany looses all colonies
Wilson’s 14 Points
1918
Open Covenants
Disarmament
From Poland
Freedom of seas and trade
Rebuilding of Belgium
League of Nations
etc.
Espionage and Sedition Act
1918
suppress criticism
can’t interfere with draft
The Palmer Raids
1919
Shenck v US
1919
“clear and present danger” - open opposition to war will undermine war effort