Period 7 Must-Know Terms Flashcards
What was the Closing of the Frontier?
Should America expand into Latin America and overseas?
What was the White Man’s Burden?
The belief that western Europe and the US have to civilize the world
Who were Jingos?
Nationalistic and pro-imperialism politicians and newspapers
Who was an example of an Anti-Imperialist?
Mark Twain
What was the Spanish-American War
A War between Spain and the US over overseas territories like the Phillipines. War began because of Yellow Journalists and soured the public taste over imperialism
What was Big Stick Diplomacy and who used it?
Teddy Roosevelt and he believed in having a big military/navy to intimidate other nations
What was Dollar Diplomacy and who used it?
Taft and believed on in using the US economic strengths such as big businesses to invest in other nations to sway their diplomacy in favor of the United States
What was Moral Diplomacy and who used it?
Woodrow Wilson and he believed in spreading democracy and freedom across the world to make the world safe for democracy
Who were Progressives?
Middle-class reformers in the late 18th and well into the 19th century. Sought to apply principles of professions to society to improve it. Had a strong faith in progress and in the well-educated and advocated for social change
Who was Jane Addams?
An example of social gospel and a reformer. Created the Hull House in Chicago to educate immigrants
What was the Settlement Hull Houses?
- Goal of aiding and americanizing immigrants
- English and culture classes
- Provided other social services
- First established in Chicago
What was the Sierra Club?
- Founded by John Muir - a well-known preservationist
- An environmental organization working to preserve America’s national spaces for its beauty and recreation
- Lobbied politicians for National Parks
Who was John Muir
A well-known preservationist
Which environmental group advocated for national parks and which would advocated for national forests?
Preservationists advocated for national parks
Conservationists advocated for national forests
What are National Forests
Forests managed for both industry and recreation
What are Muckrakers?
A progressive group that crosses over from the social gospel movement. They were investigative journalists who wrote long form pieces for magazines and books
What’s an example of a muckraker who exposed corporate and government corruption?
Ida Tarbell and the History of Standard Oil
What’s an example of a Muckraker who exposed terrible living and working conditions?
Jacob Riis and How the Other Half Lives
What’s an example of a muckraker who exposed poor food safety?
Sinclair and the Jungle
What’s an example of a muckraker who exposed civil rights issues?
Ida B. Wells and the Southern Horrors
What was the 16th Ammendment?
The Ammendment that instituted the gradual income tax
What was the 17th Ammendments?
Allowed for direct election of Senators instead them being elected by state legislators
What was the 18th Ammendment?
Prohibition
What was the 19th Ammendment?
Universal Women’s Suffrage
