Progressive Unit Flashcards
Roosevelt corollary
America will intervene in Latin America if any intervention is necessary
Us is policeman of Western Hemisphere
Big stick policy
Use military as big stick to push american interests around the world
Dollar diplomacy
Promote Us trade by supporting American enterprises overseas
Open door policy
All nations free trade
Causes of Spanish American war
Sinking if the Maine
De lôme letter
Yellow press
Cuban revolt
Peace treaty of Spanish American war
Cuba has independence from Spain with Us intervention(platt amendment)
Us world power, has Guam, Puerto Rico, phillipines
Causes of WWI
Austria issues ultimatum on Serbia, Germany (Austrian ally) declares war in Russia (Serbian ally) and France (russian ally). Britain (French ally) declares war on Germany
Russian revolution impact
Czar was overthrown, barrier against participation was gone (Wilson has no more moral diplomacy towards Russia)
Treaty of Versailles
- Germany disarmed and stripped of colonies in Africa and Asia, guilt, British and French occupation of colonies
- independence to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland and Poland
- league of nations, article X called each member to stand ready and protect the independence and territorial integrity of other nations (bad cuz interference with the Monroe doctrine and interferes with us sovereignty)
Red scare
Fear of communism
-Palmer raids: unexpected bombings cause the establishment of to get her info on radicals. He issued mass arrests of anarchists, socialists, and labor agitators
Election of 1912
Republicans: Taft Progressive republicans: Roosevelt (Bull Moose party) Democrats: Wilson Socialists: Debs
Debs: too radical, Roosevelt called for new nationalism (more gov regulation of business and unions, women’s suffrage, social welfare programs)
Wilson: new freedom: limit big business and big government, reform ending corruption, supporting small business. Won electoral votes, although new nationalism had lasting influence
