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Unit 7- Imperialism and Progressive Era Flashcards

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Progressive Era

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Time period of change. Meant to address the problems created during the Gilded Age

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Teddy Roosevelt

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US President-

  • Created the Square Deal for progressives
  • Created National Parks Service
  • Created the FDA
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Roosevelt’s Square Deal

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Roosevelt’s Progressive Program

  • Conserve Natural Resources
  • Control Corporations
  • Consumer Protection (FDA)
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The Jungle

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Book by Upton Sinclair that exposed the problems in the Meatpacking Industry

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Federal Meat Inspection Act

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Created the FDA. Requires all meat to be inspected and sanitary before consumers can purchase

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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

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Major fire in New York factory. Many women died because there were no safety measures
- Displayed the lack of regulations and led to new regulations for worker safety

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Workman’s Compensation

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Insurance for employees. If a worker in injured at work, they can receive benefits for time lost

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Child Labor Laws

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Laws that prevent children from working. Encouraged children to get an education. and not be exploited

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Ida B. Wells

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Southern Muckraker, exposed the horrors of lynching in the south

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NAACP

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Organization that works for equality of African Americans, created by WEB DuBois

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Great Migration

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Movement of African Americans from the South to Northern Cities
Left to find opportunities and avoid racism/Jim Crow

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16th Amendment

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Created a federal income tax

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17th Amendment

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Allowed people to vote directly for senators

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18th Amendment

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Banned the production and consumption of alcohol

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19th Amendment

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Gave women the right to vote!

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Prohibition

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Period during 1920s where all alcohol was illegal

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Women’s Rights movement

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Movement for women’s equality. Fought to gain the right to vote (19th amendment)

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Conservation Movement

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Movement to protect wild areas and preserve natural resources

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National Parks

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Land protected by the federal government

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Imperialism

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When a country expands influence over other territories

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White Man’s Burden

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Poem that argued it was White peoples’ responsibility to civilize and educate the rest of the world.

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Annexation of Hawaii

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The United States expanded and acquired Hawaii

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Turner’s Frontier Thesis

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Argument that the United States had run out of territory to expand westward. as a result they needed to expand overseas.

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Yellow Journalism

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Overly exaggerated headlines used to sell Newspapers. Led to the Spanish American War

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USS Maine

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US Ship that exploded off the coast of Cuba –> Led to the Spanish American War

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Spanish American War

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Short War between US and Spain over Cuba
Causes:
- Spain abuse of power in Cuba
- USS Maine
Effects:
- US acquires Puerto Rico and Philippines
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Big Stick Diplomacy

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The US exerted power over the world by having a strong Military (Roosevelt)

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Dollar Diplomacy

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The US exerted power over the world by using money to manipulate decisions (Taft)

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Moral Diplomacy

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The US should uphold democracy and freedom and exert power by changing governments (Wilson)

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Great White Fleet

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Naval ships that sailed the globe to demonstrate the US military power (Roosevelt)

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Panama Canal

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Waterway built to shorten the travel time between Atlantic and Pacific ocean. Paid for by the United States.

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Philippine- American War

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War for Philippine independence. Filipinos did not lie being controlled by the United States.

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Open Door Policy

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Policy in China. This stated that Any country has the ability to trade with China and that China would not be divided by world powers.

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Lusitania

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British ship sunk by the Germans. Killed hundreds of Americans. One of the causes of American involvement in WWI

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Zimmerman Telegram

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Letter from Germany to Mexico asking Mexico to attack the United States. In exchange, Germany would give Mexico its American lands back.
- The US declares war on Germany as a result

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Propaganda

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Posters used to persuade Americans to help with the War Effort

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Selective Service Act

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Military draft to require military service for certain Americans

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Henry Ford

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American industrialist. revolutionized factories by using the assembly line

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Assembly Line

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tactic used in factories where a worker specializes in a single part of production. Increased production and efficiency.

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Radio

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Allows news and information to travel large distances

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Credit

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The ability to purchase something without money (pay it back later)
- Led to the Great Depression

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Flapper

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Iconic image for a 20s woman. Short haired, short dressed, and liberated

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Consumer Culture

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People buy things to establish themselves in society (began in the 20s)

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Harlem Renaissance

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Black intellectual movement. Used music, poetry and art to celebrate black culture.

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Black Tuesday

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Stock Market Crash that caused the Great Depression

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Great Depression

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Period of economic collapse
Causes:
- Stock Market
- Credit crisis (Banks could not pay back accounts)
Effects:
- poverty and starvation
- Massive unemployment
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Hoovervilles

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Squatter settlements during the Great Depression

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Dust Bowl

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Drought in the Midwest prevented farmers from growing food (happened during the Great Depression)

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Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)

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American President

  • Created the New Deal
  • Guided America during WWII
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New Deal

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Government Programs that created jobs and helped the US get out of the Great Depression
3 Rs: Relief, Recovery, Reform

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FDIC

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New deal insurance program to guarantee bank customers their money back

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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

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Government body that regulates the Stock Market and prevents crashes

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Social Security

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Social Safety net to allow older and disabled Americans to receive money from the government when they can no longer work

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Works Progress Administration (WPA)

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Government Jobs program. Created Jobs for people to build infrastructure in their cities.

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Pearl Harbor

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Japan bombed US naval base in Hawaii. Led to US involvement in WWII

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Japanese Internment

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Executive Order from FDR

- Required Japanese Americans to be placed in internment camps during WWII

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Lend-Lease Act

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US began sending military aid to allied countries (UK, France, Russia)

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Axis Powers

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US opponents in WWII (Germany, Japan, Italy)

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Rosie The Riveter

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Symbol that encouraged women to take industrial jobs and support the war effort.

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Second Great Migration

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African Americans moved from the south to Northern cities in order to find jobs in northern factories during the war

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Island Hopping

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US pacific strategy to push back the Japanese island by island in the Pacific

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D-Day

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Us invasion of France to defeat the Germans

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Atomic Bomb

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2 bombs dropped on Japan (Nagasaki and Hiroshima) led to Japanese surrender and led to millions of casualties.

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