Unit 7: Important Events Flashcards
16th Amendment
allowed congress to pass an income tax
19th Amendment
allowed women to vote
Elkins Act
allows the ICC to impose fines on the railroad for offering to carry some peoples stuff for less money.
Philippine Insurrection
the phillipine revoloution against the US after we got their islands from the spanish in the spanish american war.
Open Door Notes
essentially china was divided up into areas that could be traded with by only one country. america thought that sucked, so we came up with this policy, everyone can trade with everyone
Desert Land Act
simmilar to the homestead act, meant to draw people in to the arid western states. you where allowed to claim more land, and there was no requirement to live on the land,which lead to fraud.
Pinchot-Ballinger Affair
a dispute over conservationism between two politicians that contributed to the split if the republican party
Muller v. Oregon
an act that limited the maximum hours of women working. good for labor people, bad for feminists.
Pure Food & Drug Act
federal fod and drug administration law, preventing nasty food and stuff from being sold.
Mann-Elkins Act
extends the ICC powers to regulate telocomunication industry. also increased the ICC powers over railroads.
Pan American Conference
a trade meeting to discuss trade between the US and south american countries.
Panama Canal
a canal dug through the newly formed coutnry of panama to more easily connect the US ports on the west coast to the east coast and europe.
Great White Fleet
the united states navy, which completed a circumnavigation of the world under orders from roosovelt.
The Lusitania
a british ocean liner that was sunk by a german submarine while travelling between the US and Brittain during WW1. the ship was sunk because the British where transporting armaments onboard, but there where also US passengers, so the US got pissed about it.
Federal Farm Loan Act
law aimed at increasing available credit to rural farmers
Espoinage/Sedition Acts
espionage-cant talk shit about the army/interfere with recruitment or operations. pretty much directly anti free speech.
sedition-extended espionage to cover talking crap about the military or expressing anti war opinions.
Federal Reserve Act
created federal reserve, the central banking system of the country, allowed it to control circulation of cash monet.
17th Amendment
established direct election of senators by popular vote.
U.S. V. Northern Securites
the first major anti-trust suit, against northern securities, the railroad company.
Meat Inspection Act
prevented nasty ass meat from being sold, ensured shit was kept sanitary. meat was super nasty.
Root-Takahira Agreement
essentially, japan and the US agreed to each others recent conquerings. they acknowledged our control of phillipines and hawai, we let them do whatever they want.
Clayton Anti-Trust Act
added leitamacy to the antitrust abilities of the nation. also sorted out many of the issues brought up by the sherman anti trust act. was much better and actually toasted some of the trusts.
Forest Reserve Act
set aside forests as national forrests, protecting them. hoo raa, enviromentalism.
Payne-Aldrich Tariff
lowered terrifs on many goods entering the US
Lochner v. New York
made it illegal for buisnesses to set a maximum number of hours that many proffesions could have, unless there was an actual reason for the limit.
Food & Drug Administration
federal program to regulate food companies and protect public safety from the big food companies who where being hella disgusting.
White House Conference
a conference at the white house aimed at discussing a topic that is important to the public.
War Industries Board
a board that essentially took over the various industries of the country in order to turn them into war manufacturies.
Roosevelt Corollary
essentialy, saying that european power will have to go through the US in order to deal with south american countries. they cant just attack south america.
War Labor Board
created to ensure labour reliability during wartime. composed of representatives from a bunch of buisnesses.
Creel Committee
essentially the propoganda department, sought to influence the country in support of the war.
Zimmerman Note
the note sent from germany to mexico asking them to join the war on the side of germany. germany wanted US to be forced to fight a war in their homeland to keep them from getting involved in the war. the note is what finally brought the US into the war.
Treaty of Versalles
ended world war 1, forced germany to accept massive war payments, leaving their economy trashed. also disarmed germany, and limited military power in the world.
Federal Reserve System
Makes it so the banks have a big bank makes it so they don’t have too much money so the economy only shits the bed every 20 years.
18th Amendment
Prohibited alchoholic beverages. Prohabishun.
Hepburn Act
Another act against railroads, restricting their rates and resisting how much they could actually do, passed in 1906.
Underwood Tariff
Lowered the tariff for the first time and made an income tax so rich people get less monay.
Adamson Act
Part of the new initiative for workers, giving them 8 hour workdays and a bunch of other rights
Newlands Act
United States federal law that funded irrigation projects for the arid lands of 20 states in the American West.
Adkins v. Children’s Hospital
Supreme court case that made minimum wage for women unconstitutional.
Danbury Hatters Case
Also known as Loewe v. Lawlor, it had the effect of outlawing secondary boycotts as violative of the Sherman Antitrust Act
Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
Established the Panama Canal Zone that was pretty much U.S. territory.
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
Managers making their workforce work better through accidental manslaughter. They didn’t even have to pay anything out to the families because of corruption.
The Sussex Pledge
Made Germany promise to be super nice about killing people with submarines. It was after they bombed the Sussex ship and Wilson made them sign this pledge.
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Established to make fair trade and prevent monopolies in things like railroads. Lead to railroads buying newspapers.
Fourteen Points
Wilson’s super idealistic ideas about League of Nations and everyone being together. Everyone just wanted a part of Germany.
League of Nations
The failed League that was super ineffective and a horrible piece of foreign affairs. We weren’t a part of it though so it was fine.
