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
