Unit 7 Vocab Flashcards
Open door policy
John Hay agreement to maintain American trade access to china
Spanish-American War
- Us support Cuba
Imperialism
Seek to dominate other countries politically, socially, religiously and or economically. Social Darwinism, white mans burden
Progressive movement
Social activism and political reform. 1890-1929. Eliminate corruption in government, protect workers and consumers, expand democracy.
Roosevelt, Taft, wilson
Settlement houses
Community centers for immigrants. Hull house by Jane Addams
Muckrakers
Jacob Riis- how the other half lives
Lincoln Steffens- shame of the cities
Ida Tarbell- history of standard oil
Uptown Sinclair- the jungle
New immigrants
1880-1920. SE EUROPE. Factory jobs, less Protestant, English, wealth, education
Booker T Washington
Former slave. Industrial education and economic opportunity. Tuskegee. Atlanta compromise
W E B Du Bois
Black social and economical equality. Niagara movement and Atlanta compromise
Meat inspection
Roosevelt. After Sinclair
Progressive amendments 16-19
16- federal income tax established
17- election of senators
18- prohibition of alcohol
19- women’s suffrage
Federal reserve act 1913
Woodrow Wilson. Central banking system (12)
Clayton Antitrust Act 1914
Outlaw monopolistic practices
Big stick policy
Roosevelt. Power and readiness to use military force if necessary
Roosevelt corollary 1904
TR extension of Monroe doctrine. US right to protect its economic interests in south and Central America by using military force
Gentleman’s agreement 1907
Limit japan immigration. Japanese children segregation in school stopped
Panama canal
Columbia. BIG STICK POLICY. Encourage panama revolt to build canal
Dollar diplomacy
Taft further economic power through loans in foreign countries
Fourteen points
Wilson. Self determination, freedom of the seas, free trade, end to secret agreements, reduction of arms, LON
Espionage and sedition acts
Oppressed freedom of speech. Schenk v US
Treaty of Versailles 1919
Peace settlement put on Germany
League of Nations
Protect the independence and territorial integrity of other nations