U.S. History Guilded Age-WWI
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| focus on action in business, not political; focus on local government | ||
| democrat. Helped immigrants to bribe them for votes | ||
| radical, upper-class republicans who switched to democratic party for cleveland | ||
| Compromise of 1877-Ends Reconstruction | ||
| corrupt. "dark horse" candidate. Gets assassinated. | ||
| corrupt vice pres. of Garfield; becomes pres. when assassinated. Passed Pendleton and Civil Service Reform Act | ||
| Chester Arthur. made government jobs merit based; cleared up spoils system | ||
| vetoed Texas Seed Bill, against federal government involvement, he was for local governments. | ||
| pres. b/w Clevelands terms. spent all the surplus of treasury's money | ||
| McKinley and Bryan | ||
| by McKinley, raised tariffs a lot; protected wool, silk, linens, and sugar | ||
| ... improved scythe | ||
| first attempt to organize farmers. | ||
| Sustenance to commercial because of technological advances like McCormick's Reaper | ||
| overturned Grange laws... | ||
| powerful after the Grange. Farmers approached brokers, trying to create a co-op | ||
| depression because of Europe. right after Cleveland was re-elected. Results: Cleveland repealed Silver Purchase Act and lowered tariffs | ||
| Protestors who never did anything because Coxey was arrested | ||
| Republican, pro-business, gold std, high tariffs, | ||
| imperialist. anglo-saxon race | ||
| naval power | ||
| Alaska; opposed ideas of sea powers; wanted to unite the u.s. | ||
| resistance, but ended up annexing. we didn't want to look like imperialists; Wilson annexed. | ||
| spanish belligerent who came into Cuba; made concentration camps against the resistant | ||
| owner of major newspaper; yellow journalism | ||
| used newspaper to manipulate new in his favors; goes for sensational headlines | ||
| McKinley sent it to Havannah, Cuba to warn crazy rioters not to mess with the U.S., mysteriously exploded | ||
| Legislation that promised the US would not annex Cuba after winning the Spanish-American war | ||
| captured Philippines in one battle | ||
| started by Roosevelt; fought San Juan Hill (Spanish American War); 9th and 10th black Calvary's | ||
| ended war Spanish-American war. U.S. paid $20 mill for Cuba, giving them conditional independence; also gained Guam and Puerto Rico and Philippines | ||
| -Guantanamo Bay -balanced budget -no other countries can come in | ||
| led Philippine revolt | ||
| McKinley wins hands down; later assassinated, and Roosevelt came | ||
| China, Hay- equal and fair trade among all countries here | ||
| Secretary of State; open door policy | ||
| china. against foreigners on Empresses ' prompting | ||
| State of Columbia; single most important thing for trade | ||
| French officer who came up with the idea to Panama canal revolt and then they could take the canal for cheaper | ||
| blocking French forces from coming to Panama | ||
| Treaty rejected by the Colombian Senate that would have granted the United States possession of the land on which the Panama Canal would be constructed in return for $10 million. The treaty's rejection led President Roosevelt to encourage Panama to declare its independence from Colombia. | ||
| keeps foreigners out of Latin America to take their debt. 1904 international policemen | ||
| Taft encouraged economic relations with Latin Am. for economic power over them instead of military | ||
| expository journalism. Pilgrim's Progress | ||
| wrote about corruption in Standard Oil | ||
| wrote The Jungle-meatpacking industry | ||
| initiative and referendum (VOTING); direct senator election, new social justice laws | ||
| hired commissioners, hired experts | ||
| all jgiuhgojkhuy | ||
| Progressive; came up with Wisconsin Plan | ||
| Roosevelt- based off of a book; inc. gov and social welfare | ||
| Wilson; fed. gov. is too large; didn't believe in social welfare, monopolies, or terrorist; fed. reserve act of 1913- banking - $ supply - interest- bonds | ||
| conservative republican; bad; fat; separated republicans into Progressives and Conservatives 1908 | ||
| He's famous (be nice to him) and sometimes classy... perfect. knows something about everything | ||
| Wilson | ||
| Wilhelm's righthand man. determined to keep Germany safe and unified. created the System- secret alliances with people to get out of war | ||
| fired Bismarck. wanted Germany to be a world power. basically crazy | ||
| Allied powers; England, France, Russia, Italy | ||
| Germany, Austrio-Hungarian empire, Ottoman empire | ||
| Germany declared unrestricted submarine warfare | ||
| american citizens killed on English commerce ship ship; supposedly had weapons on it. | ||
| other two ships that G's blew up with civilians on it | ||
| Germany telegram to Mexico. |