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 Results: Cleveland repealed Silver Purchase Act and lowered tariffs | ||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. |