US History

Chapter 33 Outline Catherine Snyder The Republican ?Old Guard? Returns Warren G Harding: became president in 1921, was a people-person, couldn?t see the immoral-ness in his associates Charles Evans Hughes: secretary of state, conservative leadership Andrew W. Mellon: new secretary of treasury, multimillionaire Herbert Hoover: secretary of commerce, wartime food administrator, important in foreign trade for US manufacturers Senator Albert B. Fall: New Mexico, anticonservationist, secretary of the interior Harry M. Daugherty: deceiving attorney general GOP Reaction at the Throttle Old Guard: wanted to get rid of progressive reforms and go back to laissez-faire government to the extent of guiding business to profit Taft: new chief justice, more liberal

Chapter 30 Outline The ?Bull Moose? Campaign of 1912 Progressive Republican Party: the third party that Roosevelt was nominated president, Jane Addams even promoted Roosevelt for nominee, Christianity enthralled the Progressive convention; guaranteed Democratic win by Roosevelt and Taft splitting the Republican Party vote; campaigned for woman suffrage and a broad program of social welfare The Promise of American Life: Roosevelt?s New Nationalism strategies, favored continued consolidation of trusts and labor unions, and the growth of powerful regulatory agencies in Washington Election of 1912: gave voters the choice in not only of policies but also political and economic philosophies, Roosevelt was shot so suspended active campaigning for 2 weeks Woodrow Wilson: A Minority President

Chapter 28 Outline Catherine Snyder, P.1 ?Little Brown Brothers? in the Philippines Water cure: forcing water down victim?s throats until they yielded information or died Reconcentration camps: established most likely by Weyler Philippine Commission: established by President McKinley to make recommendations ?Little brown brothers?: Taft grew close to the Filipinos and that?s what they called him Benevolent assimilation: McKinley?s policy for the Philippines Hinging the Open Door in China Chinese markets: afraid they would be monopolized by Europeans Open Door note: given by Secretary of State John Hay, urged them to announce that in their spheres of influence they would respect certain Chinese rights and the ideal of fair competition

Chapter 26 Outline The Clash of Cultures on the Plains Plains Indians: often fought one another, very scattered, not really organized beyond nomadic family groups Fort Laramie and Fort Atkinson: US tried to make peace treaties with various tribes, marked beginning of reservation system Buffalo Soldiers: 1/5 of US Army were black at the time Receding Native Population Colonel J. M. Chivington: his militia massacred 400 Indians at Sand Creek, CO Fetterman massacre: 1866 Sioux war party ambushed Fetterman?s troop and killed all Treaty of Fort Laramie: US abandoned Bozeman Trail, gave Sioux the Great Sioux Reservation