19-20-21 Flashcards
(31 cards)
Muckrakers
journalists who exposed political machines and monopolies
Ida Tarbell
Upton Sinclair’s book
Wrote the Jungle, which raised awareness about the lack of hygiene, safety and lies in the sausage industry. Outraged the public and showed them what was going on behind the scenes
Jane Addams
Started social work as a profession, created the Settlement house Movement starting with the Hull House
Hill House
taught immigrants English, how to write a resume and other important life skills so they could survive in but also help America.
Commission plan & City manager plan
basically makes a board so that political machines will have a harder time taking over, and also hires people who are not from where they are governing / are not politicians to make sure they actually like their job and are not biased.
Worker’s compensation
If you are hurt in the workplace, you get compensation and stuff. Also graduated income taxes
Margaret Sanger
Preached that women would only be able to be equal if they had access to birth control, which was banned at the time
19th Amendment
gave women the right to vote
“The New Nationalism” by TR
- graduated income and inheritance tax
- new national program for worker’s compensation
- stronger regulation of child labor
- stronger regulation of big business
VERY similar to Wisconsin’s plans
Federal Reserve System
Allowed the government to control some of the economy with a central bank. Also, did not back money with gold or silver so it is all based on faith in the currency
Sherman Antitrust Act
Older and didn’t really work
Clayton Antitrust Act
Supports antitrust organizations
Creates specific rules to prevent monopoly creation, ex. price dumping is outlawed
this is much more specific and easier to regulate
Federal Trade Commission Act
Businesses and politicians will work together to understand how far is to far
Keating Owen Act
Bans child labor for businesses that practice interstate trade.
Panama Canal
Foreign Policies of Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson
Roosevelt: for power
Taft: for money (Dollar Diplomacy)
Wilson: for morals
Causes of the Spanish War
Cuban revolt against Spain and their horrible treatment got American Sympathy
Yellow journalism increased this
Rumors that Spain had sunk the U.S.S. Maine
DeLome Letter (from a Spanish diplomat) said bad things about the president, Americans were mad
Spain had a death grip around its remaining colonies
Problems after the Spanish War
Technically a short and “splendid little war”
however the Philippines war is much worse and follows this one
US soldiers had been in very poor conditions, disease was rampant, their clothes were wool in tropical heat, they were eating food older than them
but in the Treaty of Paris we gained Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines so yippee!
Platt Amendment says that the US won’t “own” Cuba but will have influence
Anti-imperialists
People who think Americans should be for self-determination and independence like in the beginning
but were also racist and thought Filipinos would take jobs away from Americans
U.S. Acquisition of Hawai’i
Sugar farmers in Hawai’i want to sell to the mainland US without Tariffs- they overthrow their Queen and ask to be annexed even though she was super chill and they would regret it later
The Philippines War
a long and brutal Guerilla War in the jungle
heavy casualties on both sides, prisoners were executed which was a big no no
it was often unclear who was the enemy, since Guerillas often hid with civilians, and some civilians were helpful or hated the US so you could never tell
Eventually the US wins - the people are promised that they will get their independence eventually, but the US will “modernize” them and get economic stakes there first
Filipinos got more education and infrastructure, and we got major bases and raw materials.
Emilio Aginaldo
leader of Filipino insurgents- goal was independence. Eventually he was captured and that is around when the war ended
Zimmerman telegram
you know this pooks
