Imperialism, Progressivism, and WW1 Flashcards
(35 cards)
Why did the US intervene in Latin America?
Wanted Spain out of Cuba
Monroe Doctrine-European involvement in the Western Hemisphere was seen as a threat to national security
What were US motives for imperialism?
1) Economic-help business
2) Poltical-gain power
3) Religious-spread Christianity
4) Exploratory-discover new land
What was Yellow Journalism?
Publications that exaggerate events to sell products
Who were Hearst and Pulitzer?
Heads of newspapers
Yellow journalists-sinking of USS Maine-public support of Spanish American War
How did the Spanish-American War start?
Monroe doctrine
Public opinions
Propaganda by Hearst and Pulitzer
Sinking of the USS Maine
What were the effects of the Spanish-American War on Cuba?
US became a protectorate of Cuba
Platt amendment added to Cuban constitution-limited Cuba’s rights to make treaties, US troops entitled to enter Cuba to maintain orders
What were the effects of the Spanish-American War on the Phillippines?
Became an American territory
Sparked Phillippine-American war
What were the effects of the Spanish-American War on Puerto Rico?
Incorporated into US territory
Become American citizens, could vote
Who were the Rough Riders?
Troop led by Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish-American war
Who were the Buffalo Soldiers?
African American Calvary units that fought in the Spanish-American war
Why did the Philippine-American war begin?
Philippines wanted independence from America
What was Big Stick Diplomacy?
Policy by Teddy Roosevelt
Negotiate peacefully and threaten with a big stick (military powers)
Used in Panama Canal
How did the US acquire the land needed to build the canal?
The US naval powers surrounded the canal zone and took control of the operation
What was life like for the canal workers?
rough, hot, disease ridden, poor facilities and hygiene
What were the goals of the Progressive Party?
Better lives of the working class Tried to bring attention and publicity to the conditions endured by the working class Believed big business had a hand in political corruption
Lewis Hines
Expose the atrocities of child labor through photography
Ida Tarbell
Expose cutthroat business practices through writing
Upton Sinclair
Wrote “The Jungle” exposing the mean packing industries
Congress passed “Pure Food and Drug Act” and “Meat Inspection Act”
William Hard
Expose conditions endured by working class
Why did the Christian Women’s Temperance Union support the Prohibition?
Believed alcohol was the reason American standards were deteriorating
Husbands were spending more money on alcohol than on their family
What was the outcome of the Prohibition?
Organized crime
Speakeasies
Bootlegging
Why did the US feel that women should not have the right to vote?
Women belonged at home and their absence would have detrimental consequences
Take away jobs from men
Women did not that the knowledge or logic to make decisions about politics
What did Alice Paul to do further her cause?
Hunger strike
What tactics did suffragists use to get the right to vote?
Protest Picketing Marches Hunger Strikes Banners Got arrested
