Midterm Flashcards
(40 cards)
Theodore Roosevelt
Asst. Sec. of Navy, also known as “Mr. progressivism”, became repub VP in 1900, became Pres. in 1901 after McKinley was assassinated.
industrialization
growth of factories- technological inventions (telephone, automobiles, electricity, airplanes, etc.) factory production, transportation/communication= expanded markets.
who were some industrialists?
JP Morgan (banks) John D. Rockefeller (Standard oil) Andrew Carnegie (steel)
who was William McKinley?
progressive repub who ran against populist democrat William Jennings Bryan in the 1896 election and won w 7.1 million votes to Bryans 6.5 million
who win the 1896 election?
William McKinley
Battle of San Juan Hill
TR and his rough riders stormed uphill to secure high land surrounding Spanish forces in the Spanish American war.
urbanization
growth of cities due to industrialization.
George Armstrong Custer
American Colonel who died at Little Big Horn (he also had a horrible mustache)
KKK
Klu Klux Klan- group of racists who treated anyone who wasn’t white (mainly blacks) as inferior.
Food and Drug Act of 1906
TR’s idea, preventing manufacture, sales, or transportation of adutered or poisoness goods
imperialism
the use of diplomatic or military force to extend a nations power and enhance its economic interests, often by acquiring territory or colonies and justifying such behavior w assumptions of racial superiority
Jane addams
woman progressive who created the hull house
hull house
place created to address the everyday needs of the working poor
battle of little bighorn
native Americans were pushed to Oklahoma reservations during the westward movement, this was their way of fighting back
suffrage movement
women trying to gain more rights specifically voting rights
taylorism
Frederick Winslow taylor& labor system based on detailed study if work tasks,intended to maximize efficiency and profits for employers, “organize and rationalize”
1893 panic/ depression
economic crisis, stock market crashed, banks closed, unemployment rose
from this cane the progressive era
progressivism
"glass half full", optimistic, middle class repubs ex: Frederick Winslow Taylor w taylorism, John Dewey w new education, muckrakers, such as Upton Sinclair
Upton sinclair
muckracker who wrote the jungle, which revealed how nasty the food industry was
election of 1896
McKinley won 7.1 million votes to Bryan’s 6.5
square deal
TRs 1904 election gimmick- claimed to control the 3 c’s “corporations, conservation of natural resources and consumer protection”
George dewey
american naval hero, his squadron defeated the Spanish warships in manilla bay in the Philippines
Alfred t mahan
influence of seapower upon history
internationalism
strenuous life
TRs speech about health
