Midterm Day Three Flashcards
(15 cards)
Roosevelt Corollary
Definition: A statement by Theodore Roosevelt that the U.S. would use military force to act as an international police power and correct any chronic wrongdoing by any Latin American nation threatening the stability of the region.
Significance: The U.S. had the right to intervene in the affairs of any Latin American country that was unable to maintain order or repay its debts. Tension was made because Venezuela didn’t like the U.S. was doing this.
Clear and Present Danger
Definition: A doctrine adopted by the Supreme Court of the United States to determine under what circumstances limits can be placed on First Amendment freedoms of speech, press, or assembly.
Significance: People were then limited to what they could say in the case of saying “fire” in a theater when a fire is not present. (They were no longer allowed to go to extreme measure just because they have the freedom of speech).
Fourteen Points
Definition: Woodrow Wilson’s postwar peace plan, which called for openness in all matters of diplomacy, including free trade, freedom of the seas, and an end to secret treaties and negotiations among others.
Significance: Eliminates the causes of war and overall made peace.
Irreconcilables
Definition: Republicans who opposed the Treaty of Versailles on all grounds.
Significance: It helped ensure the defeat of the Treaty of Versailles.
League of Nations
Definition: Woodrow Wilson’s idea for a group of countries that would promote a new world order and territorial integrity through open discussions, rather than intimidation and war.
Significance: Promoted international cooperation and to achieve peace and security.
Red Summer
Definition: The summer of 1919, when numerous northern cities experiences bloody race riots that killed over 250 persons, including the Chicago race riot of 1919.
Significance: They were daily race riots and the Elaine Massacre was a riot that came out of it. Robert Hill went against sharecropping and then there was a shot made, which led to another shot. After this there were lots of killing fields that were made for blacks to be killed. The roads had hundreds and hundreds of white men who were armed.
Reservationists
Definition: Republicans who would somewhat support the Treaty of Versailles if sufficient amendments were introduced that could eliminate article x.
Significance: They were somewhat on board and somewhat off board for the league of nations. It reinforced the U.S. policy and protected congressional war powers
Flapper
Definition: A young, modern woman who embraced the new morality and fashions of the jazz age.
Significance: They went against social norms and started social change for women
Scopes Monkey Trial
Definition: The 1925 trial of John Scopes for teaching evolution in a public school; the trial highlighted the conflict between rural traditionalists and modern urbanites.
Significance: It put Christianity and evolution on trial and made America more modern. Modernism vs. traditionalism
Nativism
Definition: The rejection of outside influences in favor of local native customs.
Significance: They were loyal to the people who were born in America and were against anyone who was not born in America. The KKK came back during this time and had a bigger group than before. Nativism was very popular
Identify one muckrakers and what they did (2 points).
Ida Tarbell wrote the Mother of Trust. She exposed the Standard Oil Trust and John D. Rockefeller’s ruthless business tactics.
Evaluate who the most effective Progressive President was: TR, Taft, or Wilson (give three reasons) (3 points).
Taft was the most effective progressive president because he is the real trust buster. He busted over 70 trusts while Theodore Roosevelt only busted 40. He also lowered Tariffs and overall had the biggest progressive accomplishments.
Describe TR’s meaning of “Big Stick” diplomacy and one way he used it in the Caribbean (2 points).
It meant negotiating peacefully but also having strength. He used it to make Cuba and Panama controlled and protected by the U.S. he also wanted to prevent Caribbean nations from suffering major debts with European nations.
Analyze the different American opinions on empire at the conclusion of the Spanish American War (at least 2 different viewpoints) (4 points).
Imperialists (republican party): They saw economic and military expansion if the U.S. won the war, so they were for the wars. Anti-Imperialists (democratic party): They didn’t want expansion that would come from the wars because it would lead to inferior races coming into the U.S.
What were the sides surrounding the argument over the Treaty of Versailles? Who won? (6 points)
The sides were the Allies and Germany. Both sides were arguing who caused world war II. Germany was not in the meeting where the Treaty of Versailles was made, the Allies decided among themselves what they would do about it. They wanted Germany to pay for causing WWII. The Allies ended up winning though.
