Unit 7a Flashcards
(34 cards)
White Man’s Burden
A poem urging the U.S. to take up the “burden” of empire that coincided with the beginning of the Philippine-American War and U.S. Senate ratification of the treaty that placed Puerto Rico, Guam, Cuba, and the Philippines under American control.
Progressive Era
An era in the United States (roughly between 1900 and 1917) in which important movements challenged traditional relationships and attitudes.
Prohibition
A ban on the production, sale, and consumption of liquor, achieved temporarily through state laws and the Eighteenth Amendment.
Initiative
Procedure by which citizens can introduce a subject for legislation, usually through a petition signed by a specific number of voters.
Referendum
Submission of a law, proposed or already in effect, to a direct popular vote for approval or rejection.
Recall
The process of removing an official from office by popular vote, usually after using petitions to call for such a vote.
Muckraking
Journalism exposing economic, social, and political evils, so named by Theodore Roosevelt for its “raking the muck” of American society.
Company Towns
Company towns sprang up around big business facilities and essentially provided everything for the town at a high cost, keeping the town perpetually in serfdom.
Niagara Movement
African American group organized in 1905 to promote racial integration, civil and political rights, and equal access to economic opportunity,
NAACP
Interracial organization co-founded by W. E. B. Du Bois in 1910 dedicated to restoring African American political and social rights.
Sherman Antitrust Act
The first federal antitrust measure, passed in 1890; sought to promote economic competition by prohibiting business combinations in restraint of trade or commerce.
Hepburn Act
Act that strengthened the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) by authorizing it to set maximum railroad rates and inspect financial records.
Food and Drug Act
Act that established the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which tested and approved drugs before they went on the market.
New Freedom
Woodrow Wilson’s 1912 program for limited government intervention in the economy to restore competition by curtailing the restrictive influences of trusts and protective tariffs thereby providing opportunities for individual achievement.
Sixteenth Amendment of 1913
Authorized a federal income tax.
Federal Reserve Act
The 1913 law that revised banking and currency by extending limited government regulation through the creation of the Federal Reserve System.
Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914
Replaced the old Sherman Act of 1890 as the nation’s basic antitrust law. It exempted unions from being construed as illegal combinations in restraint of trade, and it forbade federal courts from issuing injunctions against strikers.
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Government agency established in 1914 to provide regulatory oversight of business activity.
Roosevelt Corollary
President Theodore Roosevelt’s policy asserting U.S. authority to intervene in the affairs of Latin American nations; an expansion of the Monroe Doctrine.
Yellow Press
Yellow journalism, or the yellow press, is a type of journalism that presents little or no legitimate well-researched news and instead uses eye-catching headlines to sell more newspapers.
Open Door
American policy of seeking equal trade and investment opportunities in foreign nations or regions.
Militarism
the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests.
Imperialism
a policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
Allies
a group of nations taking military action together
