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- William Jenning Bryan
- secretary of state for Woodrow Wilson (resigned because of opposition for WWI), ran as democratic canidate in 1896, 1900, and 1908
- Henry Cabot Lodge
- organized opposition to WWI treaty, R
- Objectives of the "14 Points"
- self determination, freedom of the seas, free trade, de-militarization, League of Nations
- Insurrectos
- cuban rebels who wanted independence, "Butcher Weyler"
- Reclamation & Antiquities Act
- 1902, government purchased 2 million acres to give awat for wise use
- 18th Amendment
- 1919, prohabition of alcohol (later repealed by 21st in 1932)
- Teddy Roosevelt's foreign policy
- "Big Stick", US should use power to get what it wants (ex: Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine)
- Herbert Crady
- The New Republic, thought country's problems were caused by urbanization
- Mitchell Palmer
- led the Palmer Raids
- Plessy vs. Ferguson
- insured blacks would not yet become politicol
- Pribolof Islands
- some owned by US, some by Britain, British clubbed seal pups for their fur so they never could get to US islands
- Jingoist
- americans eager for war with spain to help cuba, teddy roosevelt was one
- Fredrick Jackson Turner
- Significance of the Fronteir, we should learn to be self sufficient
- Pancho Villa
- mexican bandit leader, killed americans on raids, never found
- USS Maine
- went to Cuba to bring some americans back to US, blew up and 260 americans died, US press and military blamed Spain (claimed innocence)
- Boxer Rebellion
- China tried to throw out all foreigners so US military was sent
- National Security League
- Roosevelt's organization to get americans to support WWI
- Thornstein Veblen
- The Theory of the Leisure Class, conspicous consumption
- Election of 1896
- William McKinley (rep) vs. Willism Jennings Bryan (dem, supported by populists who ran their VP), main topic was currency (Bryan pro free silver, Mckinley against free silver), Mckinley wins
- Carrie Chapman Catt
- NAWSA
- Ships sunk by Germany
- Lusitania, Arabic, Sussex
- William Brandeis
- 1st jew elected to the Supreme Court, progressive
- Ruff Riders
- volunteer US force who helped defeat Spain in San Wan Hill, Cuba, led by Teddy Roosevelt
- George Dewey
- general who took over philipines
- Woodrow Wilson's Foreign Policy
- said he would abandon the Big Stick policy, didn't, was an interventionist and pacifist, "The Quaker President"
- Pure Food and Drug Act
- 1906, created standards to over-see production of food and drugs
- The Lusitania
- May 1915, 200 of 1500 killed were americans, germany apologized
- Gentleman's Agreement
- treaty between US and Japnan, US would not longer segregate japanese in california, and japan would keep up US access to asian trade
- Josiah Strong
- wrote Our Country- it's possible future and present crisis, anglo saxan race has a responsibility to spread culture to other countries
- 17th Amendment
- 1916, said US senators must be elected by direct election
- Emilio Aguinaldo
- native of the philipines, helped George Dewey take the islands from Spain, later led the natives in a guriella war agaist the US (because we didnt help totally free them)
- Clayton Act
- 1905, gave further protection to the right to unions to strike
- Buana- Varilla
- helped Roosevelt to concoct a fake revolution in the Panama
- Robert La Follette
- progressive governor of wisconsin, got laws for tax-corporations and limited campaign spending
- Booker T. Washington
- Atlanta Compromise, accomidationist
- Election of 1904
- Roosevelt vs. Alton V. Parker (dem), roosevelt wins easily
- Espionage Act of 1917, Sedition Act of 1918
- intended to limit american opposition to WWI
- Underwood Simmons Act
- l1914, lowered tariff
- W.E.B. DuBois
- 1st black PHD, activist, leader of Niagra Movement
- Teller Amendment
- part of the US declaration of war agaist Spain, said Cuba could not become part of the US after the war
- Frank Norris
- The Octopus, criticized railroads and their effects
- George Creel
- director of the Commitee of Public Administration
- Sherman's Anti-Trust Act
- 1890, gave government power to break up monopolies
- Great White Fleet
- US navy's tour of asian ports to deal with the "yellow peril"
- Election of 1900
- William Jennings Bryan vs. William McKinley
- Platt Amendment
- scrapped the Teller Amendment, said US would keep a naval base in Cuba, gave US right to preventive intervention
- A.E.F.
- American Expiditionary Force, led by John Perghing
- Influence of Sea Power Upon History
- Alfred T. Mahan, countries with larger navys are stronger nations, US should increase
- Viktor Burger
- was refused his seat in congress because he was accused of being socialistic
- Spanish-American War
- "splendid little war"
- Keating-Owens Act
- 1914, prohibited states from hiring children
- Walter Reed
- 1st surgeon general, helped with malaria
- 16th Amendment
- 1913, created National Income Tax and Fedral Reserve
- Election of 1908
- William Howard Taft (rep) vs. William Jennings Bryan, Taft wins
- Bill Haywood
- leader of the International Workers of the World
- Election of 1920
- Warren G. Harding (R) vs. James M. Cox, Harding wins
- Cross of Gold Speech
- William Jennings Bryan's speech about being"pro silver"
- Oliver Wendell Holmes
- a progressive judge
- Election of 1912
- William Howard Taft (rep) vs. Teddy Roosevelt (didn't get republican nomination, progressive) vs. Woodrow Wilson (dem) vs. Eugene V. Debs (socialist), Wilson wins
- J. Edgar Hover
- 1st director of the FBI
- Bernard Baruch
- director of War Industries Board
- Hay- Pauncefote Treaty
- with Britain, gave US full authoriry to build a canal in central america
- William Howard Taft's Foreign Policy
- "Dollar Diplomacy, policy dictated by what's best for american business and industry
- Big Three of WWI
- George Clemehceau (F), David Lloyd George (E), Woodrow Wilson
- Eugene V. Debs
- ran for president as a socialist in 1912, arrested under Espionage and Sedition Acts later
- Charles Beard
- An Economic Interpretation of the Fronteir, said the revolution's motive was profit
- Theodore Driesser
- Sister Carrie
- Debs vs. US
- in favor of US, Justice Holmes said Debs had no right to speak out for fear of a "clear and present danger"
- Jane Addams
- success of Hull House led people to believe they could fix problems
- Katie O' Hare
- WWI activist, jailed
- Herbert Hoover
- director of the Food Administration
- Gen. Weyler
- spain sends him to gain control of insurrectos
- 19th Amendment
- 1920, guarenteed women's right to vote
- Selective Service Act
- draft, men ages 18-45
- American Legion
- veterans who helped look for communists