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PROGRESSIVE ERA Chapter 22

39) It was called the Gilded Age because America looked rich but many are poor workers40) To fight political corruption & ensure qualified people worked in govt: civil service41) T. Nast drew cartoons to expose the corruption of this NYC mayor: Boss Tweed42) Exposing political & business corruption as well as social problems: muckrackers Name some of those reporters that exposed corruption: Jacob Riis, Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, Lincoln Steffens43) Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle. This book tells about unsafe and dirty meat packing plants44) Progressives believe that the govt. should work for the good of the people45) To give the people the power to vote a bill into law: referendum46) TR was called a “Trust-buster” because he believed bad monopolies should be broken up and good ones should be controlled by govt.47) TR helped Wilson get elected (1912) - he split the Republican Party & formed: Bull Moose/Progressive Party48) This govt. agency investigates unfair businesses practices: Federal Trade Commission49) Anthony & Stanton form the NWSA to amend the Constitution to allow women to vote.

50) Those that fought for women's right to vote: suffragists51) The 19th Amendment said: women have right to vote52) The Temperance Movement worked to stop alcohol use in the US.

53) F. Willard headed the WCTU to end alcohol ( Carrie Nation used a hatchet.)

54) Booker T Washington believed in harmony between races while WEB DuBois urged an active

resistance to discrimination.

55) The NAACP worked to fight discrimination in the court room.

56) The Chinese Exclusion Act & the Gentleman’s Agreement both stopped Asian immigration.

US IMPERIALISM Chapter 23

57) Imperialism is powerful nations bully/control weaker countries58) The US practices imperialism to improve its trade (raw materials & new markets), gain more

naval bases and to spread culture to “savages.”

59) US businessmen start a revolt in Hawaii and remove the Queen.

60) Forcing Europe to allow the US into China for trade: Open Door Policy

61) Newspapers exaggerate stories - helping to being about Span.-Amer. War: yellow journalism62) Spain is blamed for the explosion of the USS Maine , triggering war.

63) TR's Rough Riders & the Buffalo Soldiers help win battles in Cuba.64) Spanish-American War nicknamed: Splendid Little War (for low casualties & short)

65) The Platt Amendment controlled Cuba. The US makes the Philippines a colony and the have to

use force to put down the uprising that results there.

66) The Panama Canal would make shipping faster between the Pacific & Atlantic.

67) TR sends warships to stop Columbia from stopping the revolt.

68) TR expanded the Monroe Doctrine into the Caribbean: Roosevlt Corollary. This made the US a

police office – frequent US intervention in Latin America.

THE GREAT WAR Chapter 24

69) The four main reasons for WWI:

Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism and Nationalism70) The trigger that starts the war: Archduke Ferdinand shot71) Stalemate results in paralleling trenches on the Eastern & Western Fronts.

72) To convince people that war is necessary & make enemy look evil: propaganda73) As the war begins, the US remained neutral but made $$$ selling to warring nations.

74) German u-boats sink the Lusitania killing 128 Americans. The Kaiser promises to stop the use of

unrestricted submarine warfare.

75) The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico was to attack the US as a distraction.

76) What happens in Russia that benefits the Germans? communist/Russian revolution77) The Home Front helps by growing “victory” gardens,” women working in factories and people

reducing their consumption of meat/wheat on certain days.

78) The Bolshevik leader: Lenin & his new country: USSR – Soviet Union79) Wilson's plan: 14 Points called for the creation of the League of Nations but the US never joins.80) Treaty of Versailles blamed Germany for the war, took territory & colonies, limits the size of their

military & forced them to pay reparations.