1900-1920

By keeevin

  • Dingley Tariff

    Dingley Tariff
    Republicans argued that having higher tariffs on imports secured businesses from foreign competition and provided jobs. This tariff acted against the 'Wilson-Gorman Tariff'' which decreased tariffs rather than increasing them.
  • Period: to

    1890's-1920's

  • Boxer Rebellion

    Boxer Rebellion
    In the late 1890's a group of chinese peasants made a group called the boxers. They wanted to get rid of the Qing Dynasty and any foreign influence. They started murdering Christian Missionaries and Chinese Christians . They started moving towards Beijing and thats when international forces stepped in to subdue the rebellion. This rebellion made the Qing Dynasty weaker and helped make China become a republic.

  • Mediates Coal Strike

    Strike by the United Mine Workers of America in eastern Pennsylvania for higher wages, shorter work hours and recognition.

  • Colliers & McClure's

    Era where people reported every aspect of American life as either bad or good. Reflected concern for society.

  • Jacob Riis

    Disliked tyranny and mistreatments. He exposed how the poor lived. Photographed slums in his books showed deplorable urban conditions.

  • Hepburn Act

    Hepburn Act
    The Hepburn Act increased the authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission over railroads and other types of carriers. It provided reasonable rates, and established routes.

  • Ballinger-Pinchot Controversy

    Taft fired Pinchot for accusing Ballinger of benefiting business interest at expense of US natural resources.

  • W.E.B DuBois

    Devoted himself to socialogical investigations of blacks in America. He produced 16 monographs.

  • Trust Buster

    Was a method to break trust. An example of a trust buster is the Anti-Sherman Act

  • Payne-Aldrich Tariff

    A bill that wanted to lower tarriffs, counter acted with the Dingley Tariff.

  • 16th Amendment

    Congress can collect taxes on incomes or from wherever without sharing to the states.

  • 17th Amendment

    Each state will have 2 senators that the people will vote for.

  • Dollar Diplomacy

    A term used to describe America's efforts to further its foreign policy in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power byguaranteeing loans

  • Louis Brandeis Other People's Money

    Brandeis' thesis was that the large banking houses were collabertaing with business to create trust in America's Major industries.

  • Theodore Drieser: Maggie, A girl of the streets; An American Tragedy

    Depicted the damage of economic forces and alienation on the weak or individual person.

  • Booker T Washington

    Dominant figure for African Americans. Representatie who speak for the African American Community he spoke for blacks living the south,

  • Madison Grant's Passing of the great race

    Influental book of racism. Was first ignored but went through several revisions and editing .

  • Lincoln Steffens

    Editor of the magazine McClure's where he later became famous for his mucracking articles. He exposed corruption in politics and big businesses.

  • Fourteen Points

    1. No secret alliance b/w countries
    2. Freedom/peace in the seas
    3. Reduction of trade barriers over seas
    4. General reduction of arnaments
    5. Adjustment of colonial claims abroad 6.Evacuation of Russian territory and welcome its government to the society of nations 7.League of Nations 8.Evacuation of french territory
    6. Adjustment to Italian borders
    7. Independence for groups in Austria-Hungary 11.Restoration of Balkan Nation and access to Serbia sea
    8. Protection in Turkey

  • Marcus Garvey

    Orator for the black nationalism and pan-africanism movement to which he founded the Universal Negro Improvement and African Community League.