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Tammany Hall
A New York City political organization founded in 1786 and incorporated on May 12, 1789 as the Tammany society. Helped immigrants, especially the Irish, to rise up in American politics from the 1790's to 1960's. -
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American Histoy
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Isolationism
Americans preffered a withdrawal from international affairs -
Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail started by two missionaries marcus, and Narcissa white methodist men who went west of the Mississippi river to convert Native Americans. Soon after americans moved west as well. -
Manefest Destiny
The term, "Manifest Destiny," appears for the first time in the expansionist magazine the Democratic Review, in an article by the editor, John OíSullivan. It expressed the belief and or idea that America should expand across the whole United States. This expansion would involve the groth of the economy and meany other cultures in the future. -
Sosial Darwinism
Based on theories of naturalist Charels Darwin. The idea of survival of the fittest of evolution was introduced into buiseness' so this ment that governments shouldn't help struggling companies. -
Imperialism
Imperialism is "The expansion of a countries power, control, wealth and influence." In America, Our manifest destiny is to control the land from sea to sea, our international affairs became stronger by creating trade between us and other countries. -
Teddy Roosevelt
Was the lieutenent colonel of the Rough Riders Regiment and led the charge on San Juan. He also ensured the constructuion of the Panama Canal. -
Spanish-American War
It was a war between spain and the US effectfly the result of the american intervention in the ongoing cubin war of interpendence. Overall we shot spain they shot back and we kicked spains butt as Mr.Burdock would say. The war took place in Cuba, Pueto Rico, the Philopines islands, and Guam. It results in the American victory and the treaty of Paris and the outbreak of the Philophine-American war. -
Muckrakers
Writers who investigated and published truthful reports, exposed injustices -
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson is a Democrat and was running again William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt. He is a teacher and reforming governer of New Jersey. He began to prevent big manufactures from charging unfairly high prices. He passed the Federal Reserve Act in 1913. Wilson tried to supervise banks, as a result intest rates for loans could fluctuate wildly and few bankers had a major control or national states. His work at Princeton continues on to his presidentcy. -
Allied Powers
India, Russia, France, USA, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, India, and Belgium, who fought along side the allies, but remained neutral. -
Archduke Ferdinand
He was assasinated on sunday June, 1914 and he was only 50 years old. Austria-Hungary blamed Serbia for the assasination. -
Zimmermen Note
A proposal from the German Empire to Mexico to make war against the United States. It was intercepted and translated by the Brittish. -
WWI
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Militarism
Militarism is the widespread expansion of a countrie military. Basically It is Impearialism of the military.
