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Isolationism
Policy of isolating one's country from the affairs of other nations by declining to enter into alliances. Also with economic commitments, foreign trade, international agreeents etc. -
Manifest Destiny
Belief in America that the U.S. was destined to expand across the continent,.Started abput 1840's -
Tammany Hall
A New York City political organization founded in 1786 and incorporated on May 12,1789 as the Toammany Society. In late 1845, Tammany power surged with the influx of millions of Irish immigrants to New York -
industrialism
In the 18th to the 19th century, changes in things such as agriculture,manufacturing,mining and transportation happened. -
Social Darwinism
In the 1870's it was a term for theories of society about people who could or couldn't support themselves. -
Imperialism
When modern relatively developed nations were taking over less developed areas and colonizing them. When the U.S. started getting all of the land we have now. -
Nationalism
Is a belief that what consumes a nataion. Things such as ethnic, cultural or religious groups or that Multinationality in a single state should neccessarily comprimise the right to excersize national identity even by minorities. -
Imperialism
Age of imperialism began around 1870 when nations were taking less developed areas and colonizing them. -
Upton Sinclair
Born on septemer 20,1878. He wrote the book "The Jungle" (1906) which exposed conditions in U.S. Meat Packing Industry wich helped the progresive era. -
Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand was born in Graz,Austria and was the eldest son. in 1889 franz ferdinand's cousin committed suicide at his hunting lodge in meyerlinh. This lead to leaving Franz Ferdinand's father the thrown however his father died of typhoid fever and Franz was groomed to succeed. -
Progressive
The progressive era started around the 1890's. Many people led to reform local goverment, education, finances, insurance, railroads, churches and other areas. -
Spanish american war
Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States From 1897-98 American public grew angrier at reports of spanish attrocities in Cuba. -
Teddy Roosevelt
Born on October 27,1858. He became the twentysixths presidenty of the U,S, in 1901 He was one of the leaders in the progressive movement. -
Militarism
The belief of a goerment or people that a country should mantain a strong military. -
Muckrakers
Are reformed oriente journalists who wrote for popular magazines as investigative journalism and talked about boycotts, patriotlism and dirty tricks. -
Woodrow WIlson
Woodrow Wilson was born on December 28, 1856. The 28th president of the United States bfrom 1913 to 1921. He had full entry into World War 1. -
Allied Powers
Juy 28,1914 in Worl War 1 they had the allied powers. They were Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the U.S. -
Central Powers
World War 1 the other side fighting against the allied powes were Germany ,Austria-Hungary, ottomen empire and bulgaria. -
World War 1
WW1 started on July 28, 1914 and lasted until November 11th, 1918. WW1 was one of the biggest wars fought in history, more than 9million people were killled. It started because of an assasination of Franz Ferdinand. -
Zimmerman Note
Zimmerman note was a 1917 depomatic proposal from the German Empire to Mexico to make war against the United States . It was cughtby the British before it got to Mexico. The message came as a coded telegram dispatched by the Foreign Secretary of the German Empire.It angered the Americans and led t a part of the U.S. declaration of war in April -
prohibation
When alcohol cannot be manufactured, transported or sold by anyone. During the prohibition people would make and sell alcohol illegally. -
Hawley-smoot tariff act
Was an act sponsered by the U.S, that raised tariffs over 20,000 imported goods to record levels.
