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Industrialism
When large industries started making a lot of production or large quantities of inexpensive goods. these industries needed dons of employees and they started taking over entire cities of workers. -
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Nationalism
When one nation believes that they will benefit from acting independently. That counrty and the people in it also think vry hihly of their counrty and love their country. -
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Tammany Hall
A place where political units, mainly democrats, helped control New York's state potitics and helping immigrants rise up in American politics, -
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Manifest Destiny
A term invented by magazine editor John L. O'Sullivan that describes the need/desire for the United States to expand across the whole continent. This was during the 1840's when many Americans believed that it was America's destiny to spread all the way from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific coast. -
Urbanization
When many companies stated to bulid buildings in the U.S. and all these cities were being made. It happened in the early 1800s then started to really pick up in the 1850s. -
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Imperialism
When countries would try extending the power of their nation usualy by direct territorial acquisitions or by gaining indirect control over the political or economic life of other areas. -
The Great Rail Strike of 1877
Workers for the Baltimore and Ohio railroads went on strike to protest their 2nd wage cut in serveral months. The strike sprad to al around the east coast. President was contacted and sent troops to end the strike. -
The Chinese Exclusion Act
The Chinese Exclusion Act was passed by Congress and signed by President Chester A. Arthur. This act provided an absolute 10-year moratorium on Chinese labor immigration. -
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Progressive Era
When the world was trying to bounce back from the Industrial Revolution and people were trying to get jobs. Some people though that the idea of "survival of the fittest" was very prevelant. -
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Spanish American War
Conflict arose between Spain and America beause America was helping Cuba to gain independance from Spain. This war ended Spanish colonial rule in America and resulted in the United States' aquisition of territories in the Western Pacific and Latin America. -
Andrew Carnegie
He owned the steel buisness from the late 1800's. He paid his workers very low wages and his product was very cheap. He also had many workers. -
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Social Darwinism
An adapted version of Charles Darwin's theories of evolution that stated that it was only natural for some corperations to struggle economically. Social Darwinists believed that only the fittest businesses would earn a profit and grow, and the rest would die off. This proccess, in the eyes of social Darwinists, sould not be regulated by the government in any way, -
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Muckrakers
Journalists and the noisy possy that got the nows on everything. These people got their informaiton and then hurried to print if off. They got their name from a character in John Bunyan's "Pilgrim Progress"; they did nothing but rake filth and muck, and they never took the time to find genuine information. -
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Militarism
The idea that every country would have a strong and reliable military capable to fight in the hardest conditions. -
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Upton Sinclair
Was a person that considered himself to be a socialist. Born to a poor family, Sinclair was very smart and loved to write. When he got older, he wrote in newspapers and magazines, and had become a very famous writer. -
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The Panama Canal
The U.S. bulit this canal to make it easier to trad because their was so much rade going on. They found the biggest trading points in the world and basedtheir makings of the canal by that. -
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Teddy Roosevelt
He became president after McKinley was assinated. He started the idea of the panama canal and put it into action. He also protected his Americans from big buisnesses. -
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Allied Powers
When countries come together to fight on the same team. 1st allied were the empires of Russia, France, and Britian at war against central powers. Then the USA, Japan and Italy joined. -
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Central Powers
The countries fighting against the Allied Powers. Composed of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman, Empires and the Kingdom of Bulgaria. -
Franz Ferdinand
The Archduke of Austria. He was assasinated which led to Austria's delaration of war on Serbia. He and his wife were both shot and killed when visiting Bosnia. -
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World War 1
Started when the Central Powers tried to isolate France. Then France gained partnership with other countries "Allied Powers". Allied Powers won. -
Zimmerman Note
A note written by Arthur Zimmerman to his minister in Mexico suggesting a German-Mexican alliance if the United States entered the war. This made Americans angry and scared. -
Woodrow Wilson
He was the 28th president and hated war. He was the president during WW1 and tried to stay nuetral, after he heard that Europe was attacking ships under all flags, he sent his troops over -
Treaty of Versailles
Germany and Allied powers had to sign the treaty of Versailles. Germany thought that it was much tood harsh because it deprived them of 13.5% of their land overseas. This land was returned to the Allied Powers. -
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Prohibition
The ban on the manufacture, sale, or transport of alcoholic drinks. This was during the 1920's when alcahol was against the law. Many people were opposed to and rebelled against prohibiton. -
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Isolationism
During the depression, president Woodrow Wilson wanted to patch up Europe and make pece to prevent another world war. Americans often were convinced that the government should leave europe alone and focus only on solcing their own problems. This belief of only solving our own problems and separating from the rest of the world was called isolationism. -
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Teapot Dome Scandal
The Secret leasing of federal oil reserves to Wyoming from the president of Harding and other oil companies. Wyoming paid incredibly low prices for these reserves, which later spurred and investigation. -
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
Law signed on June 17, 1930 that raised U.S. tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods to record prices. A tariff is a tax imposed on imported or exported goods from the U.S. -
Robbr Barons
A robber baron or robber knight was a noble of the medieval period in Europe.The term has slightly different meanings in different countries.
