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robert la follette
nicknamed "fighting bob" he was a progressive congressmen for Wisconsin -
Eugene V. Debs
5 time candidate for the socialist party of America -
Margaret Sanger
birth control activist, she opened the first birth control clinic in America -
Alaska
Gold discovered in Alaska led settlers to Alaska -
Alfred Thayer Mahan
He wrote lectures of the influences of sea power from 1660-1783, and showed how sea power drives national supremacy -
McKinley Tariff in Hawaii
the McKinley tariff raised import rates on foreign products, sugar planters were undersold in USA -
U.S. controls Latin America with big stick
The US occupied part of Latin America to teach them ways for democracy and to expand is contorl -
Japan
Japan began to rise as a imperialistic power -
how the other half lives
a book published that showed and expressed the living conditions of New York in the 1880s -
Hawaiian Monarchy
In 1893, a group of businessmen and sugar farmers over throw the queen on the kingdom of Hawaii -
US annexed Hawaii
The US annexed Hawaii after the Spanish American war to gain control -
Treaty of Paris
Spain gives complete control of the Philippines to the US -
USS Maine
the USS Maine exploded in the Havana Harbor in Cuba -
Cuban Independence
War between USA and Spain led to US involvement in war for Cuban independence -
Philippines
Captured by the US, didn't want to give them back to Spain or keep them -
Spanish defeat
after the 3 month war, Spain lets go of Guam, Philippines, and Cuba -
Yellow Journalism
Journalists wrote stories about the USS Maine to anger US citizens against Spain -
Teller Amendment
US would send troops to Cuba to help set up a new government -
New Manifest Destiny
Idea of gaining natural resources and spread democracy outside of North America -
Emilio Aguinaldo
leader of the Filipino independence movement, declared independence in 1899, captured by US in 1901 -
Philippine American War
War between US and the Philippines after the Spanish American War -
Boxer Rebellion
Rebellion in Beijing against foreign devils, crushed by troops -
China
US and Europe did not have spheres of influence in China -
Big Stick Democracy
Theodore Roosevelt said speak softly but carry a big stick -
elkins act
refined the interstate commerce act and gave heavy fines to railroad companies that offered rebates and on the shippers who accepted them -
department of commerce and labor
a short lived department, concerned with controlling the excesses of big businesses -
northern securities antitrust
Case heard by the courts from the Great Northern and northern pacific railroad companies that had formed a monopoly and were dissolved -
meat inspection act
act passed to make it illegal for meat to be miss-branded and sold if it wasn't processed under sanitary conditions -
the jungle
novel that inspired pro-consumer federal laws on meat, drugs, and food -
Dollar Diplomacy
Using the countries financial power to influence others -
triangle shirtwaist fire
deadliest industrial accident in the history of New York -
progressive bull moose party
3rd political party created by Theodore Roosevelt after losing to the republican candidate -
federal reserve act
gave congress the authority to create federal reserve notes to the banks -
Panama Canal
48 mile canal in panama to connect the Atlantic to the Pacific -
Maritime Strategy of the Canal
the Panama Canal was used by the US navy to create new strategy for the Pacific -
Mexico
the Mexican revolution to US intervention cause the US to push further into Mexico -
WWI begins
when WWI started, Wilson did not want anything to do with the war -
Federal Trade Commission
agency established to promote free and fair competition in the markets and to protect consumers -
US cuts ties with Germany
When a German sub sank a British ocean linear, killing 1,198, and 100 Americans -
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
short lived act that prohibited the sale of goods from factories that employed children -
18th Amendment
banned the sale, and transportation of alcohol -
Wilson convinces Americans to enter the war
Wilson convinced the US to enter the war by saying it was a war to end all wars -
Espionage Act
US made criticism of the constitution illegal and persecuted anyone who did -
Military unprepared
when the united states entered the war, the military wasn't prepared to go to war -
Red Scare
a scare that the fear of a communist rise in America -
Wilson's 14 points
Wilson gave a speech to give confidence for the US and the allies to continue fighting -
Treaty of Versallies
Treaty signed that signaled the end of WWI -
Mexican Americans
President Hoover began to send Mexican immigrants back to Mexico
