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Remaking the South
In 1865 and 1866, as Johnson announced the end of Reconstruction, southern states began to pass a series of discriminatory state laws collectively known as black codes. While the laws varied in both content and severity from state to state, the goal of the laws remained largely consistent. -
Killing of Lincoln
On April 14, 1865, the Confederate supporter and well-known actor John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln while he was attending a play, Our American Cousin, at Ford’s Theater in Washington. The president died the next day. -
Shaping the South
The effort to remake the South generated a brutal reaction among southern whites, who were committed to keeping blacks in a subservient position. To prevent blacks from gaining economic ground and to maintain cheap labor for the agricultural economy, an exploitative system of sharecropping spread throughout the South. -
Westward Expansion
Westward expansion, began along the East Coast and continues, often by leaps and bounds, until it reached the Pacific—what Theodore Roosevelt described as "the great leap Westward." The acquisition of Hawaii and Alaska, though not usually included in discussions of Americans expanding their nation westward. Expansion of westward was mostly impacted by the Chinese immigrants. -
Overseas Empire
In Paris this was the time when America successfully convinced Spain to declare Cuba a independent country as well annexation of Philippines. This was during the peace negotiation after the war that broke between America and Spain, when Spain was fighting to maintain the governance of Puerto Rico and Cuba. America took control of Puerto Rico and Guam overseas regions. -
The Big Stick Policy
Upon taking power in 1901 Roosevelt promised to achieve where his predecessor had failed. He made a policy which he said that you speak smoothly carry a big stick and you will go far. In early 1903, Roosevelt promised the Panama his support if they will revolt against the Columbians. He went further to send his troops in Panama for training where they manage to get freedom in 1904. His policy of the big stick seemed working. -
Spirit of Progress
In Chicago, Colorado and Other States.
The muckrakers are also known as the investigative journalist. The five famous muckrakers were Lincoln Steffens, Ida Tarbell, Upton Siclair, Jacob Riss and Ray Stannard Baker. They exposed all of the ill things performed in business industries and government at large. In 1906, the muckrakers formed a formidable magazine which they used for muckraking. Their work is considered as the pillars used by Roosevelt to succeed on his presidency. -
The Dollar Supremacy
The dollar supremacy was introduced by Roosevelt's successor in 1909, President Taft. He declined to use the big stick policy of Roosevelt but vows to use the economic mighty of America to influence his foreign policies. He used little military force on his policies. However, when democracy failed he employed the military force to do the working unlike his successor who used military threats to win foreign tags -
Anti-Suffrage Movement (NY)
The anti-suffrage movement cannot be centralized in one place since it was a movement that quickly spread all over America and women were fighting for their rights. The movement can be centralized to New York since it is the place of origination after funds were donated by Geneva anti-suffrage movement. The club formed in 1914 and was headed by Agnes Swan Hutchins. -
Presidential Election- United States
Wilson Woodrow managed to get 42% of the popular vote which translated to 6 million to beat Roosevelt and Taft. Wilson a democrat who was also a university lecturer was choose by democrats to compete against a divided progressive party. In early 1914, Wilson completed his New Freedom agenda with the passage of the Clayton Antitrust Act. This law expanded the power of the original Sherman Antitrust Act in order to allow the investigation and dismantling of more monopolies. -
America Prepares for War
After the break of the first world war famously known as The Great War, at first stages in 1914, America isolated herself. However, im 1917 the congress passed a bill where every young man between age 21 and 30 would ne registered as military personnel. Through patriotic appeals people of age up to 45 were pleaded to register as part of the America military. Over 10 million people voluntarily registered themselves. -
War to Peace
American involvement in World War I came late. Compared to the incredible carnage endured by Europe, the United States’ battles were brief and successful, although the appalling fighting conditions and significant casualties made it feel otherwise to Americans, both at war and at home. The Americans came back home. However, many people had paid the price of involvement with their lives -
Politics of the 1920s
After World War I, Americans were ready for “a return to normalcy,” and Republican Warren Harding offered them just that. Harding as proposed by republicans since they saw him as someone they can easily control. Under the guidance of his big-business backers, Harding’s policies supported businesses at home and isolation from foreign affairs. His administration was wracked by scandals, and after he died in 1923, Calvin Coolidge continued his policy legacy in much the same vein.
