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Progressivism
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Valeriano Weyler is sent to Cuba
General Valeriano Weyler of Spain is sent to Cuba to Suppress the Cuban Rebels. He forces them into concentration camps to control them, in which smany died in. Yellow journalists used this to fuel America's support for war. -
Publication of the Delome Letter
A letter written by the Spanish Minister that insultted President Mckinely's Abilities as a leader of the country. It angered Americans and fueled the support for war against Spain further. -
Remember the Maine
Sent to protect U.S interests, The Maine exploded in harbor from an unknown cause. Cuba was blamed, and this was the main starter for the Spanish American War. -
U.S Declares War on Spain
After the sinking of the Maine, the U.S. finally delares war on Spain, the event that starts the Spanish-American war. -
Treaty of Paris
A treaty signed by Spain and America. It ended the war and gave America reparations and control over Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, snd Spain sold us the Philippines for $20 million. -
Theodore Roosevelt becomes president
Sworn in after President Mckinely's assassination, President Theodore became our 32nd president. He used the sherman antitrust act to foil big business and bettered our economy in many other ways. -
National Child Laor Committee
The National Child Labor Committee was created to expose the dangers in the workplace and help stop child labor. It increased our social welfare by keeping kids out of dangerous jobs. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
The Pure Food and Drug Act required companies to label their food and medicine products. It let people know where their food was from and kept people from eating dangerous food. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Disaster
The Fire of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory cost over 500 women workers their lives, most of them immigrants. As a result, The American Society of Safety Engineers was created to make factories safer and easier to escape in case of emergency. -
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
The Serbian group the Black Hand assassinate the heir to Austria-Hungary Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. This is the first main cause of WW1 -
Germany invades France
Germany invades France, aiming towards the capital city Paris as part of the schlieffen plan. This Invasion is one of the main causes of WW1. -
U.S. Enters WW1
The U.S. enters WW1 after staying neutral, mostly because of German U-Boats killing U.S. citizens. Signed by Woodrow Wilson, it is our first step into the Great War. -
Fourteen Points Speech
The Fourteen Points is a speec h given by Woodrow Wilson that aimed at world peace. It was mostly ignored by the other Allied leaders, but it did create the idea of a League of Nations. -
18th Amendment is approved
The Eighteenth Amendment made the production and sale of alchohol illegal in the U.S. This was a large step in progressivism because supporters thought it would increase the morals of people. -
Treaty of Versailles
A treaty written and signed by the Big Four in Paris that officially ended WW1. In it, reparations were to be paid to Allied nations by Germany, Europe was remapped, and the League of Nations was added.
