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Tammany Hall
the central organization of the Democratic Party in New York county. Originally founded as a benevolent society (Tammany Society) in 1789, Tammany Hall was notorious for the corruption in city and state politics that it fostered in the 19th and early 20th centuries Also called Tammany -
Social Darwinism
A theory, inspired by Darwinism, by which the social order is accounted as the product of natural selection of those persons best suited to existing living conditions. Other coutries thought they were a more superior race. -
Industrialism
A social system in which industry and factories are the basis of a country's economy. The iron and textile industries, along with the development of the steam engine, played a large part in the Industrial Revolution, which also saw improved systems of transportation, communication and banking, but poor and harsh living conditions for lower classes. -
Spanish American War
Started after the sinking of the USS Maine in a Cuban port because of a "bomb". A 10 week war for indepedance from Spain although the sinking of the ship was actually an accident. -
Teddy Roosevelt
During the spanish american war he was the secretary of navy. he resigns to be an army commander for cuba to help him get elected. Known for the rough riders (african american soldiers battle at san juan hill). His famous acts happened late 1900s and also when president. -
Homestead Act
Act providing free land, 160 acres, to any male citizen that will cultivate in within 5 years. most ended up failing and losing the land. -
Franz Ferdinand
Became an heir to the thrown as Archduke of Austria due to deaths of the royal family. Was leader when Central Powers and Allies declared war on each other. Born december 1863. assisnated 1914 by Gravido Princip "black hand" of Serbia -
Little Bighorn
Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse lead the Sioux in the greatest indian victory in the strugle, killing 268 soldiers in the 7th valvary -
Manifest Destiny
The belief or doctrine, mainly in the middle and later parts of the 19th century, that it was the destiny of the U.S. to expand its territory over the whole of North America and to extend and enhance its political, social, and economic influences. -
Central Powers
The Central Powers were Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire (Turkey), and bulgaria.m Worked together and fought against the Allied Powers -
Chinese Exclusion Act
prohibeted all Chinese except teachers, students, merchants, tourists, and government officials from entering the U.S. -
Dawes Act
A Homestead Act for natives using their own reservation land to make indians into farmers. Ended in 1934 -
Militarism
One of the main causes of WWI. maintaining a large military therefore giving a country more power. During the late 19th century and early 20th -
Nationalism
Nnother main cause of WWI. Devotion and loyalty to a country giving it more indiviuality and independance making a nation seem superior to others. Acting as a whole with limited cultures and beliefs. -
Robber Baron
One of the American industrial or financial magnates of the late 19th century who became wealthy by unethical means, such as questionable stock-market operations and exploitation of labor. -
Imperialism
The policy of extending a nations authority over other countries bu economic, political, or military means -
Progressive Era
The Progressive Era was a period of reform that flourished from the 1890s to the 1920s. At the turn of the century, America was experiencing rapid urbanization and industrialization. -
Muckraker
Investigative journalism, like the books of upton sinclair, emerged after 1900 and continued to be infuential until WWI. a writer who investigates and publishes truthful reports to put an end to a bad cause. -
Upton Sinclair
An american author who wrote a classic "muckraking" novel The Jungle that told about the conditions in the US meat packing industry. It caused a public uproar that helped to pass the pure food and drug act and meat inspection act -
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), the 28th U.S. president, served in office from 1913 to 1921 and led America through World War I (1914-1918). Wilson tried to keep the United States neutral during World War I but ultimately called on Congress to declare war on Germany in 1917. After the war, he helped negotiate a peace treaty that included a plan for the League of Nations. Although the Senate rejected U.S. membership in the League, Wilson received the Nobel Prize for his peacemaking efforts. -
Allied Powers
The Allied Powers in WWI were Britain, France, Italy, US and Russia. The original Allies in World War Ithe British Empire, France, and the Russian Empirewere later joined by many other countries, including Portugal, Japan, and Italy. Other nations joining the Allies, including the U.S. after 1917, were called Associated Powers, a term emphasized by Pres. -
World War I
raged from 1914 to 1918. Mostly fought in western Europe in muddy, bloody trenches, WWI saw the introduction of the machine gun and poison gas into battle. -
Zimmermann Note
Zimmermann note was a 1917 diplomatic proposal from the German Empire to mexico to make war against the united states. Mexico should be asked to enter the war as a German ally. British intelligence intercepted and deciphered the telegram and sent it to President Woodrow Wilson, who released it on Mar. 1, 1917, to the press. The Zimmermann note helped turn U.S. public opinion against Germany during World War I and strengthened the advocates of U.S. entry into the war. Read more: Zimmermann note -
Treaty of Versailles
After WWI ended, the war between Germany and Allied Powers. Germany accepeted responsibility for the restruction and start of the war. All countries worked together to negotiate treaty. The United States wants lasting peace, UK and France want revenge, and Italy wants part of Austria. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
Teapot Dome, the oil reserve scandal that began during the administration of President Harding. In 1921, by executive order of the President, control of naval oil reserves at Teapot Dome, Wyo., and at Elk Hills, Calif., was transferred from the Navy Department to the Department of the Interior. The oil reserves had been set aside for the navy by President Wilson. -
Prohibition
is the legal act of prohibiting the manufacture, transportation and sale of alcohol and alcoholic beverages. The term can also apply to the periods in the histories of the countries during which the prohibition of alcohol was enforced. Use of the term as applicable to a historical period is typically applied to countries of European culture. -
Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act
Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act, 1930, passed by the U.S. Congress; it brought the U.S. tariff to the highest protective level yet in the history of the United States. President Hoover desired a limited upward revision of tariff rates with general increases on farm products and adjustment of a few industrial rates. -
Isolationism
During the 1930s, the combination of the Great Depression and the memory of tragic losses in World War I contributed to pushing American public opinion and policy toward isolationism. Isolationism is when a country isolates itself from the affairs of other nations by declining to enter into alliances, foreign economic commitments, international agreements, ect. seeking individuality and power by avoiding foreign entaglements and responsibility
