APUSH : 7 1890-1945

frontier thesis

based on 1890 census of americans, stated that the frontier was closed, argued conquering the frontier was apart of the american identity

president mckinley

annexed hawaii

spanish american war

sinking if uss maine sparks yellow journalism, war ends w/ treaty of paris 1898, us gains pourto rico, guam, philippines

arguments in favor of imperialism

access to new markets & materials, necessary to complate w/ europe, white mans burden to spread white culture

arguments against imperialism

us should continue isolationist policies, control contradicts us values of freedom & democracy

roosevelt corollary to monroe doctrine

aka big stick diplomacy, justified us intervention in latain america to maintain peace, built panama canal

muckrakers

exposed social problems to inspire reform, ex. the jungle, ida wells-lynch laws in america

square deal programs

by FDR for consumer protection, control of cooperations, conservation of recourses, by making national parks & FDA

us joining wwi

stayed neutral but us production supported the allies until 1917 - zimmermann telegram & unrestricted german submarine warfare

wwi at home

espionage & sedition acts (made it a crime to interfere w/ us war efforts or act disloyal to us), federal power expanded w/ new org.s and boards

14 point plan

wilsons plan to prevent future ww’s, granted open deplomacy, freedom of seas, self determination, other associated freedoms, to be added to treaty of versailles

debate over treaty of versailles

us didnt ratify treaty of versailles(ended wwi) bc we would have to join leauge of nations, senate opposed league of nations bc it might interfere w/ us autonomy

roaring 20’s

great migration(leads to harlem renaissance), new consumer culture, buying on credit, flappers, speakeasys

post wwi/1920s issues

nativism=immigration quotas, first red scare, race riots, scopes monkey trial

causes of great depression

stock market crash from excessive spending on credit, buying stocks on margin (buying w/ someone elses money as an investment), farm problems

farm problems of great depression

New deal policy

relief, recovery, reform, alphabet soup agencies (wpa, ccc, aaa, pwa), social security & farm credit acts, criticized for being an over reach of govt power

great depression end

outbreak of wwii - inc. in production (arms and ammunition & food), wartime jobs

early wwii

us “not involved” (cash and carry, lend lease act to aid allied forces), forced to join war after pearl harbor

pearl harbor effects

us joins wwii, japanese inurnment camps, rise of nativism

us war efforts in wwii

women worked in war industries & womens army corp, code talkers

us war efforts in pacific theater

manhattan project, 2 atomic bombs dropped on japan to force their surrender