APUSH Unit 7 Review Flashcards

Flashcards on Unit 7 of the AP US History curriculum.

Imperialism

The expansion of a nation's empire.

Significance of the Frontier

The belief that westward expansion was a crucial part of American national identity.

Seward's Folly/Alaska Purchase

The purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867 for $7,200,000.

Main motivation of Imperialists

Desire for raw materials and markets to sell manufactured products

Social Darwinism

The idea that expansion was a means for America to flex its national muscles, proving it was among the fittest to survive.

Josiah Strong

Argued that Anglo-Saxons were the apex of human evolution and had a Christian duty to spread their civilization.

The Influence of Sea Power Upon History

The book advocating for a strong navy to secure foreign markets.

Anti-Imperialist Argument

The principle of self-determination for all nations.

Yellow Journalism

Publishing sensational headlines about Spanish atrocities in Cuba.

USS Maine

American battleship that exploded in Havana Harbor in 1898.

Effects of the Spanish American War

Acquisition of Caribbean and Pacific Islands, increased involvement in Asia, and suppression of a nationalist revolt in the Philippines.

Teddy Roosevelt

Assistant Secretary of the Navy who sent the new fleet to the Philippines.

1946

The year the US granted the Phillipines independence.

Queen Liliuokalani

Hawaiian monarch overthrown by American settlers in 1893.

Open Door Policy

Policy advocating for equal trading priviledges in China.

Spheres of Influence

Areas in China where European powers had exclusive trading rights.

Big Stick Diplomacy

Roosevelt's aggressive foreign policy: speak softly and carry a big stick.

Roosevelt Corollary

TR's addition to the Monroe Doctrine, asserting US's role as international police power.

Progressive Era

The era concerned with the rising power of big business, economic uncertainties, labor conflicts, political machines, Jim Crow segregation, and women's rights.

Muckrakers

Investigative journalists who exposed corruption in America.

Ida Tarbell

Exposed the corruption of Standard Oil.

Jacob Riis

his book How the Other Half Lives exposed the horrifying and unsanitary conditions of those who lived in urban tenements.

Upton Sinclair

Wrote The Jungle to expose unsanitary practices in the meat packing industry.

Secret Ballot

A means to vote so that no one could see how you were voting.

Seventeenth Amendment

Gave citizens the right to vote for Senators.

Initiative

Voters could force a legislator to consider a bill if they were ignoring it.

Referendum

Allowed citizens to bypass the legislature and vote on a bill directly.

Recall

Made it possible to remove a corrupt politician before their term was up.

Booker T. Washington

Argued that blacks had to engage in education and economic endeavors before securing political equality.

W. E. B. Du Bois

Argued that blacks needed to be recognized as politically equal first for economic equality.

NAACP

Sought to abolish all forms of segregation and expand educational opportunities for black children.

Pure Food and Drug Act

Ensured consumers were eating safe, uncontaminated food.

Meat Inspection Act

Set standards of sanitation for meatpacking plants.

Square Deal

Coal miner strike, negotiated a square deal for both the workers and the corporation.

Underwood Tariff

Lowered tariffs during the Wilson administration.

Federal Reserve Act

Established a national banking system overseen by 12 district banks.

Woodrow Wilson

Addressed the triple wall of privilege: tariffs, banking, and trusts.

Eighteenth Ammendment

Which banned the manufacture and sale of alcohol.

Nineteenth Amendment

Officially acknowledged women's right to vote.

Lusitania

Was a passenger ship that was destroyed and the Germans sunk it, killing most of the passengers on board, including 128 Americans

Zimmerman Telegram

Germany solicited Mexico to become an ally and regain land lost in the Mexican American War.

Schenck versus the United States

Limited speech if there is a clear and present danger.