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Grangers (National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry)
* Organization of farmers created to combat the growing economic hardships faced by farmers
* Established by Oliver H Kelley in 1868, in hopes of promoting the rural life to slow the population shifts to cities
* Grange communities served political economic, & social purposes;
* ceremonies, dances, picnics, & lectures
* discussion on tenancy, mortgages, & taxes
* organized cooperative business ventures & political action
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Farmers’ Alliances
* Organization formed in the 1880s & 1890s by farmers trying to overcome social isolation and economic hardships
* Served farmers needs for education, the latest farm methods, & economic & political reform
* Two dominant groups:
* Farmers’ Alliance of the Northwest
* National/Southern Farmers’ Alliance
* Created vast political networks that became the basis for the Populist Party
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Munn v. Illinois
* 1877 Supreme Court Case that upheld an Illinois Granger law setting maximum rates for grain storage
* Recognized a state’s right to regulate business that have a public function/purpose within that states borders
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Wabash v. Illinois
* 1886 Supreme Court case that nullified an Illinois Granger law that prohibited long-haul/short-haul discrimination
* Court ruled that the law attempted to regulate interstate commerce which falls under federal jurisdiction
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Interstate Commerce Act (1887)
* Passed in 1887, requiring railroad rates to be “reasonable and just“
* Ended the practice of railroads giving special rates and rebates to large companies at the expense of farmers & small business
* Required new rates to be proportional to distance, be public, and open to inspection
* Created the Interstate Commerce Commission to investigate & prosecute business pools, rebates, & discriminatory practices
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Election of 1896
* Democrat-Populist Wm. Jennings Bryan v. W McKinley
* During the campaign Bryan traveled over 18,000 miles & gave more than 600 speeches, convincing farmers & debtors that unlimited silver coinage would save them
* Marcus Hanna, a wealthy ironmaker, ran McKinley’s campaign, selling the candidacy in the media while McKinley stayed home (Hanna felt that Bryan would talk himself to defeat)
* Rising prices made farmers less desperate & employers were telling workers they would lose their jobs if Bryan won, because of this McKinley won 271 to 176
* Bryan ran & lost 2 more times
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“Cross of Gold“ Speech
* Speech made by Wm. Jennings Bryan at the Democratic national nominating convention in 1896
* Pushed Bryan to the top of the Democratic presidential ticket
* The speech was prosilver & attacked the “gold standard,“ taking over the Populist party platform
* “__**You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.**__“
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Progressive Era
* 1890s to 1920 there was a reform movement to combat problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, and immigration
* Characterized by an effort to get the gov’t involved in reforms
* Theodore Roosevelt, William Taft, and Woodrow Wilson were both strong Progressive Presidents
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Progressives
* Reformers that wished to deal with societies problems based on industrialization, urbanization, and immigration
* Influenced by the Populist Party, but most city dwellers rather than farmers---professionals like doctors, lawyers, social workers, clergy, and teachers; wide ranging concerns
* Believed technology and science should be used to improve business, government, education, and family life
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Muckrakers
* Journalists, writers, artists, and photographers that helped reform government, Wall Street, labor unions, and trusts by bringing issues to the attention of the public
* Investigated and exposed corruption and injustice through articles in mass-circulation magazines and novels
* Nicknames figuratively describes that they had to “rake“ through the “muck“ to expose abuses and injustices
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Upton Sinclair
* Muckraker/novelist who wrote “__The Jungle__,“ exposing the many problems within the meatpacking industry
* Told of unsanitary conditions and rotten meat packed for sale that outraged the public who demanded gov’t action
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Pure Food and Drug Act
* Passed by Congress in 1906 as consumer protection legislation
* Forbade the manufacture the sale of impure foods, drugs, and liquors and required that labels on patent medicines list of contents
* This and the Meat Inspection Act passed in part due to Sinclair
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Jacob Riis
* Well-known urban reformer who used photographs to show the need for better housing for the poor
* Published shocking pictures of starving children in garbage-ridden slums in hopes of influencing reform efforts
* One goal was building codes to require safer, better-lighted, better0ventilated, and more sanitary tenements
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Jeannette Rankin
* The first women elected to Congress in 1916
* Voted against WWI and II; considered a pacifist in opposition of war and fighting
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18th Amendment
* Passed in 1919, banning the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the U.S. as of 1920
* Resulted from a national temperance movement pushed by various groups since the 1830s (i.e.-Women’s Christian Temperance Union)
* Thought it might decrease gambling, organized crime, and political corruption---though it increased
* Political argument included the need to conserve grain for WWI
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19th Amendment
* Passed in 1920, giving women the right to vote
* Resulting from a long time women’s suffrage movement, first pushed at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 and continued by the National American Women Suffrage Association
* During the WWI period President Wilson publicly acknowledged women’s contributions as an argument for their right to vote
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Margaret Sanger
* Was a nurse caring for poor immigrant women in NYC
* Started the American Birth Control League which became the __Planned Parenthood__ Federation
* Was and is a controversial issue that led to Sanger’s arrest for sending information and contraception in the mail
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17th Amendment
* Passed in 1913, providing citizens the direct election of U.S. Senators
* Previously, Senators were elected by the State Legislature, which had been corrupted by corporations and political bosses
* Only after numerous states allowed for the direct election of Senators did Congress finally give in
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Theodore Roosevelt
* Elected Vice-President in 1900, but became president when McKinley was assassinated in 1901---later elected himself
* The first truly Progressive President who believed the office provided powers not specifically denied by the Constitution
* Influential in the passage of many period reforms through his use of the “bully pulpit,“ or platform from which to influence national and Congressional opinion
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The Square Deal
* Title given to Roosevelt’s administration to account for the many reforms passed during his tenure
* His programs championed the ordinary American and attempted to make societal conditions better
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The Hepburn Act
* Passed in 1906 to strengthen the ICC
* Allowed the ICC to regulate railroad shipping rates---they could change rates until a federal court decided on its fairness
* It also gave the ICC the power to regulate pipelines, ferries, bridges, and terminals
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William Howard Taft
* Succeeded Roosevelt as president in 1909. with the support of Republican Progressives and Roosvelt himself
* Had been Roosevelt’s Sec. of War and like Roosevelt, he concentrated on societal reforms
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Standard Oil v. U.S.
* Supreme Court ruling in 1911, that decided that Standard Oil was a monopoly that should be dissolved
* set the “rule of reason“ when using the Sherman Antitrust Act to dissolve a company---establishing a difference between “reasonable“ and “unreasonable“ business combinations
* Size alone would not make a company “unreasonable“
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Election of 1912
* Republican---incumbent __Wm. Howard Taft__; Democrat--- __Woodrow Wilson__; Progressive---__Th. Roosevelt__
* Roosevelt offered New Nationalism while Wilson offered New Freedom---two progressive platforms
* __**Wilson won**__ the electoral vote by a landslide and would again be elected in 1918
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The Federal Reserve Act
* Passed in 1913, during the Wilson administration, creating a national banking system with the following stipulations
* 12 districts, each having its own Federal Reserve Bank
* Federal Banks could:
* Issue a new sound currency---Federal Reserve Notes
* Control the amount of money in circulation and interest rates
* Shift money from one bank to another as needed
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the Clayton Antitrust Act
* Passed in 1914 to strengthen the government’s power to control business practices that threatened competition
* Prohibited companies from price fixing and from buying stocks in competing firms
* Also tried to end the use of antitrust laws against unions, but the Supreme Court later undercut the provision
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Open Door Policy
* Concept that all world powers would have an “open door,“ or equal trading privileges in China
* 1899- Sec. of State Hay “asked“ nations with spheres in China
* 1. Not to interfere with U.S. access to any of the 22 Chinese ports
* 2. Not to disturb regular collection of Chinese duties
* 3. Not to increase railroad rates or harbor dues
* None of the nations gave a clear response, but Hay declared that all had accepted the Open Door policy
* The press hailed Hay’s policy a diplomatic success for the U.S., though it would plunge the U.S. further into world affairs
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Boxer Rebellion
* Uprising of a Chinese nationalist society known as the “righteous Fists of Harmony,“ or “Boxers“ in 1900
* Attacked settlements of the “foreign devils“ and murdered Christian missionaries hoping to drive the rest out
* To protect U.S. interests in China, U.S. troops joined an international force that included Britain, France, Germany, Russia, & Japan to put down the uprising
* at Peking (Beijing), the Boxers were crushed & the leaders were punished by the Chinese government
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“yellow journalism“
* Type of journalism adopted by the NY ‘Journal‘ & NY ‘World,’ telling sensational stories, containing exaggerated or false accounts, printed to build an audience
* Played a principal role in propagandizing Spanish treatment of Cuba, leading Americans to push for war in the late 1890s
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U.S.S. Maine
* Battleship sent to Havana Harbor, Cuba to protect U.S. interests in the Cuban sugar trade
* Feb. 15th, 1898, an explosion on the ‘Maine‘ killed 260 & sunk the ship
* The “yellow press“ exploited initial reports that a mine may have caused the explosion, though later reports deemed it an accidental internal explosion
* This event pushed the U.S. closer to war
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Treaty of Paris 1898
* Controversial treaty to end the Spanish-American War providing for:


1. Cuban independence
2. Cession of Puerto Rico & Guam to the U.S. from Spain
3. Sale of the Philippines to the U.S. for $20 million
* The controversial provision was over acquisition of the archipelago nation of the Philippines
* Congress & the public were divided over the issue; imperialists for & anti-imperialists got what they wanted when the treaty was ratified 57 to 27; two votes short of defeat
* Filipinos were outraged they were again denied sovereignty
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imperialism
* Pursuit of building an empire through acquisition of territory and/or gaining political or economic control over a country
* The U.S. empire of Guam, Puerto Rico, & the Philippines added up to 100,000 square miles & nearly 10 mil. people
* The empires of Britain, France, Germany, etc. in Africa & throughout the Pacific, dwarfed U.S. holdings
* The belief that the U.S. needed to keep up with other imperial powers was the motivation behind U.S. pursuits
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the Roosevelt Corollary
* Th. Roosevelt’s reinforcement of the Monroe Doctrine, establishing the U.S. as a “police power“ in the Americas
* Prompted by the threat of European intervention in Latin America
* Regularly used to justify U.S. involvement in Latin America
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“Big Stick“ Policy
* Based on Roosevelt’s motto---”Speak softly and carry a big stick,” implying peaceful methods be used whenever possible, but military force be used when necessary to protect interests
* This was justified in Latin America through the Monroe Doctrine and Roosevelt Corollary
* Occupied Nicaragua 1912-1933, Haiti 1915-1934, etc.
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Dollar Diplomacy
* President Taft’s foreign policy---idea that the U.S. could help maintain orderly societies in other countries by increasing investment in foreign economies
* Led to increased U.S. intervention in foreign affairs---i.e. increased investment in China and military intervention in Nicaragua to protect interests
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Good Neighbor Policy
* President FDR’s foreign policy that would lessen emphasis on intervention and increase emphasis on cooperation
* Though U.S. commercial dominance of Latin America would continue
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the Panama Canal
* Columbia controlled Panama and was reluctant to allow the U.S. to build a canal prompting Th. Roosevelt to encourage a Panamanian revolt
* The U.S. negotiated with the new gov’t to obtain the sole right to build a canal in Panama as long as it allowed for international traffic
* Permission was given in 1901 and the canal was finished in 1914
* from 1903 to 1939, Panama was a protectorate of the U.S.
* A treaty signed in 1977 gave control of the canal back to the Panamanian \[Dec. 1999\]
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World War I
* Began in Europe in 1914 and lasted until 1918, though the U.S. not entering until 1917
* Imperialist competition, alliance networks, and militarism can all be seen as causes of the war
* Many historians mark the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary by a Serbian nationalist in 1914 as the trigger for war that set off a chain of blame and alliance adherence
* Industrialization in part caused the continual military build up that made countries want to test their new strength
* Nicknamed “the war to end all wars“
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Central Powers/Triple Alliance
* Military/political alliance made up of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy


* Germany became a central figure in the war on this front and in the end was blamed for most of the cause and costs
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Allied Powers/Triple Entente
* military/political alliance made up of France, Russia, and GB---much later joined by the U.S.
* American loyalties and sympathy traditionally lied with France and Britain
* German-Americans and Irish-Americans tended to sympathize with the Central Powers
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Neutrality
* Political policy of not choosing sides in an international dispute---adopted by the U.S. during most of WWI
* Many people saw the U.S. trade relationship wit the Allied Powers as uncharacteristic
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U-Boats
* German submarines, used to break the Allied blockade
* International law required warships to identify themselves and remove a ship’s crew before sinking a vessel-not done by German U-boats
* Germans announced a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare-become a problem when non-military trade ships were attacked
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Lusitania
* A British passenger liner that was sunk by a German U-boat in 1915 in which 1,200 people died, including 128 Americans
* This event outraged the American citizenry and began a public push to demand U.S. entrance into the war
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Zimmerman Note
* Message from German foreign secretary, Arthur Zimmerman, to the German minister in Mexico, urging a German military alliance with the Mexicans
* Suggested that the Germans would help Mexico regain lost territory (Texas, Arizona, & New Mexico)
* Intercepted and decoded by the British; made public and outraged Americans
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Selective Service Act
* Passed in 1917, establishing a military draft requiring males between 18-45 to register for possible call to service
* Was generally necessary since the country had always opposed a standing army since before its founding
* Debated from both sides of the issue, until the Constitutionality of the draft was challenged
* The Supreme Court upheld the draft and by war’s end, 2.8 mil of 4.8 mil Americans to serve had been drafted
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Schenck v. U.S.
* Supreme Court ruling in 1919, stating that free speech can be restricted during wartime
* Gave Congress the right to prevent words that would cause ”A clear and present danger”
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Red Scare
* 1918-1919, Americans worried about Communist ideas infiltrating the American psyche
* Communists were openly hostile toward U.S. capitalism, private ownership, and certain freedoms
* Intense fear of communism led to imprisonment and exile of communists in the U.S. \[many falsely\]
* Socialists, anarchists, labor leaders, &immigrants also became targets in the hysteria
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Wilson’s Fourteen Points
* President Wilson’s peace proposal at the end of WWI
* Open diplomacy
* Removal of trade barriers
* Self-determination
* Freedom of the Seas
* Arms reduction
* An Association of Nations etc.
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Treaty of Versailles
* Official treaty of WWI between the Allies and Germany
* Germany was forced to:
* Accept complete responsibility for the war
* Pay huge reparations
* Give up military forces
* Cede lands to Poland and Czechoslovakia
* Give up overseas colonies etc.
* Established a world organization---League of Nations
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League of Nations
* World organization established by the Treaty of Versailles, suggested in Wilson’s Fourteen Points
* The U.S. never joined because Congress rejected the Treaty
* Was set up to correct problems caused by the peace treaty and deal with international conflicts diplomatically to prevent another war like WWI
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Kellogg-Briand Pact
* Signed in 1928 by 15 nations--Including GB, France, Italy, Germany, and Japan
* Outlawed war except in self-defense, stating that disputes should be settled peaceably
* Lacked provisions of enforcement but 60 nations eventually signed on