APUSH Quest - Imperialism and the Progressive Movement

Grover Cleveland: years and party

1893-1897, democrat

William McKinley: years and party

1898-1901, republican

Grover Cleveland: years and party

1893-1897, democrat

William McKinley: years and party

1898-1901, republican

Teddy Roosevelt: years and party

1901-1909, republican

William Howard Taft: years and party

1909-1913, republican

Woodrow Wilson: years and party

1913-1921, democrat

1893-1897

Grover Cleveland

1898-1901

William McKinley

1901-1909

Teddy Roosevelt

1909-1913

William Howard Taft

1913-1921

Woodrow Wilson

Pullman Strike

nationwide railroad strike 1894, disrupted US mail, second time Cleveland had to use federal troops

march on Washington 1893

protest of panic, first time Cleveland used troops

Elkins Act

1903, stopped rebates

Hepburn Act

1906, strengthened the Interstate Commerce Commission

Seward’s Folly

referred to the SOS’s supposed blunder in purchasing Alaska from Russia until gold was found in 1848

Josiah Strong

book promoting Anglo Saxon stock superiority published 1885

Alfred Thayer Mahan

book advocating for a strong navy published 1890, led to Congress improving the navy/Great White Fleet

Platt Amendment

stated US had financial and governmental power over Cuba

Emilio Aguinaldo

led a 3 year war against the US vs. Filipinos

John Hay’s Open Door Policy/the US was received more warmly in SOI in China by Euro powers after they helped with the…

Boxer Rebellion

16th Amendment

graduated income tax, 1913

17th Amendment

direct election of senators, 1913

18th Amendment

prohibited sale of alcohol, 1919

19th Amendment

women’s suffrage, 1920

Frederick Taylor

scientific management in factories

Square Deal

equal favor of businesses and unions, exemplified by Anthracite Coal Strike

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

prevent monopolies, 1890

Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

US would police the Western Hemisphere and anyone who was uncivilized, 1904

Panama Canal Tolls Act

US did not have to pay the tax, repealed by Wilson

Jones Act

1916, autonomy to the Philippines

Charles Evan Hughes

democratic SC justice who ran against Wilson in 1916

Federal Trade Commission

est. 1914 by Wilson, prevent unjust business practices

Clayton Anti-Trust Act

prevent trusts

James G. Blaine

protector of Latin America from European influence

Pan-American Conference

1889, nations agreed to cooperate on trade and politics

Venezuela boundary dispute

Venezuela said GB was encroaching, turning point in US/GB relations, proved the US would invoke the Monroe Doctrine

Richard Olney

SOS, insisted GB submit the boundary for arbitration

De Lomé Letter

a Spanish’s minister high criticism of McKinley, one cause of the Sp-Am War

Teller Amendment

telling reasons for war, said the US had no intention of taking political control of Cuba

Treaty of Paris

ended the Sp-Am War, anti-imperialists fell 2 votes short of stopping it

American Anti-Imperialist League

founded by WJB

Hay-Banau Varilla Treaty

granted the US the Canal Zone

Treaty of Portsmouth

resolved the Russo-Japanese War, gave TR his Nobel Peace Prize

Algeciras Conference

1906, TR helps arrange it to settle German/French conflicts

International Peace Conference

1907, rules for limiting warfare

Elkins Act 1903

stop rebates

Hepburn Act 1906

fix reasonable railroad rates

Newlands Reclamation Act

allocated money for irrigation, TR

firing of Pinchot

example of the Republican split

election of 1912

Repubs were split between Taft and TR (Bull Moose Party/New Nationalism), Wilson won with New Freedom

Underwood Tariff

Wilson lowered tariffs by establishing a graduated income tax

Woodrow Wilson acts

Underwood Tariff, Federal Reserve Board/Act, Federal Trade Commission, Clayton Anti-Trust Act, Federal Farm Loan Act, Child Labor Act

Clayton Anti-Trust Act

unions could not be persecuted as trusts

National Urban League

founded 1911, helped Southerners adjust to northern cities

Carrie Chapman

president of NAWSA

Huerta revolt

1913, Wilson sent troops

Francisco Pancho Villa

Huerta’s rival, Wilson sent help to FPV 1914

presidents and years in order

Grover Cleveland 1893-1897, William McKinley 1898-1901, Teddy Roosevelt 1901-1909, William Howard Taft 1909-1913, Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921

presidential years

1893-1897 (Cleveland), 1897-1901 (McKinley), 1901-1909 (Roosevelt), 1909-1913 (Taft), 1913-1921 (Wilson)

which presidents served 2 terms?

Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson