APUSH; Unit 7a Vocab (Mr.Cole)

Alfred Thayer Mahan

Influence of sea power upon history

Liliuokalani

Queen of Hawaii

Ambassador John L. Stevens

Takes over Hawaii for the US (without asking him to)

General Valeriano Weyler

Put in Cuba by the Spaniards to squash the rebellion (The guy with the baby t-shirt cannon)

De lome letter

Spanish ambassador insulted the president and everyone got mad

U.S.S Maine

US Ship that randomly blew up in Cuba and everyone immediately blamed the Spanish

George Dewy

Navy officer that went to Philippines, for some reason, for the Cuba war

Emilio Aguinaldo

Leader of rebelling Filipino people who fought with the Americans to get free of Spain, and then fought the Americans again to get free of the Americans. (Whomp whomp)

Rough Riders

Leonard wood was the leader, famous for Teddy Roosevelt and for taking San Juan Hill in the Spanish war.

Teller Amendment

Cuba cannot be annexed

Platt Amendment

Cuba can only trade with usss, and cuba can’t be in debt to other countriesss, and if theres a problem big girlfriend USA will come save it. (Toxic girlfriend)

Foraker Act

Puerto Rico can have lower houses but upper house people are decided by the US

Insular Cases

The Supreme court says the constitution doesn’t follow the flag.

Philippine Insurrection

The Filipinos weren’t happy we basically just became their masters, so they rebelled and cost us a shit ton of money (more then what we bought them for)

Open Door Notes

John hay basically says to the other countries that the Us can also “have a piece of that ass (goods) too”

Boxer Rebellion

“China for chinese; unless you follow the white man’s faith. Then we kill you too” (7 nation army)

Hay-Pauncefote treaties

Britian gives the US the canal project, and the US buys the route from the French

Lincoln Steffens

Against political machines; city planning regulates land use

Robert M. LaFollette (Fighting Bob)

All for regulation of railroads & other corporations, increased taxes, merit system for employees, and restricted lobbyists.

Muckrakers

People who dig up dirt on big business

Northern Securities Company

Roosevelt hated these guys a lot. As soon as he was president he pounced on them and drowned them with violations of the Sherman anti-trust act. (Supreme court agrees)

Elkins act

Penalties for rebates

Hepburn act

authorizes ICC to establish max rates

Pure food and drug act

no more rat shit in your food :)

Gifford Pinchot

Gifford = Clifford = Big areas = national parks. Boom.

President taft

Bathtub. That’s all you really need to know. And also dollar diplomacy (pay everyone else to stay the fuck out)

Bully Pulpit

Makes it so the spotlight is on the president

Bull-Moose party

Followed Teddy’s ideas:

More voter participation in government
Woman suffrage
Labor legislation, business controls

Wilson’s New Freedom

Stronger anti-trust laws, banking reform, higher tariff
Calls all monopolies evil

Underwood Tariff

substantially reduced tariff rates for the 1st time since the Civil War

Federal Reserve System

(strengthen banks & control money supply) divided the nation into 12 districts with regional central banks in each district

Adamson Act

established an 8 hour work day on trains

Workingmen’s Compensation Act

granting assistance to federal civil-service employees during periods of disability

Jones Act

Granted to the Philippines the boon of territorial status and promised independence as soon as a “stable government” could be established.

Initiative & Referendum

Initiative; People making legislation

Referendum; People voting on those legislations