APUSH Unit 7A

17th Amendment

This Progressive Era legislation required that all U.S. senators be elected by popular vote

Teller Amendment

Congress passed this resolution which declared war on Spain in 1898 but also declared that the U.S. had no intention of taking control of Cuba and that once peace was restored they would be independent

American Expeditionary Forces

Commanded by General John J Pershing, this group plugged the holes in the French and British lines along the Western Front. These hundreds of thousands of troops turned the tide of the war to the Allied Powers.

Selective Service Act

About 2.8 million men were eventually called by lottery system to serve in the American military under this legislation.

The Great Migration

Largest movement of people within the U.S. population which consisted of African Americans who migrated north to cities for work and greater acceptance

Sinking of the Maine

This event on Feb 15th, 1898 was falsely reported in American newspapers as being an attack on Americans by the Spanish which drastically inflamed pro-war public opinion

New Imperialism

The conquest and division of many parts of African, Asia, and the Pacific Islands by more industrialized nations during the 19th century.

Jacob Riis

Muckraker who wrote How the Other Half Lives which exposed the horrible conditions of tenement living in urban areas.

The Platt Amendments

This required Cuba to never sign a treaty with another nation that impaired its independence, the US will intervene in Cuba whenever necessary, and that the US will maintain a permeate presence there in a naval base. (Guantanamo Bay)

Federal Reserve Board

THis Progressive Era reform passed under President WIlson was designed to provide stability and flexibility in the US financial system by regulating interest rates, the capital reserves, and printing currency. This is the centralized banking system of the US

The Philippines

The area of land that surrounded much of the debate after the Spanish-American war on if it should be annexed and set precedents for future land acquisitions by the US

Zimmermann telegram

On March 1st, 1917, US newspapers carried the shocking news of a secret offer made by Germany to Mexico from the German foreign minister. This event which violated American neutrality would propel the US into war

Luisitania

The first major challenge to the US neutrality came in 1915 when this British passenger line was sunk by German torpedoes. Wilson stated that the Germans would be held accountable for the American casualties in a strongly worded message

Queen Liliuokalani

In 1893, American settlers overthrew the Hawaiian government. This was the last monarch prior to the annexation of Hawaii who has been made a symbol of US hostile takeover

Federal Trade Commission

This progressive era legislation passed under President Wilson aimed to protect consumers by investigating and taking action against any “unfair trade practice” in any industry except banking and transportation because those were already regulated by other agencies.

The Jungle

Muckraker Upton Sinclair wrote this book exposing the horrendous conditions of the meat packing industry which promoted a series of reforms for protecting workers and consumers

Yellow Journalism

Sensationalistic reporting that featured bold and lurid headlines of crime, disaster, and scandal. Newspapers such as Pulitzer’s New York World and Hearst’s New York Journal printed exaggerated and false accounts of world news

Open Door Policy

By 1890s, Russia, Japan, Great Britain, France and Germany all established areas known as ___ which allowed domination of trade and investment in a particular region or port in China

Fourteen points

President Wilson’s detailed list of war aims designed to address the cause of World War 1 and prevent another global conflict

Sedition Act

This wartime legislation prohibited anyone from making “Disloyal” or “Abusive” remakes about the US government. About 2000 people were prosecuted under this law, half of whom were convicted and jailed including socialist leader, Eugene Debs

The Roosevelt Corollary

Terry Roosevelt’s addition to the Monroe Doctrine that stated that the US will intervene in Latin AMerica whenever necessary

League of Nations

In order to maintain peace, this international peacekeeping organization was created after World War 1. It called upon each member to uphold and protect independence and territorial integrity around the world.

Committee on Public Information

A wartime propaganda agency which enlisted volunteer artists, performers, etc, to depict heroism on the part of the Allied Powers and villainized the Germans. They created films, posters, movies, etc, all urging Americans to watch out for German spies and to “do you bit” for the war.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

WEB DuBois and other progressive created this organization which became the largest civil rights organization in the US and aimed to abolish all forms of segregation and to increase educational opportunities for African Americans

Pure Food and Drug Act

This progressive era legislation passed under Teddy Roosevelt mandated that labels needs to be put on products to protect and inform consumers about what is in them

Direct primary

Robert LaFollette introduced this new system for bypassing politicians and placing the nominating process directly in the hands of voters

National War Labor Bord

This wartime agency arbitrated disputes between workers and management in order to maintain productivity. Workers saw better wages and conditions that ever before as a result

Pan American conference

In an effort to establish closer relations between the US and it’s southern neighbors, the US proposed this series of meetings with representatives from various nations of the western hemisphere to promote cooperation

Square Deal

Theodore Roosevelts plan for favoring neither management nor labor in workplace disputes. His actions in the Anthracite Coal Miner Strike is a perfect example of this.

Jingoism

An intense form of nationalism calling for an aggressive foreign policy

Josiah Strong

In his book titled “Our country” he argued that Anglo Saxon people were the fittest to survive and that Protestant Americans had a moral duty to colonize other lands in order to spread Christianity

Food Administration

This wartime agency encouraged American households to eat less meat and bread so that more food could be shipped aboard to the soldiers

Panama Canal

The construction of this under Teddy Roosevelt caused a lot of debate within the US. it is a great example of how imperialism can benefit the US economically but having devastating effects on other countries

Nation American Women Suffrage Association

An organization started by Carnie Chapman Catt and other feminists aimed at winning women the right to vote by arguing that their vote would broaden democracy and empower women to be contributing members of the society

Treaty of Paris 1989

The resolution that finally passed by one vote after the Spanish American War which stated that the US would Guam and Puerto Rico, Cuba was free, and the US would annex the Philippines. The debate was a culmination point between expansionists and anti-imperialists

Anti-imperialist league

Led by William jennings bryan, this group staunchly opposed any further land acquisition outside of the continent of US

Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

In 1911, this New York City high-rise garment factory went ablaze and took 146 women’s lives. This tragedy sparked activism on workplace safety and working conditions

Alfred Thayer Mahan

US navy captain who shaped the debate over the need for naval bases with his book The Influence of Sea Power Upon History