Murphy midterm

Imperialism

Policy where stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control.

build military strength

Imperialists wanted to

spread christianity

protestant missionaries wanted to

expand markets

businessmen wanted to

Jingoism

nationalists that want aggressive military presence to expand and bring glory (aggressive imperialists)

yellow journalism

An exaggerated style of writing to lure or engage the reader (clickbait)

Alfred Mahan

Imperialist who wanted a strong navy, the panama canal, and wanted Hawaii to be a naval base

Foraker Act

Ended military rule in Puerto Rico and established a civil government

Great White Fleet

Considered Teddy Roosevelt’s most impressive act of foreign affairs; He sailed the fleet around the world to flex on and intimidate the other countries, it worked.

U.S.S. Maine

American ship that mysteriously exploded in the Havana harbor

De Lome letter

telegram intercepted by America from a Spanish government official. Journalists took quotes out of context to make it seem like he was calling America weak. They did this to spark outrage in the public.

Dollar Diplomacy

Taft’s foreign policy that encouraged the US to invest in Latin America.

Teller Amendment

Passed at the start of the Spanish-American war. It promised Cubs that the US was only fighting so they could be independent from Spain.

Boxer Rebellion

Nationalist uprising in China against foreign influence

Gentlemen’s Agreement

Agreement made with Japan so that japan would limit immigration if America stopped Japanese segregation in the states.

George Dewey

American leader in the Philippines

Phillipines

What was SOLD to the U.S. in the Treaty of Paris

Guam and Puerto Rico

What was GIVEN to the US in the treaty of paris

Roosevelt Corollary

If a European nation violated the Monroe Doctrine, the US will forcefully remove them

Nobel Peace prize

Given to Teddy Roosevelt because he negotiated peace between Japan and Russia

Henry Seward

Secretary of state who bought Alaska and was heavily criticized for it.

Monroe Doctrine

European nations should stay out of western affairs

Queen Lil

The Hawaii for Hawaiians queen. She didn’t cater to American businessmen

Sanford Dole

The American businessman who became “president” of Hawaii

Jose Marti

led the 2nd cuban revolution from New York. Utilized Guerilla Warfare to lure the U.S. into the conflict

Rough Riders

Volunteer calvary led by teddy Roosevelt

Emilio Aguinaldo

leader of the Phillipines

Dollar Diplomacy

Encouraged investors to invest in Latin America.

Korea and Manchuria

What countries did Japan and Russia both want

Treaty of paris

Treaty that formally ended the Spanish-American war

Trading with the enemy act

The first law passed during WW1. banned Americans from doing business with enemy countries

Immigration Restriction Act

Made a literacy test mandatory for immigrants. targeted non english speaking countries

Espionage and Sedition Acts

It was illegal to say anything anti-america

No mans land

the area between two trenches

Triple Entente

Alliance between Britain, France, and Russia

Zimmerman note

Telegram sent from Germany to Mexico that was intercepted by Britain. It asked Mexico to attack America

Sussex Pledge

Germany would stop their submarine warfare if britain stopped their blockades

Lusitania

The British ship that was sunk by German submarines that had Americans on it.

Treaty of brest-litovsk

Russia agreed to exit the war, but they had to give Germany some land.

Triple Alliance

Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and italy

Nationalism

“i love my country so I hate yours”

Militarism

The want to have the biggest guns

Total War

WW1 was the first; Countries devoted almost all of their resources into war.

Liberty Bonds

Helped the U.S. pay for the WW1 effort

House-grey Memorandum

Let the U.S. negotiate peace

War Industries Board

monitored war factories and production

National War labor board

settles labor disputes

10/29/29

When was Black Tuesday

Railroads, coal ,lumber, housing

What major industries dropped after the stock market crash

Housing industry

major indicator of how the economy is doing

Dust Bowl

Dried out soil and made it sand like

great Plains

What region was the Dust Bowl in

Drought, overproduction, removal of prairie grass

Causes for the Dust Bowl

Hawley Smoot tariff act

What increased the tariff rate on imported goods post-WW1

Federal reserve board

Controlled interest rates and how much money was in circulation.

McNary haugen Bill

Bill that would have established price support for farmers, it was vetoed by Coolidge

25

What was the unemployment rate during the great depression

Direct Aid

Money sent from the government to help people

no

Did hoover like direct aid

Bonus Army

WW1 vets who wanted their war bonus early, that marched to Washington to protest.

Okies

MIgrant farmers who traveled throughout the US looking for work

Rigged Individualism

“Be tough and you will get out of debt”- Hoover, probably

Credit

What led to the superficial prosperity of the Depression

revenue act

Increased taxes during the depression

Boulder Dam

Public works project made by hoover. Creates jobs and brought in lots of money

Patman Bill

Proposed a plan to pay out the veteran’s bonuses; it was voted down by the senate

1932

Worst year of the depression

Jews

What group was wrongfully blamed for the depression

Yellow Dog Contracts

Prohibited employees from joining a union

Boston Police Strike

The Boston police went on strike and were all fired and replaced by the national guard

Steel Mill Strike

Failed because the workers were replaced with “scabs”

Coal mine strike

the strike that was successfull

NAACP

The association for the advancement of colored people. The had a magazine and stuff

Red summer

Summer of 1919 was nicknamed this due to race riots

Scopes trial

The trial where the guy got in trouble for teaching about evolution in school

Prohibition

dont buy or sell alcohol

materialism

because household appliances were becoming affordable, this increased

Assembly line

The thing that Henry Ford came up with that increased production speed of big things like cars

Red scare

Boo! im a communist, or am I?

Palmer raids

suspected communists had their houses raided and were jailed. Led by Attorney general Michael Palmer

Italians

Who was becoming discriminated against in the 1920s

Emergency Quota Act

made it so that only 3% of a countrys current immigrant population in the U.S. could immigrate to the U.S. in a given year.

KKK

the racist people from before who are back and bigger than ever because their racism includes more people

Harlem Renaissance

The African-American cultural movement that started in NYC

Great Migration

1\.3 million African Americans went away from the south and into the North

Flappers

Whores of the 1920s

New York

Where was FDR governor of before he was President

Economic

What type of liberal was FDR

20th amendment

the “lame duck'“ amendment, moved the inauguration date from March to January

Bank Holiday

What did FDR make happen that stopped the bank rushes

Fireside chats

FDR sat down and explained what was happening in the government.

Economy Act

The government promised to try thier hardest to balance the budget

AAA and NIRA

FDR’s most important new deal programs

Dawes Act

Kicked American Indians off their land and made the kids have to learn about American culture.

Germany

Who was angry because they were blamed for WW1 and had to pay Britain and France alot of money

Isolation

America’s stance going into WW2

Manchuria

Where did Japan invade in like 1931

Mein Kampf

Hitler’s book

Ethiopia

Where did Italy invade in like 1935

Spain

Who had a civil war right before WW2