Period 7 part 1

Period 7: 1890-1945

1.       Imperialism

a.       Cdr. Matthew Perry, Japan, 1853, trade, mercantilism

b.       Kipling’s White Man’s Burden

c.       Scramble for Africa

d.       Social Darwinism and Racism

e.       Alaska (William Henry Seward), Hawaii (Liliuokalani), Midway, Banana Republics

f.        ALFRED THAYER MAYHAN, Modern Two Ocean Navy, Project power globally, nationalism

2.       Spanish-American War

a.       Spain in Cuba, Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico

b.       Cuba, concentration camps, annual investment and trade, treatment of US citizens

c.       USS Maine, Yellow Journalism, New Navy, nationalism

d.       William McKinley, Splendid Little War, John Hay, Little Brown Brothers

e.       Teller Amendment

f.        Theodore Roosevelt, Emilio Aguinaldo, Cdr. Dewey, Philippines

g.       Shafter, Cuba, Rough Riders, San Juan Hill

h.       Disease, $20 Million to Spain, Philippine insurrection

3.       Foreign Policy and Mercantilism

a.       Open Door Policy, China, Boxer Rebellion, Century of Shame

b.       Perry, Japan, Social vs Technological development

c.       Panama Canal, project power globally, Navy, Hay-Bunau Varilla Treaty

d.       Dollar Diplomacy, Banana Republics, Great White Fleet

e.       Monroe Doctrine, Roosevelt Corollary, International Police Power

4.       Progressivism

a.       Muckrakers, political progressives, proposed government reform

b.       Elimination of monopolies, Sherman Anti-trust Act, Northern Securities RR, JP Morgan

c.       The Square Deal, 1902 United Mine Workers Strike, 3 C’s

d.       Consumer Reform, The Jungle, Upton Sinclair, Hepburn Act, Interstate Commerce Commission, Pure Food and Drug Act, Meat inspection Act

e.       Conservation, National Reclamation Act, National Park System, irrigation, power development

5.       Politics of Progressivism

a.       Roosevelt, WH Taft, Eugene Debs, election of 1908

b.       WH Taft, 90 anti-trust suits, Department of Labor, Federal 8 hour work day

c.       Election of 1912, Taft, Roosevelt, Wilson, Debs, Split ticket, Bull Moose Party

d.       Wilson, Underwood Tariff (lowers tariff), need for Income Tax (16^th amendment) to make up the revenue, Federal Reserve Act, 12 Federal Reserve Banks, Federal Trade Commission, Clayton Anti-trust Act 1914

e.       Growth of Nativism, Social Darwinism, lack of development for minorities, child labor, minor advancements for suffrage

f.        Cultural changes

                                                                           i.      Victoria Woodhull vs Anthony Comstock

                                                                         ii.      Stephen Crane – Maggie, Girl of the Streets, Theodore Dreiser – Sister Carrie, William Howells – A Modern Instance

                                                                       iii.      Growth of movements

1.       Temperance, Prohibition 1920-1933

2.       NAACP

3.       ASPCA

4.       Red Cross

5.       Safe Housing

6.       Suffrage

g.       Growth of Leisure Time, Lock-step living, growth of efficiency, common dress/speech