Monday 2-22-16

Beginning our study of US Imperialism - Chapter 17

Section 1

Imperialism:

3 Causes
Economic

Militaristic
-Alfred T. Mahan
--"Influence of Sea Power Upon History"

Ideological
-"White Man's Burden"
-"Little Brown Brothers"
-Anglo-Saxon Superiority

-"Seward's Folly"

-Hawaii
--Significance
1.
2.

-Bayonet Constitution

-Queen Liliuokalani

-Sanford B. Dole

-Annexation

-Asia Significance

-Spheres of Influence

-Open Door Policy (China)
--Sec. of State John Hay

-Boxer Rebellion

-Russo-Japanese War
--TR's Nobel Prize

-"Great White Fleet" 1907

Wednesday 2-17-16

Progressivism - Chapter 16 Sect. 3

The Progressive Presidents
-Theodore Roosevelt
--"Accidental President"
--"Bully Pulpit"
--Anthracite Coal Strike 1902
--"Square Deal"
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-"Teddy the Trustbuster"
--Northern Securities v. US
--Elkins Act and Hepburn Act

-Consumer Protection
--Pure Food & Drug Act
--Meat Inspection Act

-Environmental Protection
--John Muir
---National Parks
--Newlands Reclamation Act
--Gifford Pinchot
---Conservation
--Antiquities Act

-Election of 1912

Monday 2-15-16

Progressivism - Chapter 16 Sect. 2

Key Terms:

-Opportunities for Women

--Higher Education
--1870 - 20%
--1900 - 33%

-Employment
--Mostly clerical jobs, teachers, nurses
--Most women did not work outside of the home

-Prohibition
--WCTU
--Anti-Saloon League
--Carry Nation

-18th Amendment
--Prohibition of Alcohol

-Suffrage
--Susan B. Anthony
--NAWSA

-19th Amendment
--Alice Paul

Thursday 2-11-16

Chapter 16 - The Progressive Era

Link to Progressivism Flash Cards

Sec. 1

Progressivism:

Muckrakers:

-Jacob Riis
-Ida Tarbell
-Lincoln Steffens
-Upton Sinclair
--Pure Food & Drug Act
--Meat Inspection Act

Civil Rights
-Ida Wells-Barnett
--Lynching
-W.E.B. DuBois
->N.A.A.C.P.
-Anti-Defamation League
--Anti-Semitism (Jews)

Workplace Reform
-Florence Kelley/"Mother" Mary Harris Jones
--Child Labor
-Muller v. Oregon 1908
--10 Hour Workday
-Triangle Factory Fire 1911

Unions
-I.W.W. - "Wobblies"

Political Reforms
-Commission System
-Council Manager Plan
-Robert La Follette
--"Fighting Bob"
--State Govt. Reform
17th Amendment
-Initiative
-Referendum
-Recall
-Direct Primary
-Secret Ballot
--"Australian Ballot"

Monday 2-8-16

Chapter 15 - Section 1 & 2

Immigration

Old Immigrants - 

New Immigrants - 

-"Push Factors"   "Pull Factors"

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Ellis Island/Angel Island - 

Cultural Pluralism - 

Ethnic Communities - 

Benevolent Societies - 

Increased Nativism - 

Chinese Exclusion Act - 

Gentlemen's Agreement (Japan) -

Literacy Tests - 

"Americanization" - 

Urban Life

Skyscraper - 

Elisha Otis - 

City Parks -

-Frederick Law Olmsted

Tenements - 

Settlement Houses - 

-Jane Addams

-Hull House

Social Gospel -

Sec. 3

Gilded Age Politics

Political Machines

-Bosses

-Corruption

-Boss Tweed

--Tammany Hall

Thomas Nast

Federal Corruption

-Grant Scandals

--Credit Mobilier

--Whiskey Ring

--Indian Ring

Republican Party Split

-Stalwarts - Patronage - Spoils System

-Mugwumps - Reform

Garfield Assassination

-Pendleton Civil Service Act 1883

Populist Movement

-The Grange

-Populist Party

--"3rd Party"

-Omaha Platform

--Bimetallism

--8 Hour workday

--Regulation of RR

--Direct Election of Senators

--Graduated Income Tax

William Jennings Bryan

Sec. 4 - Segregation & Discrimination
Disenfranchisement
-"Suffrage"
-Poll Tax
-Literacy Test
-Grandfather Clause
Plessy v. Ferguson 1896
-"Separate but equal"
Racial Etiquette
Lynchings
Booker T. Washington
-"Self-improvement"
-Tuskegee Institute
W.E.B. DuBois
-"Immediate Equality"
-NAACP
-De Facto Segregation
-De Jure Segregation

Thursday 2-4-16

I will be out of class today.  You will be finishing up with the movie "Far and Away".  Be ready to discuss the movie tomorrow.

Link to Gilded Age Flashcards

Monday 2-1-2016

We are continuing our study of Chapter 14 and the Gilded Age.

Key Terms:

Sec. 3
-Sherman Antitrust Act

Working Conditions
-Long Hours
-Low Pay
-Dangerous Conditions
-Child Labor

-Labor Unions

-Knights of Labor
-American Federation of Labor AFofL
     Samuel Gompers

-Haymarket Strike

-Xenophobia

-Blacklist

-Eugene V. Debs

Sec. 4
Mass Transit
-Railroads
-Street Cars
-Subways
-Automobiles
-Airplanes

Communication Innovations
-Telegraph
-Telephone
-Typewriter

Thomas Edison
-Electricity
-Light Bulb