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1.Yellow Journalism:

• Provocative journalism

• During the time of war

• Pulitzer and Hearst

2. De Lome Letter:

• A letter from a Spanish diplomat

• It bashed president McKinley and was leaked

• Insulted the U.S

3. Treaty of Paris, 1899:

• Marked the end of the Spanish American War

• Philippines ceded and it cost the U.S twenty million to Spain

4. Teller Amendment:

• Passed by Congress

• It gave permission for the Spanish American War

• Said that the U.S was not trying to gain control of Cuba

5. Panama Canal:

• Goal was to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans

• Many died while building it

• Hay-Pauncer Treaty marked the British allowing the U.S to build it

6. Russo-Japanese War:

• Japan won

• Had a conference in Portsmouth, New Hampshire to discuss the issues

• Japanese people generally thought that they should have gotten more from Russia than what the US gave

7. Pan-Americanism:

• Goal was to unite the states

• Involved all realms of the US- the economy, the military, society’s sense of nationalism

8. Maine Explodes:

• February 15, 1898

• Located in Habana, Cuba during the event

• 260 were killed by the explosion

• Many assumed that Spain was the reason the ship exploded

9. Platt Amendment:

• Made Cuba agree to not sign a treaty with any foreign power that risked their independence

• Allowed the US to be involved in Cuba’s affairs when they felt necessary

• Gave the US the ability to have naval bases in Cuba

10. Boxer Rebellion:

• 1900

• Chinese natives attacked and murdered Christian ministries

• Troops of the U.S responded by entering Beijing and ended the rebellion

11. Roosevelt Corollary:

• Added to the Monroe Doctrine

• Roosevelt addressed it in his State of the Union Address

• “Big Stick”, justified intervention in nations

12. Ida Tarbell:

• a head figure of the Muckrakers

• Known for her involvement in investigative journalism

13. Upton Sinclair:

• Author of “The Jungle”, which was showed the terrible conditions of immigrants

• Described the horrid atmosphere of the meat packing industry

14. Sixteenth Amendment:

• Gave the Congress permission to levy taxes on income without being based on the opinion of the states or the census

15. Eighteenth Amendment:

• Prohibition on alcohol

16. Newland Reclamation Act:

• Allotted money from land sales to be used on irrigation

• Did not include Texas at first, but was added in 1906

17. Square Deal:

• Roosevelt’s presidency

• Asserted that he would treat all groups equal

• Three main goals were to maintain the environment, control big business, and protect the buyer

18. Elkins Act, 1803:

• Made alterations to the interstate commerce act

• Gave permission for the ICC to charge railroads

• In general, increased the power of the ICC

19. Muckrakers:

• Journalists who classified groups and individuals to be corrupt

• During the Progressive Era

• Samuel Adams, Lincoln Stephens, Ralph Nader

20. How the Other Half Lives:

• Written by Jacob Riis

• Based on the harsh living environment in New York slums

• Set during the 1880’s

21. Margaret Sanger:

• Was a strong supporter of birth control rights for women?

• She was the lead in bringing birth control clinics to the U.S

22. Tamny Hall:

• Democratic in nature

• From New York city

• A prominent force in the mid 1800s and early 1900s

23. Seventeenth Amendment

• Made the election of senators to be by popular vote of the states

• Made the term of senators 6 years

• Passed in 1913

24. Nineteenth Amendment

• Gave women the right to vote

• Passed in 1920

• In large part due to the conference at Seneca Falls and intense activism by feminists of the era

25. Hepburn Act 1906:

• Emphasized the governments regulation of the railroads

• Changed the abilities had by the ICC

• Enlarged the abilities of the Elkins Act

26. Pure Food and Drug Act:

• Ended the ability to make, sell, or transport wrongfully labeled foods and drugs

• Done by Roosevelt

• During the Progressive era of reforms

27. Election of 1908

• Between William Howard Taft and William Jennings Bryan

• Taft won a Republican victory

28. Ballinger-Pinchot Controversy

• Disagreement involving Gifford Pinchot and Richard Ballinger

• Led to divide of Republican party before the election of 1912

29. Mexican Revolution

• Occurred from 1910-1920

• Put an end to the dictatorial rule in Mexico at the time

• Made official a republic that was constitutional

30. ABC Powers

• Argentina, Brazil, and Chile

• Seen as the most prominent countries of South America

• During an era of imperialism

31. Trustbusters:

• Goal is to put an end to big businesses

• Teddy Roosevelt had and created a largely negative stigma of the business men of Wall Street

32. Conservation Act 1908

• Roosevelt made it a goal to better the environment

• Acted to protect wildlife and increased the number of forests

33. Jane Adams, Hull House:

• Adams was the first female to be honored with a noble peace prize

• Was a settlement open to immigrants

• Founded by Adams and Starr

34. Payne-Aldrich Tariff:

• Started off in the US House of Representatives

• Raised taxes on merchandise and transports coming to the United States

• Named after representative Payne and senator Aldrich

35. Triple Entente:

• The involvement amongst France, Russia, and Great Britain

• Reaction to the creation of the Triple alliance

• Said to have possibly been a cause of World War 1

36. Unrestricted Submarine Warfare:

• A dangerous way of attack

• Submarines sink vessels abruptly and without prior knowledge

• Common action during 1915

37. Russian Revolution, 1917:

• Power was gained by the Bolsheviks

• Led to the ultimate advancement of the Soviet Union

• Russia began to industrialize during the late 1900’s which resulted in a population increase

38. League of Nations:

• Founded during 1920

• Created as a final act by the Paris Peace Conference

• Ended the First World War

39. Article 10:

• Involved the League of Nations

• Stated that all nations should defend the standing of other involved nations in the league

• Led to the US denying a spot in the league

40. Red Scare

• Fear of communists

• During 1940 and 1950

• Made government employees be monitored to make sure they are loyalty

41. Zimmerman Note:

• 1917

• Came from the German minister Arthur Zimmerman

• Offered an alliance of Germany and Mexico

• Was a precursor to World War 1 where the US was fighting Germany

42. War Industries Board:

• In charge of the goods and products involved in the war

• Started the widespread use of mass-production manufacturing

• Run by the government

43. Herbert Hoover

• Served as president from 1929 to 1933

• Was firm in his belief that there should be government involvement in the economy

• Roosevelt beat him in his attempt at reelection

44.  AEF:

• The men who fought during WW1

• Fighting against Germany

• Amongst the armies of French, British, Canadian, and Australian

45. Depression of 1920:

• Followed World War 1

• Two-years long

• Army men were returning home

• this took away jobs from women and those who had them during the war so there was a job shortage

46. Sacco Vanzetti Case:

• Sacco and Vanzetti were accused of murdering two men in a robbery

• Were put on trial

• pleaded guilty resulting in the death penalty

• people were made because they thought the trial was not fair

47. Billy Sunday:

• A renowned evangelist

• Most active during the prohibition period of the 1900s

48. Sigmund Freud:

• Made prominent the concept of the unconscious mind

• id, ego, and superego

• From the mid 1800s

49. Election of 1920:

• Harding won

• The main focus was recovering from WW1

• Prohibition became a common topic during this time

50. Glass-Steagall Act:

• Gave details of the banking act

• Divided the concepts of commercial vs. investment banking

• Was repealed in 1999

51. Wagener Act

• Gave more rights to workers

• Made unions more acceptable and prevalent

52. Deficit spending

• Spending more than you have

• The government would borrow money

53. Social Security Act

• Gave social security and safety

• Benefits for those in need

54. Liberty League

• A group of important (rich and successful) people

• Were against the New Deal by Roosevelt

55. Bank Holiday

• Roosevelt closed banks for a week

• Goal was to boost the economy

• George Harrison and Eugene Meyer

56. Keynesian Economics

• In favor of capitalism

• Thought it was the duty of the government to help when people needed aid

57. “Court Packing” proposal

• Roosevelt presidency

• He wanted to make the supreme court bigger

• 15 judges

• His intention was to have more judges in support of his New Deal

58. Indian Reorganization Act

• Made the government less involved in Native American’s business

• Finally gave them greater autonomy

59. Mussolini

• Led the Fascists

• Italian

• He was overthrown in 1943

60. Quarantine Speech

• By Roosevelt

• He wanted the world to avoid conflict and violence with other nations

61. Munich Conference

• Gave permission for Germany to get rid of Sudetenland

• 1938

• Took place in Munich Germany

62. “Cash and Carry” policy

• Roosevelt

• Took the place of the Neutrality Acts

• 1939

63. Election of 1940

• After the Great Depression

• Roosevelt won by a lot against Republican, Willkie

• VP to Roosevelt was Wallace

64. Pearl Harbor

• Japanese attack to the U.S.

• A naval base

• Hawaiian territory

65. Atlantic Charter

• Roosevelt spoke of his actions and response to the world war

• Recognized by other nations

• Involved Winston Churchill as a fellow writer of it

66. Stalingrad

• Germans vs. Soviet Union

• Fighting over who gets Stalingrad in Russia

67. Casablanca Conference

• Where planning of military action in world war took place

• During the Roosevelt presidency

• Involved Churchill

68. Yalta Conference

• The world leaders that were there agreed on their focus to resolve the war

• Decided that Germany needed to end their violence

69. Socialism:

• Less government and more focus on the population as a whole

• People’s opinions

70.  Superpowers

• Referred to the U.S and the Soviet Union

71. Marshall Plan

• Consisted of the United States helping Europe by giving them large sums of money

• Post World War 2

72. Truman- McArthur controversy

• Regarded the Korean War

• McArthur wanted to target China while Truman was against it because he thought it would lead to more violence

• McArthur disrespected him by continuing to voice his opinions

73. Cuban Missile Crisis

• Lasted thirteen days

• Fought over the missles said to be dropped on Cuba by the Soviets

74. Potsdam Conference

• Involved the big three world political leaders

• The final conference where there was discussion on what should be done to resolve WW1

75. Iron Curtain Speech

• Churchill spoke of how he wanted to aid Europe after the war

• Took place at Westminister College

76. Communism

• Came from the ideas of Karl Marx

• Items are available to all

• Success is determined by one’s own abilities to work

77. Truman Doctrine

• A plan to deal with expansion

• Truman applied his methodology when dealing with Greece and Turkey a year later

• Plan to aid all nations with a democracy

78. Berlin Blockade

• During the Cold War

• Built by the Soviet Union

• They were trying to make less nations able to invade

79. Brikmanship

• A forceful and aggressive way of dealing with other powers

• When a nation pushes another nation out in an attempt to gain greater leverage for themselves

80. Eisenhower Doctrine

• A nation in threat can ask the U.S for help  

• Directed at the Middle East

• Specifically protecting these nations from the Soviets

81. Bay of Pigs

• At the time of the Cold War

• The gov tried to invade Cuba to rid Castro of his power but they had more military than expected

• Negative outcome, failure on Kennedy’s part

82. Taft-Hartley Act

• Also known as the Labor Management Relations Act

• Put restrictions on the abilities had by unions

83. Election of 1948

• Truman beat the Republican, Dewey

• Significant because everyone thought Dewey was going to win

84. Postwar inflation

• There is an economic boom during war because manufacturing increases

• When the war is over, the troops are back home and replace the women and children who filled the job previously

• This creates an economic upset and thus inflation

85. Employment Act of 1946

• Gave greater responsibilities to the government

• Focused on the problems of inflation and those without a job

86. McCarthyism

• Against communists

• Trying to prove guilt without any actual reasoning or evidence

87. National Security Act

• The United States changed the agenda of the military and how they handled safety issues

• 1947

88. Interstate Highway

• During Eisenhower’s presidency

• Part of the greater Highway system of the U.S.

89. NATO

• An alliance between North America and Europe

• Based in Belgium 1949

• Consists of twelve nations

90. Ernest Hemingway

• Author

• wrote about the hardships of war

• his writings revolve  around propaganda and spiritual topics

91. Federal Trade Commission

• 1914

• Wilson’s presidency

• Purpose was to represent the people and take down business giants

92. Federal Reserve Act

• Made the federal reserve system to be the main means of U.S banking

• 1913

• can be altered by congress

93. Hay-Pauncefort Treaty

• 1901

• created the Panama canal

• Between the U.S and the United Kingdom

94. Open Door Notes

• Equality between countries working with China on trade

• 1899

• pro-china

95. Bering Sea Controversy

• U.S.  vs. Canada and Britain

• U.S wanted ownership over the ocean between them so they could have access to the hunting of animals in that area

• Denied by Britain, the U.S took calim to the land anyways

96. Panama Revolution

• Where Panama gained independence from Columbia

• The panama canal company helped make it happen

• Nov 3, 1903 is when Panama officially gained independence

97. Treaty of Portsmouth

• Put an end to the Russian vs Japan war

• The back and forth between making negotations was long lasting

• Officiated in New Hampshire

• Roosevelt

98. The Jungle

• 1906

• book by Upton Sinclair

• based on the hardships dealt with by immigrants at the time

99. Forest Reserve Act

• 1891

• Harrison’s presidency

• Gave land to be saved from the mass industrialization that was occuring

100. Hawley-Smoot Tariff

• Increased rate of tariffs

• 1930

• intended to benefit farmers and business men

• negative effects

• enhanced the Great Depression

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