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- 1election of 1900Republicans-mckinley- T roosevelt(vp)
democrats- william jennings bryan
sept. 1901- Mckinley shot- TR-youngest american president to date - 2Teddy Rooseveltwealthy
"speak softly and carry a big stick"
manly americanism
"muscular christianity"
"steward of the people" - 3the panama canal-trade route across nicaragua
-an 1848 treaty between US and Colombia guaranteed american right of traansit across the isthmus- Washington promises to maintain neutrality of the route to protect trade for all - 4Hay-pauncefote treaty 1901 Philippe Bunau-Varillabritish withdraw objections to US canal
-French
-US troops stop columbians - 5Panama evolution1903
recognized the new government of Panama- allowed the sale of the canal and widened the canal zone- 10 mile strip - 6Col. William C. Gorgasended the threat of yellow fever in Havana
- 7Col. George Washington Goethalswest point trained engineercompleted the Panama Canal project- $400 million-virtual despot
- 8Roosevelt Corollary to the monroe doctrine"preventive intervention"
recognized self-determination for latin american countries But only for nations that acted "with reasonable efficiency and decency in social and political matters."
a pattern of rongdoing(such as failure to pay debts) would result in US acting as an "international police power" - 9russo-japanese war 1904-1905-Japanese sneak attack on port arthur; destroy russian baltic fleet @ battle of Tsushima(45 mins!)
US= friend to both japan and russia
Roosevelt mediates a peace @ Portsmouth,NH (Japanese request) - 10treaty of portsmouth 1905russia unhappy- feels US favored japan
japan recieves Korea, but also unhappy-wants more
arms race between japan and the US gets ugly - 11US relations with Japanfears of "yellow peril" and discrimination against japanese
san francisco earthquake 1906
overcrowded public schools
segregated
japanese insulted-threaten war!
roosevelt not amused - 12Gentlemen's agreement 1907-1908to stop japanese immigration to US
SF desegregated schools - 13"the great white fleet" 1907Tr called for 16 battleships, all painted white, to make a world war
- 14root-takahira agreement 1908US and japan agree to respect one another's possessions in the pacific
US and japan stand together to support the open door policy in china
goodwill engendered by this agreement will last until after WWI - 15progressivism progressive era 1900-1920the power of the government is to be used to bring reform to the social and economic problems caused by the advent of industrialism
- 16(1)liberalismalliance between the people and the government to protect society against the abuses of laissez faire capitalism
economic goals:check abuses by large corporations
political goals: extend or protect the rights of underrepresented groups
protect the peopele against corruption and the abuse of power on the part of politicians - 17(2)liberismmaintaining power in the hands of a small elite class which mtains its privileged status over other classes in american society
- 181900-1920 progressive eraTR, Taft, and Wilson (rep. and dem.)
- 191933-1945 new dealFDR(dem.)
- 201945-1953 fair dealTruman (dem.)
- 211961-1963 new frontierJFK (dem.)
- 221963-1969 great societyLBJ (dem.)
- 23key progressive ideasgov't- should be pos for change and reform
balence between laissez-faire and radical reforms
strong middle class-lead reforms - 24social gospel movementprotestant church sould lead the way in humanitarian reform
ex-salvation army and jane addams's Hll House - 25muckrakersinvestigative reporters
write about the abuse to expose it to the public so that the public can demand change - 26Goo Goo" good government guys"
suppport reform in city government - 27mueller V. Oregonweaker female bodies deserved "special laws and regulations" to keep them from being asked to do harmful jobs in the factories
- 28"referendums"let the people vote on new laws
- 2917th amendment in 1913direct election of senators
one of the iggest successes of the progressive movement - 30Robert M. LaFollette of wisconsinbest known progressive polititian
wisconsin idea- included "recall" elections, direct election of senators, referendums, and special investigative commision to look into abuses- made Wisconsin the most progressive state - 31TR's Square dealthree C's-control of te corporations
-consumer protection
-conservation of natural resources - 32united mine workers went on strike1902
coal mines shut down
demands higher wages, 9 hour work day, union recognition, collective bargaining - 33department of commerce and laborcreated by congress as a cabinent lavel office in 1903
- 34"trust-bust"control of corporations
strengten interstate commerce commission by giving it the means to enforce the laws - 35elkins act of 1903railroads can only charge published rates for travel and shipping
- 36hepburn act of 1906ICC can set maximum rates for railroads
- 37bureau of corporations in 1903investigate anti-trust violations
- 38northern securities v. US 1904railroad monopoly in NW
JP morgan & james hill
SCOTUS dissolved the monopoly- wall street was not happy - 39conservation movement and TRmotivated by TR's love for outdoors and time spent in the west
- 40Newlands act of 1902federal funding for water projects in west
- 41sierra clubconservation group founded in 1892
sponser: John Muir- to reclaim land to preserve the vanishing frontier
but
split- Giffard Pinchot and others wanted the wilderness left in pristine state - 42panic of 1907wall street blames TR's "trust Busting"
short lived- leads to creation of federal reserve in 1913 - 43william Howard Taft (1909-1913)gov. of philipines
loved law- hated presidency
laer became chief jusice of SCOTUS
"i dont remember i ever was president"
he distrusted change - 44Taft's Dollar diplomacysubstitude economic ties for military alliances with the idea of increasing American influence
called indirect imperialism- financial big stick
taft busted mor trusts than TR - 45"rule of reason"only those business combination that "unreasably" restrained trade were illegal
- 46Us steel in 1911most famous case
JP morgan- bought steel from carnegie
TR had encouraged US steel to buy failing comp.
Taft sues US steel TR - 47Pane-Aldrich Bill 1909Conservative Taft splits the Republican party
raised something by 40% - 48pinchot v. ballingertaft and sec. of the interior, richard ballinger opened up public lands in wyoming, montana, and alaska for development in 1910 pinchot protested-taft fires him-infuriates TR, progressives, and conervationists
- 49Bull Moose PartyTR and progressive republicans- progressive party-election
- 50election of 1912the "bull mooses" election
dem.- woodrow wilson- pro small business
rep.- Taft
bull moose party- TR-3rd party- progressive party
Wilson wins! - 51wilson's new freedomsupporting business and free enterprise
no more trusts
fragmentation of the big corporations
would propel the economy
better standard of living for everyone - 52Tr's new nationalismregulation of business
more trust-busting
votes for women
minimum wage laws
very similar to the new deal ideas of FDR - 53woodrow wilson(1913-1921) democratamerican e! ideals(jeffersonian dem.-faith in the educated mases) + "city on a hill"
foreign policy= naivete(ineptness), europe(WI)
effective in getting legislation passed - 54wilson's domestic policyvowed to fight "triple wall of privilege:tariff,banks,trusts,"- first pres. to adress joint houses of congress in person
- 55underwood tarrif bill 1913lowered the tarrif for the first time in 50 years-more efficient business=better goods=more competitive abroad
- 5616th amendmentallows for a graduated income tax(populist idea)
- 571913 federal reserve actmost important piece of economic legislation between the civil war and the new deal
decentralized bank in gov't hands
nation's currency too inflexible for industrial economies
12 regionl banks
issues paper currency- federal reserve notes - 58federal trade commission act of 1914authorized presidentially appointed commissions to investigate and regulate monopolies
- 59clayton anti-trust act of 1914strengthened the regulatory practices of the gov't and made unions and picketing legal
- 60federal farm loan act of 1916low-interest loans available to farmers
- 61workman's compensation act of 1916provisions for disabled federal workers
- 62adamson act of 1916eight hour work day for railroad workers
- 63louis d. brandeisfirst jewish justice of the supreme court-nominated by wilson
big limitation of progressives
but wilson continues a national pattern of ignoring segregation and limiting of civil rights for blacks - 64wilson's foreign policyirony: wilson disliked TR's "big stick" and Taft's "dollar diplomacy" but he uses both
- 65panama canal toll actrepealed
it exempted american shipping from paying tolls
now US ships must pay! - 66jones act of 1916promises people of philippines their independence when they had a stable gov't-that would be in 1946
- 67"yankee lake"the caribbean
protecting the approaches too the panama canal
wilson sends US marines to Haiti after revolution in 1915 until 1934
also sends them to dominicn repulic
US purchased the virgin islands from denmark-1917 - 68Revolution in mexicojust study this in notes, i dont want to type it all out...
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