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Exam 2
Progressive, Age of Imperialism, WW1,
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History
Undergraduate 4
03/29/2010

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Party "Bosses"
William Tweed
Definition
Democrat
Hamma Hall
Term
Party "Bosses"
Marcus Hanna
Definition
Republican
Cleveland
Term
Muckrakers
Definition
Journalists and investigative reporters who publish in magazines and newspapers who expose what is going on in the world.
Term
Ida Tarbell
Definition
-Her father was involved in oil
-Exposes bribery to destroy competition
-"History of the Standard Oil"
Term
Lincoln Steffens
Definition
-Exposed Minnesota & St. Louis
-Local government was bought off
-"Cleveland is the best governed city in America"
Term
David Philips
Definition
-"Treason of the Senate"
-Millionaires Club
Term
16th Amendment
Definition
Income Tax
Term
17th Amendment
Definition
Direct election of senators
Term
"The New Freedom"
Definition
-Triple wall of privilege
-Very progressive
Term
Alfred Thamer Manan
Definition
-"On Sea Power"
Term
Queen LuLu
Definition
-Monarch independent in Hawaii
-US wanted Pearl Harbor, but Hawaii was not interested.
Term
Re-concentration Camps
Definition
-"Butcher" Weyler sets them up
-They're just like prison
-You must be in the cams at dark so they know who you are
Term
Yellow Journalism
Definition
-Sometimes the stories are true
-Sensational stories
Term
Delome Letter
Definition
Spanish ambassador sends a letter to Spain. The letter is stolen and published in US newspapers. They call McKinly a coward, not a leader
Term
Teller Amendment
Definition
-US passes
-We are not looking to annex Cuba
Term
Treaty of Paris
Definition
Cuba is "free" from Spain but not US
Term
Emilio Aguinalda
Definition
-Freedom fighter who aided Battle of Manilla Bay
Term
Alliance System
Definition
-Triple Entente=Britain, France, Russia
-Triple Alliance=Germany, Turkey, AustriaHungry
Term
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Definition
-His assassination was the SPARK to WWI
Term
Zimmerman Note
Definition
Zimmerman sends note to Mexican govt saying if US gets involved in Europe, Mexico gets involved w/ US.
Term
Selective Service Act 1917
Definition
-Draft
-only got volunteers of 73,000 in a period of 2 months, so this needed to be done
-Women and African Americans involved
Term
AEF
Definition
-American Expeditionary Force
-Pershing used integrated troops
Term
The 14 Points
Definition
-Wilson
-Wrote after Treaty of Versailles
-#14 was a league of nations
Term
lost generation
Definition
-writers who expose the changes going on.
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