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Recall
Remove elected official from office
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17th Amendment
Let people vote for senators
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NAWSA
National American Womens Suffrage Association
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19th Amendment
Gave women the right to vote
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Suffrage
The right to vote
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Referendum
People vote on initiative
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Muckraker
People who exposed troubles in government
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Meat Inspection Act
- 1906
- Dictated strict cleanliness requirements for meat packers
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Gifford Pinchot
- Head of U.S. Forest Service under Roosevelt
- Was fired by Taft
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Ellis Island
- 20% of imagrants passed through here
- In New York harbor
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Angel Island
- Asian Imagrants
- San Fransisco Bay
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Chinese Exclusion Act
Banned entry of all asians except teachers, merchants, tourists, and government officals
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Melting pot
A mix of races and cultures that blend together and speak same language
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Nativism
Favoring native born americans
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Gentlemen’s Agreement
Japan limited the entry of unskilled workers to the US
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Queen Liliuokalani
Was queen of Hawaii 1893
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Alfred T. Mahan
- Admiral of Navy
- Built up the US naval powers
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Pearl Harbor
US built naval base in Hawaii 1887
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Imperialism
When stronger nation take over military, politics, or economics of a smaller nation
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William Seward
- Secratary of state under Abe Lincoln and Andrew Johnson
- Bought Alaska from Russia
- Supported expansion
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Jose Marti
A Cuban poet and journalist
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Sanford B. Dole
Captured Hawaii
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Yellow journalism
Style of writting which exagerated the truth
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George Dewey
- Commodore
- Landed in philippines
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Valeriano Weyler
- Sent to Cuba by Spain to resore order
- Sent Cubans into concentration camps
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U.S.S. Maine
- Was sent to Cuba to bring home americans
- Was blown up and 260 men died
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Rough Riders
A calvary under Roosevelt and Wood
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Treaty of Paris
Gave US Philpines, Guam, and Puerto Rico
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Foraker Act
Ended military rule in Puerto Rico and set up civil government
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Platt Amendment
- What US had Cuba add to their constitution
- Cuba could not let anyother nations control it
- US could intervine in Cuba
- Cuba could not go into debt
- US could rent land from Cuba
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Protectorate
A country whos affairs are handled by another nation
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Emilio Aguinaldo
Fought for freedom in Phillippines
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John Hay
- US Secratary of State
- Created the open door notes
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Open Door notes
- A letter sugesting that other naions share trade with US
- Made it so there wasnt a monopoly over China
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Boxer Rebellion
When a bunch of Chinese people were killing missionaries and other foregners
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Panama Canal
- Bought by US from Spain
- In Panama ruled by Colombia
- Roosevelt
- Took 10 years to build
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Roosevelt Corollary
- 1904
- Added to Monroe Doctrine
- Said US had right to had right to protect economy by military intervene in western hemisphere nations
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Dollar diplomacy
- Let other countries buy loans from the US
- Taft
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Francisco Villa
Rebelled against Caranza in Mexico
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John Pershing
- Was sent to capture Villa
- Was sent by President Wilson
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Nationalism
Devotion to culture and intrests of ones nation
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militarism
The creation of a military and their use
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Allies
- The Tripple Entente
- Great Britain, France, Russia
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Central Powers
- Triple Alliance
- Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand
- Heir to Austrian thrown
- Killed in Bosnia
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No Man’s land
A empty land that was destroyed by machine guns
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Trench warfare
Dugouts in the ground which were fought for
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Lusitania
A British liner which was sunk by a U-boat
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Zimmerman note
- A letter from German foreign minister to Mexico asking for alliance
- Promising to regain Mexican land
- Was intersected by Britain and given to US
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Selective Service Act
Set up the a draft during WW1
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Convoy system
- System where a heavy gaurd boat led merchant ships
- British
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American Expedition Force
- Fought with Allies in Europe
- Led by Gen. John J Pershing
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General John J Pershing
Led the American Expedition Force
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Armistice
- Truce that ended war
- Signed by Germany
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conscientious objector
Someone who didnt support war because of the Bible
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War Industries Board
- Created 1917
- Lead by Bernard M. Baruch
- Had companies create weapons for war
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propaganda
A form of media that tries to influence the people
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George Creel
- Lead the Committee on Public Information
- Muckraking jurnalist
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Great Migration
Hundreds of thousands of blacks moved into the cities in the north
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Espionage and Sedition Acts
Could be finned and thrown in jail if interfiered with the war
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14 Points
- Wilsons speech before congress
- Ways to prevent another war
- Set up boundary changes
- Established League of Nations
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League of Nations
Association of nations established to promote peace
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Treaty of Versailles
- Established nine new nations
- Took away Germanys army
- Had Germany pay for war
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Senator against the Treaty of Versailles
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Nativism
Prejudice against foreing born
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Isolationism
Pulling away from involvement in world affairs
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Communism
- A government where their is equall wealth and power
- Ruled by dictator
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Anarchists
People who opposed government
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Sacco and Vanzetti
- Arrested for murdering a paymaster
- Were said to have been mistreated because they were Italian
- Were executed
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Quota system
- 1921
- Established a maximum number of people entering from each country
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KKK
Tried driving non Americans out of the country
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Ohio Gang
Hardings friends who played poker with him
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Warren G. Harding
- 1921
- Return to normalcy
- Joined KKK
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Teapot Dome
Albert B Falls secretly leased oil rich land for money and land
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Albert Fall
- Friend of oil executives
- Caused Teapot dome scandal
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Calvin Coolidge
President after Harding
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Urban sprawl
The spread of cities
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Installment plan
Let people pay for things over a long period of time
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Prohibition
- 21st Ammendment
- Banned the use of alchol
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Speakeasy
Hidden nightclubs
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Bootlegger
Someone who sold alcohol
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Fundamentalism
Believed all information was in bible
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Scopes trial
A science teacher taught students of evalution
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Clarence Darrow
The lawyer who defended scopes
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Flapper
- Modern women who were into latest fashion
- Smoked and drank
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Double standard
Gave men more sexual freedom
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Charles Lindbergh
- Flew across the Atlantic 33 hours and 29 minutes
- Spirit of St. Louis
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
Wrote the Great Gatsby
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Ernest Hemingway
A veteran author
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Marcus Garvey
- Founded UNIA
- Believed African Americans should create theie own society
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Langston Hughes
Poet of 1920
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Louis Armstrong
A 1920's Jazz trumpet player and singer
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Duke Ellington
A Jazz pianist of 1920's
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