U.S History vocab 2 by

U.S History vocab 2 by https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8 Made with the best of intentions en-us 2018-04-23 23:58:18 UTC 2018-04-24 00:31:05 UTC hello@padlet.com 1. Gilded Age- From the 1870s to about 1900. The term was coined (created) by writerMark Twain in "The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today" (1873), which satirized (made fun of)an era of serious problems masked by a thin gold gilding gavinparks1 https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254640407 2018-04-24 00:02:20 UTC https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254640407 2. Progressive era- Time at the turn of the 20th century in which groups sought to reformAmerica economically, socially, and politically gavinparks1 https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254640758 2018-04-24 00:05:30 UTC https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254640758 3. Populist party- a national third party representing laborers, farmers, and industrialworkers gavinparks1 https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254640806 2018-04-24 00:06:01 UTC https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254640806 4. Muckrackers- group of investigative reporters, writers, and social scientists - worked toexpose the abuses of industry and expose corruption in all levels of government gavinparks1 https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254640863 2018-04-24 00:06:32 UTC https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254640863 5. Imperialism- a policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countriespolitically, socially, and economically. gavinparks1 https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254640944 2018-04-24 00:07:14 UTC https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254640944 6. Alfred T. Mahan- President of Naval War College - America's leading advocate forimperial expansion. A country needed a powerful navy - wrote "The Influence of SeaPower Upon History." gavinparks1 https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254641021 2018-04-24 00:07:56 UTC https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254641021 7. Sanford B. Dole- 1894 wealthy, plantation owner and politician who was namedPresident of New Republic of Hawaii. He asked the U.S. to annex Hawaii gavinparks1 https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254641094 2018-04-24 00:08:42 UTC https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254641094 8. 1898- Spanish-American War - Conflict between the U.S. and Spain in which the U.S.supported the Cubans fight for independence. gavinparks1 https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254641276 2018-04-24 00:09:24 UTC https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254641276 9. Result of Spanish-America War- Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam became territoriesof the U.S. U.S. became a world power. gavinparks1 https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254641356 2018-04-24 00:10:07 UTC https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254641356 10. Causes of Spanish-American War- Yellow journalism - imperialism - Spain brutality tothe Cubans - explosion of the USS Maine. gavinparks1 https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254641420 2018-04-24 00:10:40 UTC https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254641420 11. Yellow Journalism- journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to createsensations and attract readers. gavinparks1 https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254641480 2018-04-24 00:11:14 UTC https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254641480 12. Theodore Roosevelt- Leader of the Rough Riders - 26th president of the U.S. - SquareDeal - Panama Canal gavinparks1 https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254641540 2018-04-24 00:11:46 UTC https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254641540 14. Dollar Diplomacy- Foreign policy idea by Taft to make countries dependent on the U.S.by heavily investing in their economies gavinparks1 https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254641610 2018-04-24 00:12:21 UTC https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254641610 15. Why did the U.S. want to grow (imperialism)- it was our destiny -need for democracy -fordefense against countries -make money from other countries gavinparks1 https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254641662 2018-04-24 00:12:48 UTC https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254641662 16. Monroe Doctrine- 1823 - Declared that Europe should not interfere in the affairs of theWestern Hemisphere and that any attempt at interference by a European power wouldbe seen as a threat to the U.S. gavinparks1 https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254641759 2018-04-24 00:13:19 UTC https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254641759 17. Open Door Policy- A policy proposed by the U.S. in 1899, under which all nations wouldhave equal opportunities to trade in China gavinparks1 https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254641834 2018-04-24 00:13:57 UTC https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254641834 18. WWI- 1914-1918 - as first known as the Great War gavinparks1 https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254641912 2018-04-24 00:14:42 UTC https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254641912 19. Main Causes of WWI- M-Militarism A-Alliances I-Imperialism N-Nationalism gavinparks1 https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254641964 2018-04-24 00:15:11 UTC https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254641964 20. Spark that ignited the war- Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand ofAustria-Hungary by the Black Hand gavinparks1 https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254642020 2018-04-24 00:15:41 UTC https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254642020 21. Trench Warfare-fighting using trenches, mines and barbed wire. Horrible livingconditions, great slaughter, stalemate gavinparks1 https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254642111 2018-04-24 00:16:18 UTC https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254642111 22. Why U.S. entered WWI- 1915 - Lusitania sunk by Germans (killed 125 Americans) gavinparks1 https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254642194 2018-04-24 00:16:48 UTC https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254642194 23. Zimmerman telegram (created by Germans to provoke a war between Mexico and U.S. -to distract the U.S.)- Germany used unrestricted submarine warfare gavinparks1 https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254642258 2018-04-24 00:17:20 UTC https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254642258 24. Selective Service Act- Law passed by Congress in 1917 that required all men from ages21 to 30 to register for the military draft. gavinparks1 https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254642344 2018-04-24 00:17:59 UTC https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254642344 25. General John J. Pershing- General of the American Expeditionary Force in WWI gavinparks1 https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254642396 2018-04-24 00:18:34 UTC https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254642396 26. Battle of Argonne Forest- 1 million American soldiers fought in the final Allied offensive.Heavy German fire killed more than 100,000 Americans, but in the end, the Allies won. gavinparks1 https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254642460 2018-04-24 00:19:02 UTC https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254642460 27. Alvin York- killed 25 machine-gunners and captured 132 German soldiers - wonCongressional Medal of Freedom gavinparks1 https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254642810 2018-04-24 00:21:32 UTC https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254642810 28. WWI Technology- airplanes - poisonous gas - tanks - machine guns - zeppelins - flamethrowers - barbed wire - submarines gavinparks1 https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254642897 2018-04-24 00:22:18 UTC https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254642897 29. Fourteen Points- A series of proposals in which U.S. president Woodrow Wilson outlineda plan for achieving a lasting peace after WWI. gavinparks1 https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254643009 2018-04-24 00:23:04 UTC https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254643009 30. League of Nations- World organization established in 1920 to promote internationalcooperation and peace proposed by President Wilson in 1918. U.S. did NOT join. gavinparks1 https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254643152 2018-04-24 00:24:05 UTC https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254643152 31. Treaty of Versailles- Treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 end ofWWI. Germany had to accept the War Guilt Clause and pay reparations. gavinparks1 https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254643235 2018-04-24 00:24:39 UTC https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254643235 32. Propoganda- ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause gavinparks1 https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254643356 2018-04-24 00:25:27 UTC https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254643356 33. Sedition Act- 1918 law that made it illegal to criticize the government gavinparks1 https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254643455 2018-04-24 00:26:12 UTC https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254643455 34. Women in WWI- Nurses, cooked meals for soldiers, work in factories, made cloths forsoldiers, made hospital supplies, etc. gavinparks1 https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254643558 2018-04-24 00:26:52 UTC https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254643558 35. Henry Cabot Lodge- Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee - he was aleader in the fight against participation in the League of Nations gavinparks1 https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254643682 2018-04-24 00:27:32 UTC https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254643682 36. Prohibition- Period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages wasprohibited in the U.S. gavinparks1 https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254643816 2018-04-24 00:28:14 UTC https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254643816 37. Why did the prohibition begin?- to reduce crime and corruption, solve social problems,and reduce tax burden created by prisons and poorhouses gavinparks1 https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254643945 2018-04-24 00:28:48 UTC https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254643945 38. Why did prohibition fail?- crime began to rise and it was too difficult to regulate illegalalcohol gavinparks1 https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254644299 2018-04-24 00:29:45 UTC https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254644299 39. 18th Amendment- prohibited the manufacture, sale and distribution of alcoholicbeverages in the U.S. gavinparks1 https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254644401 2018-04-24 00:30:27 UTC https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254644401 40. 19th Amendment- Womens rights to vote. gavinparks1 https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254644486 2018-04-24 00:31:00 UTC https://padlet.com/gavinparks1/mu7kac51wlw8/wish/254644486