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Yellow Journalism was used to exploit,distort, and exaggerate the news to create sensations and attract readers that might not have previously found interest in the media
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American battleship that was exploded and caused the SPanish American War. AMericans viewed it as an attack by the Spanish.
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The statement declared the U.S as uninterested in taking control of Cuba post-Spanish American War.
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Occurred after Queen Liliuokalani surrendered all lands to "the superior forces of the United States" in 1893. The United States protectorate when the Queen was overthrown.
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Letter by a Spanish diplomat that criticized President McKinley that was leaked to newspapers, americans saw it as an attack causing a the feeling of nationalism
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Policy proposed by John Hay in the late 19th century and early 20th century that would allow a system of trade in China openly and equally among all participating countries. Instilled American imperialism in overseas markets whilst also maintaining peace among nations.
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Passed as a part of the 1901 Army Appropriations Bill, stipulating seven conditions for the withdrawal of United States troops from CUba at the end of the Spanish-American War and an 8th conditions stating Cuba's acceptance of all stipulations. Although U.S troops were removed from the island, the conditions outlined that the United States may intervene with Cuba government to instill peace among its society.
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Theodore Roosevelt's domestic program was referred, outlining a set of policies that attempted to prevent further labor abuses and improve working conditions, whilst also protecting America's natural landscape.
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Amended the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887. THe interstate Commerce Act was amended as a means of imposing heavy fines on railroads that accepted a list of rebates.
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Addition to the original Monroe Doctrine (1823) articulated by President THeaodore Roosevelt in his State of the Union address in 1904 after the Venezuelan Crisis of 1902-1903.
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Waterway in Central America that was built for the purpose of creating a faster journey from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. The canal was built when the U.S sparked the beginning of the Panamanian Revolution.
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Anti-Trust lawsuits were often times used to break up monopolies or trusts that were found to be restraining trade and creating a strain on the economy.
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Supreme Court decision ruling that a New York law restricting bakery employees working hours to 60 per week was unconstitutional,violating the 14th amendment.
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Gave the Interstate Commerce Commission the power to set maximum railroad rates and extend its jurisdiction further west.Permit the discontinuation of free passes to loyal shippers.
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Provided for only limited supervision of interstate sales of meat and meat products.
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Halted the sale of contaminated foods and medicines and also called for truth in labeling.
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declared women to be provided by state mandate, less work than was allotted to men. Sparking a questions based on the liberty of women to negotiate work contracts with employers.
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National Association of the Colored People, was founded on February 12 of 1908 by W.E.B Dubois.
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Tariff named after Senator Aldrich and Representative Payne was a bill raising certain tariffs on good entering the United States.
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used during President Taft's term. FOrm of American foreign policy to further its aims in Latin AMerican and East Asia through use of economic power and guaranteed loans.
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Federal law passed during the Progressive Movement that extended the 1887 interstate Commerce Act and authority of the ICC to set railroad rates and regulate the telecommunications industry.
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This amendment allows the federal government to levy or collect an income tax from all Americans. Other taxes, such as those collected from homeowners and property owners, are considered to be "direct" taxes in the Constitution.
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gives voters the power to directly elect their senators. It also states that the U.S. Senate includes two senators to be selected from each state for six-year terms
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(AKA Revenue Act)this tariff reimposed the federal income tax after the 16th amendment and lowered basic tariff rates.
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form of diplomacy proposed by President Woodrow Wilson in his 1912 election that is a system in which support is given only to countries whose beliefs are analogous to our's.
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act of Congress that created the Federal Reserve System and which created the authority to issue Federal Reserve Notes as legal tenders.
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Antitrust Law with the goal of adding further substance to the U.S. antitrust law regime. Clayton, however, sought to prevent noncompetitive practices in incipiency.
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independent agency of the United States government, established in 1914 by the Federal Trade Commission Act which promoted the protection of consumers and pushed to eliminate anti-competitive business practices.
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sinking of the Cunard ocean liner occurred during the first world war, as Germany waged submarine warfare against the United Kingdom which had implemented a naval blockade against Germany.
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This was a federal law that updated the Militia Act of 1903, which related to the organization of the military, particularly the National Guard.
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this statute announced the intention of the United States government to"withdraw their sovereignty over the Philippine Islands as soon as stable government can be established therein".
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federal law aimed at increasing credit to rural family farmers. It accomplished this through the creation of federal farm loan bards, twelve regional farm loan banks, and tens of farm loan associations.
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American women's political organization, founded by both Alice Paul and Lucy Burns, formed in 1916 to fight for women's suffrage.
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Formally known as the Keating-Owen Act, this was a short-lived statute enacted by Congress which sought to address child labor by prohibiting it. However, this act was later turned over by the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January of 1917 that proposed an alliance between Germany and, America's friendly neighbor, Mexico.
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President Woodrow Wilson requested a declaration of war at a joint session before Congress. Later, the United States would formally declare war against the German ally Austria-Hungary on December 7, 1917.
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authorized the United States government to raise a national army for service in World War I through the use of conscription, or drafting of men, which angered many Americans.
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federal law passed on June 15, 1917, shortly after the United States entry into World War I. Although it had been amended numerously over time, its original purpose was to make it illegal to write or say anything critical of American involvement in war, similarly to that of the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798.
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statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations to hopefully reach a end to World War I. The principles were originally outlined in a speech on war and peace terms to the United States Congress by President Woodrow Wilson.
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used as an extension of the Espionage Act to cover a broader range of offenses, notably speeches and the expression of opinions that cast the United States government or war effort in a particularly negative light.
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treaty of peace during World War I that essentially ended the state of war between Germany and allied powers.
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prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors in the United States and territories under United States jurisdiction thereof.
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National Prohibition Act, this provided enforcement for the eighteenth amendment by completely prohibiting the sale and manufacture of alcohol.
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series of raids conducted from November of 1919 to January of 1920 during the First Red Scare under President Woodrow Wilson that intended on capturing and arresting suspected radical leftists, mostly including Italians and other Eastern Europeans.
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stated that the right of United States citizens to vote cannot be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.
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the bureau reviewed funding requests from government departments and assisted the president in formulating the budget.
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bound together the United States, Britain, Japan, and France with efforts of preserving the status quo of the Pacific Ocean.
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treaty set limitations on weaponry and military in the United States, Britain, Italy, Japan, and France.
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Emergency Quota Act, the law was formulated mainly in response to the large influx of immigrants particularly Jews escaping persecution. In response, they restricted European immigration to only 3% of the people of each nationality.
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reinvention of John Hay's Open Door Policy that stated all members to allow equal and fair trading with China and respect territorial rights of each nation. The list of nations includes the United States, China, France, Japan, Great Britain, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Portugal.
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increased tariffs on imported goods because the United States Congress displayed a pro-business attitude in passing the tariff and in promoting foreign trade by providing huge loans to European markets.
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resolve the World War I reparations that German had to pay that were essentially straining diplomacy following World War I and the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.
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law on the reduction of immigration limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States from the original 3% set in the Quota Law of 1921 to a new 2% of the people of each Eastern European nationality through a national origins quota.
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international agreement in which signatory states promised not to use war to resolve "disputes or conflicts of whatever nature or whatever origin they may be".
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stock market fist began to crash, October 24, 1929. On this other day, October 29, panic set in as millions of shares of stocks traded at ever-falling prices.
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act implementing protectionist trade policies, raising United States tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods sponsored strongly by Senator Reed Smoot and Representative Wills C. Hawley.
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government corporation administered by the United States Federal Government that provided financial support to state and local governments and made loans to banks, railroads, mortgage associations, and other businesses.
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lead by a group of over 43,000 people- mostly veterans of WWI and their families- known as the Bonus Army, who gathered in Washington D.C. in the summer of 1932 demanding cash-payment redemption of their service certifications.
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declared in a not to Japan and China, following Japan's military seizure on Manchuria, that the United States would not recognize any international territorial changes brought about by force.
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shortened the "lame duck" period that oftentimes followed elections by officially moving inaugurations of presidents, vice presidents, senators, and representatives from March to January.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt's policy toward Latin America emphasizing trade and cooperation rather than imperialistic intervention. It aimed to reduce direct foreign intervention centered purely around economic nativism.
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New Deal agency that provided millions of jobs to construct public buildings.
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New Deal agency that was created to help control flooding, soil conservation, and bring hydroelectric power to the mid-south.
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Congress passed this amendment to officially repeal prohibition and stating that the sale and importation of all intoxicating beverages in any state with violations thereof is prohibited.
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created to the Federal Deposit Insurance Company, insuring all loans of up to five thousand dollars.
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loaned money at low interest to homeowners who were unable to meet mortgage payments.
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relieved household unemployment by creating new unskilled job opportunities.
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enforced codes that regulated wages, prices, and working conditions.
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executive branch the right to regulate banks at times of economic crisis or depression.
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New Deal act belatedly tried to restore the tribal basis of Indian life by providing Native Americans with direct ownership of their land, credit, a constitution, and private affairs whilst also weakening the authority of the United States federal government.
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this is a United States federal law that established the process for the Philippines, at the time a U.S. colony, to become an independent country after a ten-year transition period.
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foundational statute of the United State labor law which guarantees basic rights of private sector employees to organize into trade unions, engage in collective bargaining, and more.
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New Deal United States federal law established a system of old-age benefits for workers, benefits for those injured in industrial accidents, unemployment insurance, and aid for dependent mothers and children, the blind, and the physically handicapped.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt won the vote for his second term, however only because Long was assassinated months prior.
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this act banned the shipment of war materials to belligerents and forbade United States citizens from travelling aboard belligerent vessels.
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speech was provided by President Franklin D. Roosevelt calling for an international "quarantine" against the "epidemic of world lawlessness" conducted by countries such as Germany.
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Warsaw surrendered to the Germans on September 27, 1939. Standing by their guarantee of protection for Poland's borders, Britain and France declared war on Germany and the Soviet Union on September 3, 1939.
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This act authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in World War II through conscription, also known as drafting.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt insisted that people in all nations of the world shared Americans' entitlement to four freedoms: freedom of speech and expression, freedom to worship God, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.
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America decided not to trade oil and material with the Japanese, a much needed commodity during World War II. Rather than altering their aggressive behavior, the Japanese became very angry with Americans and secretly planned the attack and bombing of Pearl Harbor.
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surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base in Hawaii, leading to the United States' formal entry into World War II.
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the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The next day, Germany and Italy, led respectively by Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, declared war on the United States, forcing the U.S. Congress respond in kind.
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secret U.S. project that was administered for the construction of the atomic bomb during World War II.
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African American civil rights organization in the United States that played a pivotal role for the advancement of African Americans during the Civil Rights Movement.
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decisive naval conflict in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place only six months after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor and only one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea.
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measure enacted by the United States Congress, over Franklin D. Roosevelt's veto, authorizing the power to seize and operate privately owned war plants when an actual strike interfered with war productions.
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campaign and drive to promote the fight for democracy in overseas campaigns and at the home front in the United States for African Americans during World War II.
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United States Supreme Court case with regard to voting rights and racial desegregation, which essentially overturned the Texan law authorizing the Democratic party to set internal rules.
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the day in World War II on which Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy under Operation Overlord. The day is recorded as the largest seaborne invasion in history.
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During the final stage of World War II, the United States detonated two nuclear weapons over these Japanese cities after obtaining the consent of the United Kingdom under the Quebec Agreement.
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surrender of Imperial Japan was announced on August 15, 1945 and officially signed September 2, 1945, bringing the hostilities of World War II to a close, making the nation of Japan incapable of conducting major operations.
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international body formed to bring nations into dialogue in hopes of preventing future world wars much like that of the League of Nations, formed post World War I, however much more realistic in keeping peace throughout the world.
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Germany had been divided into four zones, disarmed, and chose to finally surrender on May 7, 1945.