PROGRESSIVE ERA Chapter 22 39) It was called the Gilded Age because America looked rich but many are poor workers 40) To fight political corruption & ensure ualified people wor!ed in go"t# civil service 4$) T. Nast drew cartoons to e%pose the corruption of this &'C (a)or# Boss Tweed 42) *%posing political & business corruption as well as social proble(s# muckrackers &a(e so(e of those reporters that e%posed corruption# Jacob Riis, Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, Lincoln Steens 43) Upton Sinclair wrote The +ungle, This boo! tells about unsafe and dirty meat packing plants 44) -rogressi"es belie"e that the go"t, should work for the good of the people 4.) To gi"e the people the power to "ote a bill into law# referendum 4/) T0 was called a 1Trust2buster3 because he belie"ed bad monopolies should be broken up and good ones should be controlled by govt. 44) T0 helped 5ilson get elected 6$9$2) 2 he split the 0epublican -art) & for(ed# Bull Moose!rogressive !arty 47) This go"t, agenc) in"estigates unfair businesses practices# "ederal Trade #ommission 49) Anthon) & 8tanton for( the N$SA to a(end the Constitution to allow wo(en to "ote, .0) Those that fought for wo(en9s right to "ote# suffragists .$) The %&th A(end(ent said' women have right to vote .2) The Temperance :o"e(ent wor!ed to stop alcohol use in the ;8, .3) <, 5illard headed the $#TU to end alcohol 6 #arrie Nation used a hatchet,) .4) =oo!er T 5ashington belie"ed in harmony between races while $(B )uBois urged an acti"e resistance to discri(ination, ..) The NAA#! wor!ed to fight discri(ination in the court roo(, ./) The Chinese *%clusion Act & the *entleman+s Agree(ent both stopped Asian i((igration, US I!PERIALIS! Chapter 23 .4) I(perialis( is powerful nations bullycontrol weaker countries .7) The ;8 practices i(perialis( to i(pro"e its trade 6raw (aterials & new (ar!ets)> gain (ore naval bases and to spread culture to 1sa"ages,3 .9) ;8 business(en start a re"olt in ,awaii and re(o"e the ?ueen, /0) <orcing *urope to allow the ;8 into China for trade# -pen )oor !olicy /$) &ewspapers e%aggerate stories 2 helping to being about 8pan,2A(er, 5ar# yellow .ournalism /2) 8pain is bla(ed for the e%plosion of the USS Maine > triggering war, /3) T09s /ough /iders & the =uffalo 8oldiers help win battles in #uba. /4) 8panish2A(erican 5ar nic!na(ed# Splendid 0ittle $ar 6for low casualties & short) /.) The !latt A(end(ent controlled Cuba, The ;8 (a!es the !hilippines a colon) and the ha"e to use force to put down the uprising that results there, //) The !anama #anal would (a!e shipping faster between the -acific & Atlantic, /4) T0 sends warships to stop Colu(bia fro( stopping the re"olt, /7) T0 e%panded the :onroe @octrine into the Caribbean' /oosevlt #orollary. This (ade the ;8 a police office A freuent ;8 inter"ention in Batin A(erica, T"E GREAT #AR Chapter 24 /9) The four (ain reasons for 55I# Militarism1 Alliances1 2mperialism and Nationalism 40) The trigger that starts the war# Archduke "erdinand shot 4$) 8tale(ate results in paralleling trenches on the (astern & $estern <ronts, 42) To con"ince people that war is necessar) & (a!e ene() loo! e"il# propaganda 43) As the war begins> the ;8 re(ained neutral but (ade CCC selling to warring nations, 44) Ger(an u2boats sin! the 0usitania !illing $27 A(ericans, The Daiser pro(ises to stop the use of unrestricted submarine warfare, 4.) The 3immermann Telegra(# :e%ico was to attac! the ;8 as a distraction, 4/) 5hat happens in 0ussia that benefits the Ger(ansE communist/ussian revolution 44) The Fo(e <ront helps b) growing 4victory5 gardens>3 wo(en wor!ing in factories and people reducing their consu(ption of meatwheat on certain da)s, 47) The =olshe"i! leader# 0enin & his new countr)# USS/ 6 Soviet Union 49) 5ilson9s plan# %7 !oints called for the creation of the 0eague of Nations but the ;8 ne"er .oins. 70) Treat) of Gersailles blamed Ger(an) for the war> too! territory & colonies> li(its the siHe of their military & forced the( to pa) reparations.