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first 10 AP cards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Teller Amendment: where and year | Cuba, 1898 |
| Teller Amendment: what was it? | - An amendment which promised Cubans independence after Spanish were overthrown- Later, the Platt Amendment cancels this, which allows the US to have control over Cuba |
| Muckrakers: era? | Progressive Era |
| Famous Muckrakers? | 1.) Upton Sinclair "The Jungler" (meat industry)2.) Ida Tarbell (standard oil company- Rockefeller) |
| Who commonized the term "Muckraker?" and how did he/she feel about them? | Teddy Roosevelt: didn't like the Muckrakers |
| Muckrakers: what were they? | - Investigative journalists- exploited corporations, individuals, etc which lead to public support and demand for change. |
| What were the Muckrakers' effect on Americans? | Increased support of progressive movement among Americans |
| Muller vs. Oregon: what was being debated? | - limited women's working hours |
| Muller v. Oregon who was sueing who for what? | - Muller (male, owner of a laundry matt which mostly employed women) sued, saying the state law of limited women's working hours violated "liverty to contract" |
| Lawyer for Oregon state in Muller v. Oregon? what did he argue? | Louis Brandeis argued that state had an interest to uphold limited women's working hours to protect women |
| Outcome of Muller v. Oregon? | Supreme Court upholds the law of limited working hours for women |
| William Howard Taft was what number president? | #27 |
| Taft's relations with TR? | - William Howard Taft was close friends with Roosevelt, but after successing him in the presidency and not carrying on TR's legacy, TR and Taft became political enemies |
| Famous Aschan School People | 1.) George Bellows2.) John Sloan3.) Robert Henri |
| Aschan School what was it? | - Realistic Art movement in the progressive era where the artists painted things like smokestacks spewing pollution and poverty-stricken children |
| Another name for "Ashcan School?" | New York Realists |
| Watchful Waiting: year(s)? | 1913-1914 |
| What was Watchful Waiting? | - Policy by Woodrow Wilson of rejecting alliances with leaders who took control through force until a determination of their interests could be made |
| How was "Watchful Waiting" implemented? | - Wilson did so by refusing to accept the leadership of Victorian Huerta when he took control of Mexico |
| What ended "Watchful Waiting?" | When Mexicans attacked American sailors and US was sent into Mexico in attempt to capture Pancho Villa |
| William McKinley: years of presidency? | 1896-1902 |
| William McKinley: | -assasinated by Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist (1902)- Teddy Roosevelt succeeded him |
| What political scheme is McKinley famous for? | "Front Porch" campaign (he gave speeches from his front porch in Ohio) |
| 17th Amendment: year ratified? | 1912 |
| 17th Amendment? | direct election of U.S. senators (by white males).*senators used to be elected by the state legislature |
| Years of the "Great Migration?" | 1900-1945 roughly |
| what was the "Great Migration?" | movement of millions of Afro-Americans from South to North/Midwest |
| The "Great Migration" was a result of: | 1.) decrease in cotton production in South2.) Increased job opportunities (in North) due to limits placed on migration |
| The Great Migration led to | higher wages in North and a somewhat better life for Afro-americans |
| Unrestricted/Unlimited Submarine Warfare: year? | 1917 |
| What was Unrestricted Sub. Warfare? | - proclamation by Germany that it would sink all ships, without warning, that entered warn zone off the coasts of allied nations |
| Why did Germany think that Unrestricted Submarine Warfare would help them win the great war? | by cutting allied supplies (from America), it would allow Germany to win the war before a big response from America |
| What did U.S. do in response to Unrestricted Warfare? | Cut diplomatic relations with Germany |
| Why was Unrestricted Sub. Warfare absurd in these times? | Germany violate rules of war because they sunk ships without notifying them (i.e. Lithuianna) |
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