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Mid Term Flashcards
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Individualism | Belief that success comes from personal effort and self-reliance. Important because it justified laissez-faire capitalism and limited government regulation during the Gilded Age. |
| Knights of Labor | A national labor union founded in 1869 that sought broad worker reforms. Important for organizing skilled and unskilled workers and advocating an 8-hour workday. |
| Wilson’s 14 Points | Woodrow Wilson’s WWI peace plan emphasizing self-determination and the League of Nations. Important because it shaped postwar debates and influenced global diplomacy. |
| Square Deal | Theodore Roosevelt’s domestic program focused on consumer protection, trust-busting, and conservation. Important for expanding federal regulation of big business. |
| Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) | Radical labor union founded in 1905 advocating worker control of industry. Important because it challenged capitalism and was heavily suppressed during WWI. |
| Lusitania | British ship sunk by Germany in 1915, killing Americans. Important in shifting U.S. public opinion toward entering WWI. |
| Homestead Act (1862) | Law granting 160 acres of western land to settlers. Important because it accelerated westward expansion and displaced Native Americans. |
| Booker T. Washington | African American leader advocating vocational education and gradual advancement. Important in debates over Black progress post-Reconstruction. |
| Sedition Act (1918) | Law criminalizing criticism of the U.S. government during WWI. Important for limiting civil liberties. |
| Transcontinental Railroad (1869) | Railroad connecting East and West coasts. Important for economic growth, migration, and industrial expansion. |
| Gilded Age | Period (1870s–1900) of rapid industrial growth and political corruption. Important for rise of monopolies and wealth inequality. |
| Treaty of Versailles (1919) | Officially ended WWI |
| Political Machine | Urban political organizations that controlled city politics (e.g., Tammany Hall). Important for providing services to immigrants but fostering corruption. |
| Feminism | Movement advocating women’s rights and equality. Important for leading to women’s suffrage (19th Amendment, 1920). |
| Yellow Journalism | Sensationalized news reporting. Important in stirring public support for the Spanish-American War. |
| Woodrow Wilson | President during WWI and Progressive reformer. Important for expanding federal power and shaping postwar diplomacy. |
| Anti-Imperialist League | Organization opposing U.S. imperial expansion. Important in debates over American identity and democracy. |
| Palmer Raids (1919–1920) | Government raids targeting suspected radicals. Important example of Red Scare repression. |
| Committee on Public Information | WWI propaganda agency. Important for shaping public opinion and promoting nationalism. |
| John Muir | Conservationist and founder of the Sierra Club. Important in promoting national parks. |
| Alice Paul / National Woman’s Party (NWP) | Militant suffrage group. Important in pressuring government to pass the 19th Amendment. |
| Panama Canal | U.S.-built canal connecting Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Important for trade and American imperial power. |
| Frontier Thesis | Frederick Jackson Turner’s idea that the frontier shaped American democracy. Important in shaping national identity. |
| New Nationalism | Roosevelt’s progressive program calling for strong federal regulation of corporations. |
| Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) | Law banning Chinese immigration. Important as first major immigration restriction law. |
| Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) | Supreme Court case upholding “separate but equal.” Important for legitimizing segregation. |
| Niagara Movement | Early civil rights organization led by W.E.B. Du Bois. Important precursor to the NAACP. |
| Espionage Act (1917) | Law punishing interference with war effort. Important for restricting free speech. |
| New Negro | Term describing assertive Black cultural identity during Harlem Renaissance. |
| Alfred T. Mahan | Naval strategist advocating strong navy and overseas expansion. Influenced imperialism. |
| Equality of Opportunity | Idea that all individuals should have a fair chance to succeed. Central Progressive goal. |
| Social Darwinism | Application of “survival of the fittest” to society. Used to justify inequality. |
| Dawes Act (1887) | Divided tribal lands into individual plots. Important in weakening Native American communities. |
| Populist Party Platform | Platform advocating government regulation of railroads, free silver, and direct election of senators. |
| Zimmermann Note | German proposal encouraging Mexico to attack U.S. Important in bringing U.S. into WWI. |
| Race Riots (Chicago 1919) | Violent clashes between Black and white residents. Important example of racial tensions post-WWI. |
| Manifest Destiny | Belief U.S. was destined to expand westward. Justified territorial expansion. |
| War Industries Board | WWI agency coordinating industrial production. |
| Roosevelt Corollary | Added to Monroe Doctrine |
| Modernism | Cultural movement rejecting traditional norms. |
| William Jennings Bryan | Populist leader advocating free silver. |
| USS Maine | Explosion in Havana Harbor blamed on Spain |
| WEB Du Bois | Civil rights leader advocating immediate equality. |
| Sacco and Vanzetti | Italian immigrants executed amid Red Scare fears. |
| Laissez-faire | Policy of minimal government intervention in business. |
| Eugene V. Debs | Socialist labor leader imprisoned under Espionage Act. |
| Jane Addams | Founder of Hull House |
| Great Uprising of 1877 | Nationwide railroad strike. Showed labor unrest. |
| Haymarket Affair (1886) | Labor protest turned violent |
| Pullman Strike (1894) | Railway strike broken by federal troops. Showed government siding with business. |
| Urbanization | Growth of cities due to industrialization. |
| Progressivism | Reform movement addressing industrial problems. |
| New Freedom | Wilson’s reform program emphasizing competition. |
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