Monday:
we discussed the France situation
chapter
- America Claims an Empire
- domestic policy- how we deal with other countries
Key Terms:
- diplomacy- coming together to make an agreement
- imperialism-using power to get what you want(bigger country takes over a smaller country)
- protectorate- a stronger country protects or controls a weaker country( one country)
- militarism-your country believes in having a strong military
- nationalism- being proud of your country
- sphere of influence- one country has a lot of control over an area(bigger area)(like the united states)
- arbitration- hearing both sides of the story and making a decision
Tuesday:
continued skits and finished them
9.4-
land disputes:
- Taft took land and let big businesses have it
9.5-
Wilson's new freedom
- this passed the 19th amendment which allowed women to vote and other women right
Windrow Wilson
- ratified the 17th medicament
Clayton antitrust act:
- this broke up monopolies
- established labor unions
Federal trade commission act:
Federal farm loan act:
- loan to farmers
- allow small farmers to be competitive with large business
Underwood tariff:
- tax on imports or exports
Federal reserve act:
- it established 12 regional federal reserve banks
- these banks did what? this made sure that banks didn't close
Wednesday:
old diplomacy-
- noninterventionist- not to intervene- to not get involve
- - the us did not intervene in foreign affairs, especially Europe's
- isolationist- they don't allow anyone to go in their country and they don't go out of there country
- - the us ached alone in foreign affairs as compared to working with other nations
- passive and reactive- laid back but will react when they are being affected
- - the us waited for events to occur and then acted accordingly
- weak army and navy- they aren't strong
New diplomacy-
- imperialistic- going out and conquering territory to create an empire- Alfred Mahan, Henry Cabot lodge, teddy Roosevelt
- 2 stronger army and navy
- interventionist-especially in central and south america
- becoming more involved in other countries affairs
- Monrovia doctrine- warning to European countries to stay out of Latin america stay out and don't come out
- strong nationalism- having pride and confidence in one's country
chapter 10 Imperialism and America
- imperialism became very common with the major powers of the world
- which countries were the most powerful in 1900? - Germany, France, Italy, great Britain, Austria- hungry, Russia, US, Japan, Turkey
Friday:
why did the us and other countries look to imperialism:
- resources
- other countries would have taken it if we didn't
- trade
- belief in cultural superiority- white man's burden- we thought that blacks weren't as smart because they had smaller brains, so we had to help them.
cartoon: uncle sam is having to discipline the darker skinned people while the white people are reading in the background
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