1. Teddy Roosevelt's background(317-318) very energaqntic president/ person, he is very interest, today is his bday in 1858, his parents were very strong democrats, he had asthema as a child, he was a boxer, went to law schoool then got into politics. graduated at harvard, published books, he was a historian, died of mallaria. fought in Spanish American waqr, then became governer of New York, he was a rupublican, he was hated by new york because he was a progressive and they didnt want change. he was a ruff rider.
2. Teddy Roosevelt's Presidential accomplishments(318-325, 359-362)
3. William Howard Taft's background(outside sources required) He attended Yale. born 1857. he always wanted to be a judge. only president ever to serve as Cheif Justice(life long goal) never aimed at being president. he was an avid golfer. he always felt like he was in the shadow of Roosevelt and the only reason he was president is because Roosevelt wanted him to be.
4. William Howard Taft's Presidential accomplishments(328-330, 362-363) 1909- 1913 were the years he was president. "Vote for Taft this time, you can vote for Bryan anytime" this was clever because he was running against William Jennings Bryan, who had ran several times for president. He wasn't creditted for many of his accomplishment. he was the true trust buster. People started seeing Taft as someone who was for the rich. Taft didn't lower tarriffs, he evened it out. took part in establishing the 16th ammendment. Roosevelt and Taft ended up not being friends because he was undoing stuff Roosevelt had accomplished. Diplomacy is how we deal with other countries. imperialism is taking control of countries. economic imperialism "Dollar Diplomacy" is taking over a country economically. Gives lot of control over a country. This made Latin America not like US
5. Woodrow Wilson's background(333) He was a progressive democrat. his platform was called New Freedom. He was a Southerner. before entering politic he worked as lawer history proffesser,President,of Princton Unnivrsity, Govenor of NJ. (very qualified) no beard or mustache.
6. Woodrow Wilson's Presidential accomplishments(332-335, 363)MINE
7. Election of 1912(330-331) between Theodor Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson and William Taft. at this time president could serve as long as he/she wanted. now, the limit is 10years. Roosevelt wants to go for a third term as a republican, taft only ran because roosevelt was running, wilson was a democrat, when TR lost the republican vote against Taft he started his own parrty called Progressives (Bull Moose Party). this is a problem because Democratic votes are all going to one guy but Republican votes were split which resulted in the victory of WIlson in the presidential election.Bull Moos Platfrom: Direct election of senators, initiative, referendum, recall in all states, woman suffurage, 8 hour workday, etc. Eugene V. Debs was a socialist. (steal from rich and give to poor) this was his main attractive quality) Taft called TR a "dangerous egotist". TR and Taft really hated eachother. If it wasn't for Taft, TR would have won. maybe vise versa (not sure)
8. Causes for imperialism in the late 1800's(342-344) policy in which stronger nations extend their control over smaller countries( take over small countries). This was the second great era of imperialism. countries colonies because they wanted military strength and a superior culture, so they could open more market.Used as naval bases. to uplift , civilize and christianize. they felt that the people of smaller countries as uncivil and not as smart. Phillipeans were civilized though US didnt realize. countries colonize for cultural superiority, military, open markets. factories were producing more than they needed so they expanded to new market. not everybody was pro- imperialism because they thought it would lose them money.
9. Taking Alaska(344) Alaska is connected to Canada. Sewerd purchased alaska for 2.7 mil dollars. as a result they discovered gold there and there was a gold rush and later on oil was discover. POLITICAL CARTOON**NEED TO KNOW!!!- Britian didnt like the purchased because they own Canada and though we were going to take it over. the guy in the back is like the British Uncle sam, andrew johnson is in the basement, uncle sam is in the house, sewerd is holding the little bag,
10. Taking Hawaii(344-345) anaxed to US in 1898.anaxed means " make part of" US got involved with Hawaii because it of sugar cane plantation. the only people who had power in Hawaii were white plantation owners. Queen Lili Wacolani was the last queen of Hawaii. US stopped at Hawaii for a short time and wired cleveland. We toook Hawaii without approval. Queen didnt want to fight. hawaii became the 50th state.
11. Causes of the Spanish-American War- The causes were yellow journalish(made thing seem worse than they were) The sinking of the US battleship Maine was the main cause of the war in Spain. The yellow press was the instigator of the war. They stretched the truth. another reason was that we felt sorry for the cubans and they desired freedom.Things from Cuba are illegal such as cigars. Fidel Castro stepped down due to health issues but then his brother Rah-ool Castro who had they same views.Cuba is communist, Spain claimed Cuba. Cuba lookeed like a great place to grow sugar cane plantation. The spanish destroyed some plantations making us made. but then, we found out it was Jose Marti's Cuban group so that US would get mad a Spain and fight them for Cuba's independence. Spain sent General VaLARINO wEYLER TO CUBA. he wanted to destroy CubansPOLITICAL CARTOON::: It shows that we need to help cubans. Yellow press: William Randolph Hearst was a yellow press person. Joseph Pulitzer was a major competitor against Hearst. Yellow Press got its name from "The Yellow Kid". They had false accusations in order to make their stories more interesting. the de Lome letter was another main cause. this letter insulted our president. back then this really ticked people of and meant you wanted war.SPAIN sunk MAiNE. Remember the Maine, to heck with Spain. was the battle cry
WAR GOALS:
-Secure independence of Cuba
-Teller Ammendmetn- US would not take Cuba over after the war
12. Major battles/generals in the Spanish-American War(348-350) The battle of the Phillipean Islands, started on April 30th . no one expected US to take Phillipeans in this war. Commodor Geogre Dewey took phillipeans TR wired Dewey and told him to take Phillipeans if and when war broke out. Spain was a dwindling empire. Emilio Aguinaldo was our arch emisis. When we were his emenies enemy(Spain) he was our friend. but when we didn't garaunty him independence, turned against us. admiral William Sampson ..Rough Riders were a regiment of calvary troups under TR (cowboys, college atheletes, etc.)
13. Outcomes/effects of the Spanish-American War(350-351) Treaty of Paris ended the war. US won. We received Guan, Phillipeans for $20 mil, Puerto rico, Cuba gained independence. John Hay called the war " A Splendid Little War" Why did he say this? it was short (3 months), we got a lot from it, few casualties, the war was cheap. It usdhered in US as one of the top five power countries
14. Ruling Puerto Rico(352-353) Puerto Ricans didnt fight back. Military took control of it under the rule of General Nelson. Military controlled them until Congress determined what to do with them.1900s there was a forakaer act. it took the military power out and let them rule some of their own gov't.The US supreme court had the rights to give Puerto Ricans the right that Americans have. over 405 years they were ruled by spain and were taken over by us in 1898. they only thing they really couldn't do was vote for the president of the US.
15. Ruling Cuba(353-355) Teller ammendment. Treaty of paris garuanteed Cuba's independence. US troops remained in Cuba. Cubans feared that US would end up doing the same thing as Spain did and completely take them over. US organized school, Medical aid, gave them clothing. After awhile Cuba thought they were up to par and could now be okay on their own.PLATT AMMENDMENT Cuba could not make treaties with countris that would threaten independence, US could intervene in Cuba to keep in order, Cuba could not go into debt. US could buy or lease land for naval Bases or fueling stations-Guantanomo Bay.
16. Ruling the Philippines(355) Phillipeans thought they were going to get independence like Cuba did and when that didnt happen, the Phillipean- American War broke out. Emilio Aguinaldo was the Phillipean ruler. US did a lot of helpful things in Phillipens also.
17. China-Open Door Policy, Boxer Rebellion(356-357)
18. The Anti-Imperialist League(358)
19. Panama Canal(360-361)
20. Problems with Mexico(363-365)
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