Blog assignment #7 discussions
1. Teddy Roosevelt's background(317-318)
born on October 27, 1858. born into a wealthy family. had asthma and was always sick because of that. snuck out of law school to drop out to become a politic. he wrote many history books. he served in the spanish american war. died of maleria.
2. Teddy Roosevelt's Presidential accomplishments(318-325, 359-362)
called his platform a "square deal" to give people fair chances. believed the government was there to help common people. used her pesonality, popularity, and power to get what he wanted. he called himself the "trustbuster" because he broke up monopolies. helped settle the 1902 coal strike in which miners got better pay and a nine hour workday. passed the Elkins Act and Hepburn Act which required railrodads to be fair and just in their prices and practices. passed the Meat inspection Act 1906. pure food and drug act in 1906. newlands act in 1902. didn't do much for African-Americans. he set millions and millions of acres aside of forest reserves. started the panama canal. first president to get a nobel peace prize.
3. William Howard Taft's background(outside sources required)
born in 1857. went to yale for college. never had a goal to be president and didn't want to be president. only president to serve as Chief Justice. only president to hold public office after laeving the white house.
4. William Howard Taft's Presidential accomplishments(328-330, 362-363)
president in 1909 to 1913. capaign was about pesonality. taft broke up more trusts than roosevelt. he raised tariffs and was out to help the rich. said he was gonna lower tariffs but didn't.
5. Woodrow Wilson's background(333)
grew up in the south after the civil war and reconstruction. he was a lawyer, hitory professor, president of princeton university, and governer of N.J.
6. Woodrow Wilson's Presidential accomplishments(332-335, 363)
established clayton antitrust act in 1914. could break up monopolies. labor unions could exist.strikes and boycotts and picketing to become legal. federal trade commission in 1914.underwood act in 1913 cut tariff rates for the first time since the civil war. reforming banks was the federal reserve act of 1913. made banks stronger and could allow loans.
7. Election of 1912(330-331)
between roosevelt and wilson and taft and debbs. roosevelt didn't get the rupublican vote. taft and roosevelt fight and wilson sits and does nothing in the election.
8. Causes for imperialism in the late 1800's(342-344)
policy of which strong country tries to take over other countries. wanted military strength. more cultures. we wanted to be the stronger country. for more land. for power. natural resources. refueling stations. naval bases. not everyone wanted the imperialism because of the costs.
9. Taking Alaska(344)
seward offered U.S. 7 million dollars to buy Alaska. we found oil and fish when we first got Alaska. 1949 Alaska was announced the 49th state.
10. Taking Hawaii(344-345)
Purchased in 1898. we bought it for more money and land. mainly wanted Hawaii for sugar cane. it was the last state added to the U.S.
11. Causes of the Spanish-American War(346-348)
spainish sunk battleship maine. the yellow press was the instagtor of the war. they told people what happened to people tho try and start the war. we felt sorry for spanish. we thought they were destroying american property but it was actually jose marti trying to get us involved. william randolph hearst was the owner of hearst publishing and was a major yellow press person. and joseph pulitzer was also a yellow press person. william mckinley was president at this time. enrique dupay de lome sent a letter that made mckinley mad. GOALS: we wanted to help cuba get independence. teller amendment was where we said we wouldn't take cuba when the war was over.
12. Major battles/generals in the Spanish-American War(348-350)
13. Outcomes/effects of the Spanish-American War(350-351)
treaty of paris officially ended the spanish american war. cuba got independence and we got cuba, guam, and philippines for $20 million. John Hay "A splendid little war." called it this because it was short we won got islands few casualties didn't cost a lot of money. ushered u.s. into world power.
14. Ruling Puerto Rico(352-353)
puerto ricans wanted independence. under the rule of general nelson. military wanted the land for naval bases. foraker act ended military rule. they didn't fight back as much. puerto ricans became u.s. citizens in 1917.
15. Ruling Cuba(353-355)
the u.s. declared war against spain. they made the teller amendment. guaranteed cuban freedom from treaty of paris. american troops remained in cuba. americans stayed in cuba by organizing schools, helped farmers, gave them food and clothes, helped a lot with other things. made the platt amendment where cuba couldnt make treaties with others. u.s. could intervene in cuba to keep order. cuba couldnt go into debt. u.s. could buy or lease land for naval bases or refueling stations. Guantanomo bay is one naval base we own.
16. Ruling the Philippines(355)
thought we would give them independence like we did with cuba. emilio aguinaldo was captured by american troops. we forced ourselves on them while aguinaldo only wanted independence. we put down the revolt and won and the helped reconstruct their infrastructure.
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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