Monday - We went over the forum stories and then the 9-4 group presented. We also talked about what happened this weekend.
Chapter 9-4
- William Howard Taft
- Good
- Trust Buster
- Progressive
- Bad
- Poor decisions
- Consolidated
- Angered Conservationists
- Details
- Born September 15, 1857
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- Elite College
- Gofer
- Good
- 16th Amendment Payne-Aldrich Tariff
- Congress can collect taxes on incomes
- Payne= lower rates (House)
- Aldrich= Increased rates (Senate)
- Taft betrayal
- Land disputes
- Richard Ballinger (Secretary of interior)
- He put 1 million acres towards the government for lumber
- Policy towards African-Americans
- If they were able to vote, they would vote Republican
- Break-up of the Republican Party
- Progressives vs. Conservatives
- Joseph Cannon(Conservative)- Rough talking, tobacco chewing politician, try to weaken the progressive bills
- Had to break up-
- Bull Moose Party- Progressive Party- Formed because of Roosevelt running for president.
- 1912 Presidential Election.
- Woodrow Wilson won (Democrat- Layed low, smart, knew he would win election, offered freedom
- New Freedom- stronger anti trust
- Taft vs. Roosevelt vs. Wilson vs. Debs
Tuesday - Mr. Bruns went over semester test options. We finished up chapter 9.
Chapter 9-5
- Woodrow Wilson
- Grew up in South
- Strict upbringing
- John Hopkins University
- Jobs
- Lawyers
- President of Princeton
- Government of New Jersey
- President
- Accomplishments
- Clayton Anti-Trust Act (1914)
- could break up monopolies
- Labor Unions
- Legalized
- Strikes
- Boycotts
- Picketing
- Etc.
- Federal Trade Commission was established
- investigated companies for monopolistic practices
- Federal Reserve System
- America needed stronger banks
- Federal Reserve Act of 1913
- Divided nation into 12 districts
- "Bankers Bank"
- Helped give out loans
- Control U.S. money supply and credit
- Basis of banking system
- Lower and higher interest rates
- Amendments
- 17th (Direct Election of Senators)
- 18th (Prohibition)
- 19th (Women's Vote)
- Led us during Mexican crisis and WW1
- Clayton Anti-Trust Act (1914)
Wednesday - Mr. Bruns presented chapter 10.
Chapter 10 - America Claims an Empire
- Domestic Policy
- Fighting civil war
- Schools
- Roads
- Structuring our country
- Old Diplomacy
- Non-interventionist
- the US did not intervene in foreign affairs, especially Europe's
- Isolationist
- the US acted alone in foreign affairs as compared to working with other nations
- Passive and Reactive
- the US waited for events to occur and then acted accordingly
- Non-interventionist
Vocabulary
- Protectorate
- a country that is being controlled or protected by another country
- Nationalism
- patriotic feeling, principals, or efforts.
- Diplomacy
- managing international relationships through peace
- Imperialism
- a powerful country takes over another weaker country
- Militarism
- having a strong military then using it to get what they want
- Sphere of Influence
- a country that can effect another country, but doesn't have any authroity
- Arbitration
- settling an agreement with the use of a arbitrator
Thursday - Mr. Bruns was gone so we did a padlet on Hawaii.
Friday - We got out early today and we went over our padlets.
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