Monday-
Protecting Social Welfare
-Set up settlement houses for poor, opened libraries, sponsored education classes, opened swimming pools, set up soup kitchens
Promoting Moral Improvment
-Prohibiton
-Carrie Nation
- Why ban alcohol
- Women's suffrage
Socialism- Property and distribution of wealth are determined by the goverment/ goverment owns and controls buisness
- Elimination of private property everyone is equal
- Karl Marx- leading figure and father of communism
- Progressive also succeded in winning workers compensation for family members of hurt or killed workers
Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst
- Direct Election of Senators
-17th ammendment
- 1913
Women's Role in Progressive Era
- More women were getting an education
- Many became teachers
- Many pushed for an end to child labor
- Help push for 18th and 19th ammendment
- Prohibiton
- Women's Suffrage
The Womens push for equality
Voting Rights, Prohibiton, End Child Labor, Slavery
Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Square Deal- have a chance to make better money and not live working the whole time
TR was the trustbuster
"good trusts vs "bad trusts"
Conservation Measures
- set aside 148 million acres of forest
-1.5 million acres of water powers
- 50 wildlife sacanturies and national parks
William Jennings Bryan vs Wilson Taft
Teddy Rooselvet- Progressive
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Eugene
Tuesday-
America Claims an Empire
Domestic Policy vs Foreign Policy
Diplomacy-the profession, activity, or skill of managing international relations, typically by a country's representatives abroad.
Imperialism-a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
Militarism-the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests.
Nationalism-patriotic feeling, principles, or efforts.
Sphere-an area of activity, interest, or expertise; a section of society or an aspect of life distinguished and unified by a particular characteristic.
Protectorate-the position or period of office of a Protector, especially that in England of Oliver and Richard Cromwell.
Abitration- the use of an arbitrator to settle a dispute.
Old Diplomacy-'
Noninterventionest- the US did not intervere in foreign affairs, espically Europe's
Isolationst- 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 acte accordingly
Weak army and navy
New diplomacy
Imperialistic- Going out and conquering territory to create an empire
- Alfred Mahan, Henry Cabot Lodge, Teddy Roosevelt
Strong army and navy- miltiarism
Interventionist- Becoming more involved in other countries affairs
Wednesday-
Democrats won the house
Republicans won the senate
Thursday-
Policy of Isolationism
Interventionist- espically in Central and South America.
Becoming more involved in other countries affairs
Monroe Doctrine (1823)
Strong Nationalism- having a strong pride and confidence in ones country
Captain Alfred Mahan- wrote a book the influence sea power upon history 1660-1783
Name 5 countries America has troops in
-Japan, Germany, South Korea, Italy, Afghanistan
Nearly 200,000 troopsare currently deployed in 77 countries
- WW2 and cold war- stationed all around the world
President Trump- focused on making america great again
- Generally believes that US needs to lessen how much money we spend protecting other countries. Thos countries need to pay us more money for protection
- Other countries in the United Nations need to step up and pay more for the UN
- Great Britain, Germany, France, Austia-Hungary, Italy, Russia, United States, Ottoman Empire, Japan- most powerful in 1990
Friday-
Why did the US and other countries look to imperialism?
- The western frontier was settled-1890.
- Brings military power and prestige to your country
- Naval bases and refunding stations
- Money for natural resources as well as opening new markets to sell your goods (trade)
- Belief in cultural superiority- White Man's Burden
-Mckinley to take them all and to educate filipinos, and uplift and civilize and christianize them
- Taft We must help our little brown brothers on the Philippines
- Then we worked on our presentations
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