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Standard 5.7-Progressive Movement

Standard 5.7-Progressive Movement. Progressive Movement - early 20th century movement to return control of gov’t to people and restore economic opportunity and correct injustices. Movement of middle class against paying taxes to corrupt city governments and desired better city services.

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Standard 5.7-Progressive Movement

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  1. Standard 5.7-Progressive Movement Progressive Movement- early 20th century movement to return control of gov’t to people and restore economic opportunity and correct injustices. • Movement of middle class against paying taxes to corrupt city governments and desired better city services.

  2. Standard 5.7-Progressive Movement Examples of progressive movement success/failure • Jane Addams and settlement houses for immigrants. Protection for child workers, but state laws were poorly enforced. • Theodore Roosevelt-1st president to give rights to workers. Carried out anti-trust act, worked out interstate compacts with railroad. • Booker T. Washington/W.E.B Dubois- education and opportunity for employment for blacks • Because of WWI most progressive initiatives stopped.

  3. Standard 6-1

  4. Pictoword Assignment In your own words, define the 5 following terms and create a pictoword (small symbol that illustrates the meaning of the word). a. Expansionism b. Isolationism c. Capitalism d. Social Darwinism e. imperialism

  5. Standard 6.1 • Expansionism was to secure markets (make money) • Moved from isolationism to find raw materials and need for new markets for industry. • Because of depression, strikes farmers unrest (domestic tension) we needed to expand. • Social Darwinism influenced American expansionism saying Americans were superior to other cultures. • Imperialism idea emerged • Competition for European markets contributed to U.S. emerging as world power.

  6. Standard 6-1 Early expansion was due to land hunger, 19th century expansion was to secure markets. • We needed new raw materials and expanding capitalism. • The Spanish-American War also initiated our status as a world power.

  7. Standard 6-2

  8. The Spanish American War I. Causes of the War A. Cubans revolt against Spain over increase in taxes B. US investment in Cuba worth $50 million C. Yellow Journalism- Sensational stories that were biased or untrue about Spanish cruelties to Cubans

  9. D. The sinking of the battleship Maine. E. The DeLome Letter- letter written by Spanish Minister to the U.S. calling President McKinley weak

  10. III. Effects of the Spanish American War A. US defeats Spain in less than 4 months B. Cuba gains independence C. Platt Amendment- US can intervene in Cuban affairs and Naval base at Guantanamo Bay

  11. D. US gets Puerto Rico and Guam E. For $20million the US gets the Philippines F. US a Colonial/Imperial power What is the point of view of the author of this cartoon?

  12. Standard 6-2-Spanish-American War • U.S. involvement marked us emerging as a world power. • Getting Hawaii and Manila Harbor was a good fueling stop on the way to Far East. • Anti-imperialist said this was a waste b/c they wouldn’t be added to the union. McKinley said it was our duty to govern them b/c they couldn’t govern themselves. • Treaty ending war recognized us owning Phillipines, Guam, Puerto Rico, and U.S. control of Cuba. • Supreme Court said these people do not have the same rights as U.S. citizens.

  13. Standard 6-3

  14. Standard 6-3U.S. Foreign Policy in 20th Century Vocabulary • Open Door Policy • Boxer Rebellion • Panama Revolution • Big Stick Diplomacy • Dollar Diplomacy • Moral Diplomacy

  15. Standard 6-3U.S. Foreign Policy in 20th Century CHINA • European countries had the “sphere of influence”-open trade with China. U.S. wasn’t in that so.. • We wanted the sphere of influence to be open to all world powers. • This Open Door Policy was designed to help the U.S. economically. • We took a lead role in putting down the Boxer Rebellion.

  16. Standard 6-3U.S. Foreign Policy in 20th Century • We intervened in several Central American countries to collect taxes to pay trade debts to Europeans so that wouldn’t use military power to get their money. • Roosevelt “Big Stick Diplomacy”- issued Corollary to Monroe Doctrine. • President Taft supported the dollar diplomacy-protection of our money invested in Latin American and we’d intervene if necessary. • President Woodrow Wilson vowed to use moral diplomacy in Mexico to teach them to elect good men . • We supported Panama Revolution from Colombia and controlled the Panama Canal until late 20th century.

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