American Imperialism, Progressivism, Wilson and WWI

1. American Imperialism, Progressivism, Wilson and WWI • Imperialism – 1880’s – 1910’s • Progressive Movement – 1901-1915 • Wilson and WWI (1914-1919) • MAJOR THEMES • Why did the U.S. become an imperialist power and what was the nature of American imperialism?

2. American Imperialism, Progressivism, Wilson and WWI • Different aspects of progressivism • National, State, Local • Various reforms: extending democracy, regulating big business, curbing the power of the political machines, protecting labor, settlement houses

3. American Imperialism, Progressivism, Wilson and WWI • Teddy Roosevelt and the rise of the presidency • Wilsonian Idealism • The Homefront during WWI • The fight over the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles

4. Alfred Thayer Mahan Queen Lilioukalni John Stephens “Seward’s Folly” Teller Amendment Platt Amendment Yellow Journalism William Randolph Hearst Spanish-American War (1898) “Remember the Maine” (1898) Boxer Rebellion Open Door Policy Emilio Aguinaldo Anti-Imperialist League Albert Beveridge Key Terms

5. The White Man’s Burden Rough Riders Roosevelt Corollary “Big Stick” policy Panama Canal “Dollar Diplomacy” Anthracite Coal Strike (1902) Pancho Villa John J. Pershing “Colossus of the North” Ida B. Wells Ida Tarbell Muckrakers Margaret Sanger Treaty of Paris (1899) Key Terms

6. Square Deal Meat Inspection Act (1906) Pure Food and Drug Act (1906) Upton Sinclair/ The Jungle Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs 16th-19th Amendments Hepburn Act (1906) Clayton Anti-Trust Act (1914) Bob Lafollette The Wisconsin Idea Triangle Shirtwaist Fire (1911) Key Terms

7. Lusitania Espionage Act (1917) Red Scare Palmer Raids Great Migration Red Summer Election of 1912 Zimmerman Note Federal Reserve Act (1913) The League of Nations Article X Reservationists Henry Cabot Lodge, Sr. IWW Key Terms