SECTION 2 POWERPOINT OUTLINES:
CHAPTER 20: An American Empire
The United States Enters the World Stage
Foreign Affairs—1865-1890:
Withdrawal—Settlement of West
Seward Purchase (1867)—Alaska
Naval Interests (1878)—Samoa
IMPULSE FOR OVERSEAS EXPANSION:
1.Frontiers Closed
2.Industry
3.Europe Already Expanding
4.Military Considerations
5.Social Darwinism
6.Humanitarian
7.Adventure
INTO WORLD AFFAIRS—POST-1890:
A. T. Mahan--Influence of Sea Power on History
J. G. Blaine—Pan-Americanism
Internal Concerns 1880s/90s
“New Manifest Destiny”
BUILDING THE AMERICAN EMPIRE:
Hawai’i
US Martial Stance vis-à-vis Latin America
Interest In Cuba
Toward War with Spain
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR:
Declaration
US Ill-Prepared
Philippines & Dewey
Aquinaldo Revolt
Caribbean Theater—Cuba & Puerto Rico
Treaty w/Spain
CHAPTER 21: THE PROGRESSIVE ERA:
•Roosevelt, Taft & Wilson
PROGRESSIVISM:
•Nature of Progressivism
•Antecedents of Progressivism
•Muckrakers
•Features of Progressivism
1.Democracy
2.Efficiency in Gov’t
3.Corporate Regulations
4.Social Justice
5.Public Services
•T. ROOSEVELT ADMINISTRATION:
•Activist President
•“Square Deal” Policy, Monopoly Question & Trust-Busting
•1902 Anthracite Coal Strike
•Elkins Act (1903)
•Hepburn Act (1906)
•Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)
•Election of 1908
TAFT ADMINISTRATION:
•Taft & Party Factions
•Tariff Issue—Aldrich Tariff
•Mann-Elkins Act
•Reform Record
•Ballinger-Pinchot Controversy
ELECTION OF 1912:
•Republican Split
•Roosevelt & Progressive Party
•Democrats & Wilson
•New Nationalism & New Freedom
•Election of Wilson
WILSON ADMINISTRATION
•Tariff Issue--Underwood-Simmons Tariff & Income Tax
•Banking & Currency Act— Federal Reserve System
•Big Business--Clayton Anti-Trust bill
•Other Legislation
CHAPTER 22: AMERICA AND THE GREAT WAR
United States and the World War I Era:
WILSON AND FOREIGN POLICY:
Views on Foreign Policy
Missionary Diplomacy
Mexico Intervention
1.Porfirio Diaz
2.Francisco Madero
3.Victoriano Huerta
4.Venustiano Carranza
5.Poncho Villa
WILSON AND WORLD WAR I:
Outbreak of War & American Reaction
Lusitania Sunk—May 1915
Election of 1916
Preparedness Campaign
US Intervention
Home Front—WIB, Espionage Act
WILSON AND WORLD WAR I:
14 Points
Russian Intervention
Treaty of Versailles
Spanish Influenza
The United States Enters the World Stage
Foreign Affairs—1865-1890:
Withdrawal—Settlement of West
Seward Purchase (1867)—Alaska
Naval Interests (1878)—Samoa
IMPULSE FOR OVERSEAS EXPANSION:
1.Frontiers Closed
2.Industry
3.Europe Already Expanding
4.Military Considerations
5.Social Darwinism
6.Humanitarian
7.Adventure
INTO WORLD AFFAIRS—POST-1890:
A. T. Mahan--Influence of Sea Power on History
J. G. Blaine—Pan-Americanism
Internal Concerns 1880s/90s
“New Manifest Destiny”
BUILDING THE AMERICAN EMPIRE:
Hawai’i
US Martial Stance vis-à-vis Latin America
Interest In Cuba
Toward War with Spain
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR:
Declaration
US Ill-Prepared
Philippines & Dewey
Aquinaldo Revolt
Caribbean Theater—Cuba & Puerto Rico
Treaty w/Spain
CHAPTER 21: THE PROGRESSIVE ERA:
•Roosevelt, Taft & Wilson
PROGRESSIVISM:
•Nature of Progressivism
•Antecedents of Progressivism
•Muckrakers
•Features of Progressivism
1.Democracy
2.Efficiency in Gov’t
3.Corporate Regulations
4.Social Justice
5.Public Services
•T. ROOSEVELT ADMINISTRATION:
•Activist President
•“Square Deal” Policy, Monopoly Question & Trust-Busting
•1902 Anthracite Coal Strike
•Elkins Act (1903)
•Hepburn Act (1906)
•Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)
•Election of 1908
TAFT ADMINISTRATION:
•Taft & Party Factions
•Tariff Issue—Aldrich Tariff
•Mann-Elkins Act
•Reform Record
•Ballinger-Pinchot Controversy
ELECTION OF 1912:
•Republican Split
•Roosevelt & Progressive Party
•Democrats & Wilson
•New Nationalism & New Freedom
•Election of Wilson
WILSON ADMINISTRATION
•Tariff Issue--Underwood-Simmons Tariff & Income Tax
•Banking & Currency Act— Federal Reserve System
•Big Business--Clayton Anti-Trust bill
•Other Legislation
CHAPTER 22: AMERICA AND THE GREAT WAR
United States and the World War I Era:
WILSON AND FOREIGN POLICY:
Views on Foreign Policy
Missionary Diplomacy
Mexico Intervention
1.Porfirio Diaz
2.Francisco Madero
3.Victoriano Huerta
4.Venustiano Carranza
5.Poncho Villa
WILSON AND WORLD WAR I:
Outbreak of War & American Reaction
Lusitania Sunk—May 1915
Election of 1916
Preparedness Campaign
US Intervention
Home Front—WIB, Espionage Act
WILSON AND WORLD WAR I:
14 Points
Russian Intervention
Treaty of Versailles
Spanish Influenza