SECTION 2 POWERPOINT OUTLINES:
CHAPTER 20: An American Empire
žThe United States Enters the World Stage
ž
Foreign Affairs—1865-1890:
žWithdrawal—Settlement of West
žSeward Purchase (1867)—Alaska
žNaval Interests (1878)—Samoa
ž
IMPULSE FOR OVERSEAS EXPANSION:
1.Frontiers Closed
2.Industry
3.Europe Already Expanding
4.Military Considerations
5.Social Darwinism
6.Humanitarian
7.Adventure
ž
INTO WORLD AFFAIRS—POST-1890:
žA. T. Mahan--Influence of Sea Power on History
žJ. G. Blaine—Pan-Americanism
žInternal Concerns 1880s/90s
ž“New Manifest Destiny”
ž
BUILDING THE AMERICAN EMPIRE:
žHawai’i
žUS Martial Stance vis-à-vis Latin America
žInterest In Cuba
žToward War with Spain
ž
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR:
žDeclaration
žUS Ill-Prepared
žPhilippines & Dewey
žAquinaldo Revolt
žCaribbean Theater—Cuba & Puerto Rico
žTreaty 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
žCHAPTER 22: AMERICA AND THE GREAT WAR
žUnited States and the World War I Era:
ž
WILSON AND FOREIGN POLICY:
žViews on Foreign Policy
žMissionary Diplomacy
žMexico Intervention
1.Porfirio Diaz
2.Francisco Madero
3.Victoriano Huerta
4.Venustiano Carranza
5.Poncho Villa
ž
WILSON AND WORLD WAR I:
žOutbreak of War & American Reaction
žLusitania Sunk—May 1915
žElection of 1916
žPreparedness Campaign
žUS Intervention
žHome Front—WIB, Espionage Act
žWILSON AND WORLD WAR I:
ž14 Points
žRussian Intervention
žTreaty of Versailles
žSpanish Influenza
žThe United States Enters the World Stage
ž
Foreign Affairs—1865-1890:
žWithdrawal—Settlement of West
žSeward Purchase (1867)—Alaska
žNaval Interests (1878)—Samoa
ž
IMPULSE FOR OVERSEAS EXPANSION:
1.Frontiers Closed
2.Industry
3.Europe Already Expanding
4.Military Considerations
5.Social Darwinism
6.Humanitarian
7.Adventure
ž
INTO WORLD AFFAIRS—POST-1890:
žA. T. Mahan--Influence of Sea Power on History
žJ. G. Blaine—Pan-Americanism
žInternal Concerns 1880s/90s
ž“New Manifest Destiny”
ž
BUILDING THE AMERICAN EMPIRE:
žHawai’i
žUS Martial Stance vis-à-vis Latin America
žInterest In Cuba
žToward War with Spain
ž
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR:
žDeclaration
žUS Ill-Prepared
žPhilippines & Dewey
žAquinaldo Revolt
žCaribbean Theater—Cuba & Puerto Rico
žTreaty 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
žCHAPTER 22: AMERICA AND THE GREAT WAR
žUnited States and the World War I Era:
ž
WILSON AND FOREIGN POLICY:
žViews on Foreign Policy
žMissionary Diplomacy
žMexico Intervention
1.Porfirio Diaz
2.Francisco Madero
3.Victoriano Huerta
4.Venustiano Carranza
5.Poncho Villa
ž
WILSON AND WORLD WAR I:
žOutbreak of War & American Reaction
žLusitania Sunk—May 1915
žElection of 1916
žPreparedness Campaign
žUS Intervention
žHome Front—WIB, Espionage Act
žWILSON AND WORLD WAR I:
ž14 Points
žRussian Intervention
žTreaty of Versailles
žSpanish Influenza
