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United States Buys Alaska
It was a great purchase. The U.S. bought it for $7.2 million (about 2 cents an acre). People thought it was a terrible buy, but really the land was very rich in timber, minerals, and oil to profit off of. -
U.S.S. Maine Explodes
U.S.S. Maine was carrying U.S. citizens from Cuba and this explosion was by unknown, but the newspaper claimed Spanish did it, and it enraged U.S. and made it their battle cry for the intervention in Cuba. -
San Juan Hill
This was the most famous battle in Cuba. It was a uphill charge by the Rough Riders and two African-American regiments. It was a huge victory, and a few days later they tried to escape the U.S. blockade ended up in a naval battle in victory for U.S. they invaded Puerto Rico shortly after -
Philippine-American War
This was a downfall of America's history where they did the same cruel practice as Spanish did to Cuba only previously before this event. The war took about 3 years and about 20,000 Filipino rebels died, 4,000 American lives, and 200,000 deaths as a result from malnutrition, disease, and guerrilla tactics of burning villages. -
Platt Amendment
It limited Cuba so they could not make any treaties that might limit its independence or permit a foreign power to control any part of its territory, allowed the U.S. to have the right to intervene in Cuba, they could not go into debt, and gave the U.S. the right to buy or lease land for naval stations -
National Child Labor Committee
sent investigators to workplaces to observe the children and took pictures and gathered all the dangers, and they presented them to the public. It was because of this that labor unions begain and they argued for children's labor -
The Jungle
This book was written by a muckraking journalish Upton Sinclair that showed the people of all the sickening conditions of the meatpacking industries. This book led Roosevelt to pass the Meat Inspection Act -
Pure Food and Drug Act
This act called for truth in labeling in food and medicines. It gave the people accurate information of what they were consuming -
NAACP- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
This group was the first big movement to civil rights. African Americans joined with prominent white refomrers in NY. The group had over 6,000 members by 1914. It aimed for equality among races. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
It was a very hazardish work place where approximant 500 young immigrant females worked, and there was a fire on the 8th floor. No one was able to escape above that which led to 146 deaths. This event allowed the U.S. to rethink safety issues, and the American Society of Safety Engineers was created -
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand was about to become the Austrian thrown was visiting Sarajevo and got killed by by Princip from Serbia. This event was what lead to WW1 -
Lusitania
The German U-Boats were the response of the British blockade and they took down ships. The worst of disasters was the sinking of Lusitania. Some 1,198 people died, 128 being Americans. The U-Boats were the thing that really turned U.S. against the Central Powers -
Selective Service Act
This act basically made our military for WW1 . It required men to register for the war and then randomly got selected some 3 million of the 24 million were called up for troops. -
War at Home- Food Administration
The food administration ran under Herbert Hoover, and it helped Americans conserve food wisely, so what was not needed could be sent to war grounds. This along with the other 5 boards really contributated to success for U.S. in WW1 -
14 Points
A speech that President Wilson gave that he belived wanted to address to prevent another war were points 1-5. 6-13 covered th boundary changes. Lastly point 14 was for the League of Nations where nations could come together and discuss issues without resorting to war.
