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alfred thayer mahan
mahan stressed the independence of the military and control of the sea mahan greatly influenced the bulldup of naval forced in the years prior to ww1 alfred phrase was wether they will or not americans most now begin to look outward the growing production of the century demands it -
theodore roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt was an new York city police commission before becoming the vice president he was also a governor of new york which later he became the president due to the assasination of pres william mekinney his famous catch phrase was speak lut curry a sin stick some called roosevelt the trust host he also stopped the gov from selling postic lungs -
stanford b pole pres of hawaii
political wanted Hawaii with us worked to limit nations -
roosevelt corollary
the Roosevelt corollary changed the Monroe duction
the Monroe doctrine blocked further expansion of Europe
in western hemisphere the Roosevelt collary went one step further
renounced intervention and established his good neighbor policy for the western hemisphere -
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dollar diplomacy
the goal was to create stability aboard and promote american commercial interests another goal was to use private capital to further us interests overseas the policy was evident in extensive us interventions in Venezuela Cuba and central america -
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the roaring twenties
this time period is marked by optimism celebration experimentation and social change but also fear of external influences and a loss of american culture -
emergency quota act
the act legislation restricted new immigration of 3% of the number of residents per year for their country of origin all ready living in the united states the act limit the immigration of aliens into the united states the immigrant helped the economy out another home for the emergency quota act is the emergency immagrant act -
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national orgins formula
this act caused immigration to drop by almost 500000 people between 1920 and 1922 but professionals were not affected and they were all coming to the u.s looking for jobs and the cause if immigrants coming in from europe after ww1 this modified the immigration time of this point -
Henry ford innovations
what most people dont realize is that the process of manufacturing automobiles had on equally significant impact on industry increase his employees checks and shorter work days by 1924 ford was producing 1.6million cars a year a price less than 300$ per car -
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red scare
xenophobia fear of losing ones culture person obsessed with maintaining cultural superiority feels threatened when confronted with foreign people federal employees determine wether loyal to gov palmer raids occured larger context of red scare cause fear reaction to communist general palmer forecast massive radical on may day