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Turn of the century's historical context (The progressive Era (the use…
Turn of the century's historical context
American Imperialism
The late 19th and early 20th century were a period of expansion and colonization in Asia and Africa
by European powers
New Imperialism
The US has always been an empire
Economics
primary causes of American Imperialism
1893 a panic caused by the panic of a British bank caused a big depression
imperialism assisted the US to get out of this depression
1890s saw Americans begin to recite the pledge of allegiance and celebrate Flag Day
1854 we opened Japan to American trade
High tide to American imperialism
Spanish American Cuban Philippino war
95 thousand Cuba’s died
President William McKinley's war message to congress
USS main February 15th 1891
killed 266 sailors
internal explosion which caused Americans to blame Spain
WWI
Started by the assassination of Franz Ferdinand
he was a moderate
he was not liked by his uncle
the head of the austral Hungarian empire
he was more hardcore
was liked by the German Kaiser Wilhelm
his uncle Franz Joseph I felt like he had to do something
otherwise the Serbian nationalist felt like they could expand their territory
this makes sense as a point for WWI
Month long delay
prime minister of Austria talked to Germany to make sure they would have their back
Austria received assurance (on July 5th or 6th) from Germany in the form of a "blank check"
a promise from Germany that they would help Austria if Russia mobilized
Dates
Austria and Germany were the first to declare war (July 28th and August 1st)
Germany declared war on France (August 3rd)
All the major powers of WWI were officially at war (August 4th
other powers like USA, Japan and the automan empire joined late
The progressive Era
the use of photography for documentation was new
it captured children working
brought laws that limited child labor
The Jungle
to the pure food and drug act, meat inspection act 1906
Federal government
mock racking
published industrial and political abuse
people started to feel that "trusts" were exerting too much power over people's lives
Defined by
the tension of wanting to have government for, of, and by the people and wanting to have government that is good at government
the gilded age was the period when American industrial capitalism came into its own
Mark Twain criticized its associated problems
people tried to solve those problems through individual and group action
in order to keep costs down and profits high
kept wages low and hours long
some employers began to pay workers more
Henry ford paid an average of $5 a day
this helped ford's sales
the wobbly founded in 1905
radical socialist
1915 - Americans can purchase washing machines, vacuum cleaners, auto mobiles, record players - goods were connected with freedom
1912 socialist party had 150 thousand members
America in WWI
Ernest Hemingway
ambulance driver
lost generation of writers
troops did not arrive until spring of 1918
Woodrow Wilson’s 14 points are admirable as a statement of purpose
US declared war on Germany on April 2nd 1917 (almost 2 years after the sinking of the Lusitania)
there were multiple reasons that did not have to do with the Lusitania sinking which caused the US to get involved
when the war broke out America remained neutral
but many cited with the British
America was involved for 19 months
cost the lives of 10 million soldiers
WWI made the national government much more powerful
Government used its power to shape public opinion
committee of public information
wave of propaganda to get america to support the war