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Vocabulary 10.3

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NOTES: American History Notes 10.3 Big Stick

Teddy Roosevelt was president of the USA. He had some big plans, he had battleships built and painted all white. Sailed across around the world like a big parade. It was called the Great White Fleet, 10 of them. Every harbor they went to, there would be a celebration for them because it was a diplomatic voyage and it was showing off to the other countries. Basically saying “We have big ships, don’t mess with us.” It works pretty good, they go everywhere. This is all apart of the big stick plan, “Speak softly, but carry a big stick.” Roosevelt had bigger fish to fry, he wasn’t completely concerned with Foreign affairs, but also our affairs. There was a lot of monopolies which is when one business controls a large sector of that business. Rockefeller was one. They are not good for consumers. So roosevelt took it upon himself to break apart these monopolies. Now he’s not going to get a lot of friends in the business World, but the Average Joe’s will be his friends and on his side. Now, there was a group of journalist at the time called “Muck Rakers” they would go dig up info about companies or find scandals brewing.They looked for ways to go after companies. Upton Sinclare was one. Muck Rakers, also the USA at the time was a movement called the Social Gospel Movement. It had to do with helping out your fellow man. Not being so apathetic. Some of the rich started helping out the poor more and more. Another thing was prohibition. It was the banging of alcoholic beverage sales. Also, there was a growing feminist movement. They weren’t aloud to vote, but they were pushing for there rights. They were looking for more and more rights because they had very few at this time. So Roosevelt looked at all this stuff going on and he came up with the idea called the Square Deal, he wanted to create a balance between everyone. He started putting in all these ideas and it started the Progressive Movement. They were trying to better America. Helping people rather than corporations. Roosevelt's time in office is off, but he choose to step down. He hand picked the recessed, William Howard Taft. The only thing he is remembered for is being fat and getting stuck in a bathtub even though he busted more trust than Teddy did. He was mild mannered and soft spoken, so no one knew all the great things he did. Roosevelt decides he wants to run for office again after taft’s 4 years were up. So The third party, the Bull Moose Party, was created by Teddy. You have both these republicans who are in the election so they’re going to split the vote. Which means neither on of them are going to win, the democrat wins. Windrow Wilson. He was the President of Princeton University. He became a Supreme Court Judge after he was done being president. That’s all he wanted to be in the first place.

Wilson idealist in Politics- Wilson tackles the tariff - good speaker, faith in people, not government, New directions in foreign policy Moralistic Diplomacy in Mexico Thunder Across the Sea Precarious neutrality Americans earned blood money

wilson tackles a tariff

new directions in foreign policy

moralestic

thunder across the sea

a precarious neutrality

americans earn blood money