HIST 106 1nd Edition Lecture 8 Outline of Last Lecture I Europe during the Industrial Revolution II Europe s Leaders III WWI Outline of Current Lecture II Russo Japanese War III Progressives IV Spanish American War Current Lecture Exam Exam will cover Ch 17 to about Ch 22 Civil War form lecture Industrial Revolution textbook lecture Native Americans from textbook Unions from textbook Europe from lecture Progressives textbook lecture The Good Ole Days focus on how one event leads to another o Compromise of 1877 o How much does a seamstress get paid Europe Germany Austria Italy The Triple Alliance Russia Great Britain and French The Ontent Cordiale The Scheillen Plan German attack French then Russia French are embarrassed b c a maid found their secrets in German embassy o They accuse Alfred Dreyfus who is found guilty several time British are embarrassed b c they do poorly in the Boer War These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute o Boer is using Gorilla tactics and French are wearing bright red coats red so that blood can t be seen when shot o 1901 treaty signed and Boer War is over Germans are embarrassed because Kaiser of Germany Wilhelm II is talking about going to war and they want to keep him quiet Russians o ruled by Nicholas II Cousin of Wilhelm II related through Queen Victoria o Russians dislike Asians because they fear they will attack them 1901 1903 Nicholas is frightening Wilhelm warning him of the Asians 1904 Russians declare war on Japanese o Russo Japanese War 1904 1905 o Russians disguise as lumberjacks and creep up on Japanese o Japanese are watching and know what s coming for them o Russians are in trouble so they send Baltic Fleet biggest Russian fleet they have o Japanese destroy Baltic o Russians and Japanese are pulled apart by President Theodore Roosevelt o Roosevelt received the Nobel Peace Prize for doing so Movements War is going to solve women s suffrage A war will break the backs of Unions War will support Social Darwinism The General Federation of Women s Clubs 1889 o Trust in God She Shall Provide o Their issue women children are being overworked o This movement starts the change o In 1910 25 states are associated with the movement o Their goals Want women s suffrage Want protection of children child labor Prohibition sale consumption of alcohol Men are wasting salaries on alcohol Men becoming abusive towards families Prostitutes gambling and violence are found at saloons Ethyl made from wheat is causing blindness and death o They are promoting their movement in magazines o Muckrakers writers of magazines that write about things that are going on in society Yellow journalism stories that are not necessarily true o Movement is very successful Child labor elimination and prohibition 16th amendment income tax 18th amendment prohibition 19th amendment give women right to vote Progressives want to solve problems of society o Think most problems come from immigrants o Theodore Roosevelt announced he is a progressive when elected in 1901 Segregation 1896 Plessey vs Ferguson o Starts segregation o Strict segregation takes off o Jim Crow Laws Blacks and whites have different rules in society o 1912 Woodrow Wilson makes segregation official in the US Lynchings 1900s 365 lynching s a year 1st movie in the US The Birth of a Nation 1954 Supreme Court strikes down segregation Spanish American War 1898 We go to war with Cuba The Maine gets blown up when sent to Cuba Rough Riders led by Theodore Roosevelt ran up San Juan Hill to defeat Spaniards We send Navy to Philippines to fight Spaniards Teller Amendment We don t want any help By the end of the war we take everything the Spanish had before War end in 1899