HIST 106 1nd Edition Lecture 9 Outline of Current Lecture I Russo Japanese War II Progressives III Spanish American War Current Lecture I II III WWI Taft Dollar Diplomacy Theodore Roosevelt Turn of the Century US in a war with Spain over Cuba 1898 Spanish American War o Quick Little War o Most unorganized war o US prevailed because the US Navy sailed into Philippines and found all the Spanish warships and sank them o The Teller Amendment We don t want anything we are just in there to help the Cubans o The War in the Philippines was very lengthy 1911 Colt 45 was built because of this war 1900 average life expectancy was 47 years 14 of home had a bathtub 8 had a telephone Max speed limits in most cities were 10 mph Average wage in US was 22 cents hour Average US worker made better 200 400 More than 95 of all births in US took place home 95 of professional positions had no college education Canada passed a law in 1900 prohibiting poor people from entering 5 main causes of death o pneumonia 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 tuberculosis o heart disease o diarrhea o heart stroke 1 in 10 US adults couldn t read or write 6 of all US graduated from high school drugs available in drug store 18 households had servants 230 murders recorded in the entire US 1900 US is Expanding 1900 s US is reaching out for the Hawaiian islands b c its the coaling station last place US ships can get coal on the way to far East 1875 US drops the tariff on Hawaiian sugar which helps Hawaiian economy o tariff a tax on imports or exports 1885 The tariff drops off and Hawaiians want it back so US demands certain things from Hawaiians o This tactic is called Dollar Diplomacy Lilio Kalany empire of Hawaii 1897 The tariff runs out again and Hawaii wants help again 1898 we allow them to become a territory of the US October 1901 President William MacClenny is shot to death during a reception Zero Theory 1840 1960 every president elected in year ending 0 every 20 years will be shot Theodore Roosevelt becomes next President o He declared himself a Progressive believes in the middle class not the upper class o 1902 Northern Securities Trust Corporation Theodore says they control too much and takes them to court He wins court case and is known as the Trust Buster o 1902 Mine workers went on strikes Theodore calls the mine owners into his office and convinces them to give an 8 raise to the Union o He starts to regulate the railroads on behalf of the farmers 1904 he runs for election and during the election he made a promise that if he wins he will never run for president again o comes back to haunt it he wins the b c he s fighting for middle class he s a progressive big business support him because they think if he wins this time they may never see him again if he didn t win they were frightened that the workers might start to strike or go socialist He passed the Pure Food and Drug Act 1906 o started it after reading The Jungle He started building the Panama Canal 1907 o his greatest accomplishment o it changes everything He sent out the Great White Fleet to get favorable treaties o with orders to be ready for a feast a frolic or a fight o Problems we are involving ourselves with far East The teddy bear came from Theodore Roosevelt Good to the Last Drop saying came from him Created Civil Service Created National Park System 1908 there was no national crisis so he had to step from presidency o He went to Africa on safaris o wrote a number a books o read a book every day of his life William Howard Taft become the new President 1908 1912 o introduced the first bathtub in the White House Theodore comes back and decides to run again b c of rumors Taft is not the progressive he thought Parties decide to vote for Taft Bull Moose Party a party created for Taft o this splits the Republicans Theodore is shot in Milwaukee while giving a speech but survives o he finished his speech with the shot Woodrow Wilson becomes President in 1912 Democrat o Segregation introduced in the government o He practices Dollar Diplomacy o He has to deal with Revolution in Mexico o He says he will not recognize the Huerta government Defauto Government De jure Government o 1912 1913 We are moving toward war with Mexico o Argentina Brazil Chile Wilson brings reps from these three countries and they are supposed to decide who is correct Huerta or Wilson Conclusion June 28 1914 Wilson is wrong Huerta is correct Same day WWI starts up WWI Everybody wants to fight Every year there was a Balkan war in Austria Every year the Austrians moved down 5 miles June 18 1914 Franzes Joseph choices a empire Franz Ferd and sends him down to Seriajo on a good will mission o Franz Ferd and wife were killed by high school kid Gavaillo Princip o Princip started WWI 1 Ultimatum 1 better do this or else from Austria to Serbia 2 Austria gives army to Germany 3 Ultimatum 2 Serbia turns to Russians and Russians decide to mobilize some troops to send to Balkans Germans prepare to attack France instead of Russia Germans are slowed down on the way French meet Germans at the Marne River The Western Front o War last 4 years