Answer to Reform Question

I have learned that there was many women who actually opposed Women's Suffrage. I also believe that Womes's Suffrage was the most important reform movement; it change the course of the US for a century.

Non-group Cuba Paragraph

Following the Spanish-American War Cuba was not legally part of the United States and no longer being threatened by Spain there was no legitimate reason for the US to remain in Cuba. In danger of losing power in the Caribbean the United States forced Cuba to pass the Platt Amendment to secure US power in Cuba. The US would not withdraw their troops until Cuba ratified the Amendment. Cuba then ratified the Amendment. The Platt Amendment gave the United States the right to intervene militarily in Cuba. It also gave the United States the right to build Military bases in Cuba and forbade Cuba from signing any treaties limiting their independence from other powers. It also forbade Cuba from letting any foreign power occupy any part of its land. Cuba was also forbidden from going into debt. This amendment secured America's military power in the Carribean and protected American owned buisnesses in Cuba. It also prevented any foriegn power from interevining in Cuba. It basically gave America de facto control over Cuba.

Group #2 Paragraph

The political and military presence of America in Cuba allowed the spread of American military and economic influence throughout the world. After the war ended Cuba was no longer under threat by the Spanish and it was not a legal part of the USA (it was not given to the United States in the Treaty of Paris) and because the United States had interests in Cuba it was decided that they would force the Cubans to pass the Platt Amendment. The Platt Amendment stated that the USA had the right to intervene militarily in Cuba, enhancing its political, economic and to a smaller extent its military power in the Caribbean. The USA had the right to build Military bases in Cuba, further enhancing it power. Cuba was not aloud to make treaties that limited its freedom from other powers with other foreign governments and it was not allowed to let another power occupy any part of its land which asserted American dominance in Cuban affairs. Cuba was also not allowed to go into debt, which protected American economic interests in Cuba. And to ensure that Cuba would pass the Amendment the USA would not pull out its troops out until it did. America also maintained a strong political presence in Cuba to protect American Sugar plantations in Cuba.

Group#2 Thesis

The United States was successful in extending its worldwide military and economic influence following the Spanish-American War because of its presence in the Philippines, Cuba and Puerto Rico and the opening of trade in China.

Spanish American War

1. What were the consequences of the war for Spain and the United States?
Due to the war, Spain lost its holdings in the Philippines, Cuba and Puerto Rico, while the United States took control of the Philippines and Puerto Rico and occupied Cuba.

2. Why did the Treaty of Paris cause such debate among Americans?
Because it gave control of the Philippines and Puerto Rico to the US while allowing the US occupy Cuba. Many Americans argued that we fought the war to liberate the countries under Spain's rule. They argued that we wolud be no better than Spain if we continued to rule over the territories.

Jane Addams Questions

1. The kindergarten class they offered was probably one of thier most helpful programs; it was hard for the immigrants to get into school.

2. Her work for peace during WWI and endlessly trying to persuade people to end the war.

Trade Unions

5) If the government had supported labor unions instead of businesses, how might the lives of workers have been different?

There would have been many more benefits and much better working conditions for workers in the 1890s and 1900s.

7) Sherman Antitrust Act:

The first attempt by the government to regulate business

8)Samuel Gompers

President of the AFL (American Federation of Labor) in the 1900s

12-3 Answers

1. What is the difference between vertical integration and horizontal integration?
Horizontal integration brought together all the makers of one product while vertical integration allows you to control the source, producers and distributors.
2. What does the theory of Social Darwinism advocate?
The hardest workers will rise to the top.
3. What conditions did many factory workers face in the late 19th century?
Terrible, life-threatening conditions and 0 benefits.
4. What did labor unions advocate?
Better and more equal pay, benefit and compensation.

14-2 Answers

1. If the last 30 years of the nineteenth century is considered the Age of the Railroads, what name might you give the present age?
The Age of Computers.

3. What current technology exerts the most influence on all aspects of American life?
Computers and cell phones.

Industrialization

1. Three factors that enabled the United States to rapidly industrialize were a wealth of newly discovered natural resources, the government's support for business and a growing urban population.

2. The newly developed Bessemer Process allowed the building of skyscrapers.

3. Previously the weakness of iron prevented the build of buildings over 4 or 5 stories.

4. The harnessing of electricity allowed factories to be built anywhere, no longer relying on water mills for power.

5. The inventions of the telephone and the typewriter inceased women in the workplace by 40%.

Native American DBQ

I do not believe that the greatest amount of damage done to the Native Americans in 19th Century was inflicted by those who thought they had the Native American’s best interests at heart. No, the greatest damage was done by those who saw the Native Americans as barbarians and unfit to live and those who conned the Native Americans out of their land. While the ones trying to “help” the Native Americans did inflict damage, they did not commit atrocities such as the mass killing of defenseless Native Americans.
In M. Thomas Bailey’s Reconstruction in Indian Territory, it says that “The reconstruction policies the United States imposed on the Five Civilized Nations were not designed to primarily to benefit the Indians… used instead as a means” to strip the Native Americans of more of their land. This shows that what the American government had on its mind when it signed treaties with Native Americans; how to take away more land from the Native Americans. And in Helen Hunt Jackson’s A Century of Dishonor, it says “There is not one among these three hundred bands of Indians… which has not suffered cruelly at the hands of the government or of white settlers.” And this also shows that the government damaged every tribe it knew of just to expand. The whites thought they must be forced to accept their ways or be eradicated. They didn’t care about the Indians.
On November 18, 1890 R.M. Tuttle, Jesse Ayers, P.B. Wickham, and Joseph Miller wrote a letter to the Indian Department. In the letter they said “…to urge strongly that the Indian Department henceforth deny the Indians the right to carry arms or ammunition off their reservations… the most conservative men in this community will be powerless to suppress the determination of the settlers to kill off every Indian… property has been destroyed and their children and wives have been scared by these worthless nomads…” Letters like these how much hatred the settlers had for the Indians. They wanted the Indians to give up their guns and not to hunt; that would take their self sufficiency away, giving the government more opportunities to take their land away.
In April of 1879 Chief Joseph Lement made a plea to Congress. In it he said “If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian, he can live in peace… Treat all men alike. Give them the same laws. Give them all an even chance to live and grow.” This shows that the Indians weren’t being given the same opportunities as the whites, and that the government refused to be fair with them. In Senate Report 5013, to the 59th Congress it states “Before this allotment scheme was put in effect in the Cherokee Nation we were a prosperous people. We had farms… but when I came to examine the Curtis law… away went my crop… If the same rule had been established in your state you would have lost your house, you would have lost your improvements. Now that is what has been done to the Cherokee.
Although both groups were responsible for damaging the Indians, the group that pushed the Indians out of their homelands and destroying parts of their culture are responsible for most of the damage.

Assimilation

The government's policy of assimilation failed mainly because they forced it upon the Indians. They tried to impose one culture on to an entirely different culture. The American culture made no sense to the Indians. If the Americans hadn't militarily forced the Indians to assimilate, but rather let it happen naturally. But people don't like to be bullied around by soldiers toting guns around. The policy created a greater rift, rather than bringing the Indians and Americans closer together.