Roosevelt wanted to begin trade with the rest of the world. He was sick of bing isolationist and wanted to begin trade and be friendly to other countries. He unfortunately goes to Japan and they tell him they don’t want to trade with the US but Roosevelt forces him to by our military.
The Spanish American War
The Americans go to War with Spain because the Americans think that Spanish troops shot down a famous ship called the USS Maine.
Austria-Hungary
This minority is very important to the starting of World War 1., Because Austria-Hungary was so powerful and they were on Germanys side it was much harder to defeat them in the war because they also had a very good military.
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson was the 28th president and wanted to stay out of WW1 as much as possible. He wanted to worry more about the safety of the citizens in the US and worry about still growing the Untied States and developing it.
Emma Goldman
Emma opposed U.S involvement in the war; she was also accused of conspiring against the draft law of 1917
Unit 4: Woodrow Wilson
President that both removed alcohol causing Prohibiton and ending prohibition
Al Capone
During Prohibiton Al was the guy that got people alcohol illegally. He also was the leader of many gangs. He also was friends with all the politicians in Chicago so he wouldn’t get caught during Prohibition.
The Klu KLux Klan
An organization who thought they were superior above all other races and ethnicities during this time period.
Ophelia
Ophelia is a painting by British artist Sir John Everett Millais, completed between 1851 and 1852. It depicts Ophelia, a character from Hamlet, singing before she drowns in a river in Denmark. [more]
The Proclamation
Basically the 18th amendment was no alcohol allowed and then the 21st Amendment was that a child under the legal age of 21 was not allowed to drink alcohol.
