Flashcards in Chapter 22 World War I Deck (27)
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What was the critical cause of the Great War?
a complex and vulnerable system of secret Alliances between European nations
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What was the immediate cause for America's direct involvement in the war?
Germany's resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare
3
The American war effort reflected the concepts of what reform group?
progressives
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What did the eighteenth Amendment do?
gave Congress the authority to enact prohibition
5
In 1917, the Bolshevik Revolution brought who to power in Russia?
radical Marxist
6
Warren G. Harding's idea of a "return to normalcy" repudiated whose ideas?
Woodrow Wilson
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What was the treaty signed by the US and Panama that established the Panama Canal Zone?
HayBunau-Varilla Treaty
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Who did the Gentlemen's Agreement help integrate in schools?
Japanese students
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What is the name for the use of economic control in order to maintain foreign policy?
dollar diplomacy
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What conference helped end the Russo-Japan war?
Portsmouth Conference
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Who are the ABC powers who negotiated a deal for peace with Mexico?
Argentina, Brazil, and Chili
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What nations were originally in the Triple Alliance?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire
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What nations were originally in the Triple Entente?
Britain, France, and Russia
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Who were "Hyphenated" Americans?
Americans who were of foreign birth or origin and displayed an allegiance to a foreign country
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What was the name of the promise made to the U.S. from Germany instituting the policy of unrestricted submarine warfare?
Sussex Pledge
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What was the name of the telegram to Mexico from Germany?
Zimmermann note
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What government agency used propaganda to convince American people to accept the war?
Committee of Public Information
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What key suffragist campaigned for the Nineteenth Amendment?
Carrie Chapman Catt
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What did the espionage act do?(3)
it prohibited interference with military operations or recruitment, prevented insubordination in the military, and prevented the support of U.S. enemies during wartime
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What did the Sedition Act do?
extend the espionage act to remove negative opinion against the government or bonds
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What Supreme Court Case involved the Espionage Act?
Schenck v. U.S.
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What was the main fear behind the red scare?
communism was going to take over the US
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What is the name of the American force that originally fights in Europe?
AEF, American Expeditionary Force
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What U.S. Infantry consisted of some of the most decorated African American fighters?
369th U.S. infantry
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What U.S. general led the AEF?
John J. Pershing
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What was the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front
Meusse-Argonne Offensive
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