Emergence on the World Stage 1912-1920 Flashcards
(110 cards)
1
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who did Wilson appoint as the first secretary of the department of Labour
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William Wilson
2
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when was the Federal Farm Loan Act
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1916
3
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when was the Underwood Tariff
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1913
4
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when did the 16th amendment come into effect
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1913
5
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who had to pay income tax initially
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those earning over $4000 - 4x a good industrial wage
6
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when was the Revenue Act
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1916
7
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what did the Revenue Act do
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expanded taxation to business profits and estates
8
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by what date was the government receiving more money on income tax than it had gained from tariffs
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1917
9
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how many were employed by the Hog Island Shipyard
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3400
10
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what proportion of the artillery rounds fired by US troops had been manufactured in the US
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less than 8000 out of 8.8 million
11
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how much did WW1 cost
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$35.5 billion
12
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how much was overall lent to the Allies
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$7 billion
13
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how much of the overall war cost was raised by loans
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2/3
14
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what loans were used to raise money in the war
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Liberty and Victory Loans
15
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how many war bond issues were there
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5 between April 1917 and April 1919
16
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which movie stars advertised war bonds
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Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks Jr
17
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how many posters and window stickers were issued for the 3rd war loan issue in April 1918
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9 million posters and 5 million stickers
18
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how much did the government collect in taxes during WW1
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$10.5 billion
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what was the top level of the steeply graded income tax in WW1
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75%
20
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what inheritance tax was introduced in WW1
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25%
21
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when did Wilson create the War Industries Board
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July 1917
22
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how much did US Steel make in the two years at war
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half a billion dollars
23
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who was director general of the Railroads
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William McAdoo
24
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who was the Food Administrator in WW1
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Herbert Hoover
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when was the Lever Food and Fuel Control act
1917
26
what did the lever food and fuel control act set wheat prices at
$2.20 a bushel
27
what did the amount of leftover waste in Chicago fall from
12,900 tons a month to 8,400
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what did food production increase by in the war
12.3 million tons a year to 18.6 million tons a year
29
how much did farmers' incomes grow in the war
30% between 1915 and 1918
30
by what date was the US the world's leading industrial nation
1920
31
by what date was the US the world's leading economy
1918
32
how much of the world's oil did the US produce and consume
70% in 1920
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34
how much of the world's supply of wheat and corn was supplied by the Great Plains of the Midwest
1/3 of wheat and 2/3 of corn
35
what countries did small US farmers struggle to compete with
Argentina, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand
36
when was the Child Labour Act
1916
37
how many children under 16 were working and not in education
2 million
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when was the child labour act ruled unconstitutional
1918
39
when was the Workmen's Compensation Act
1916
40
what was the Adamson Act
laid down a max 8hr work day for railroad workers
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when was the Adamson Act
1916
42
when did coal miners strike in Ludlow, Colorado
1913
43
how many were killed by the Colorado National Guard in the coal strike
26
44
when was the Federal Reserve Act
1913
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what was created under the federal reserve act
12 banking districts, each under the supervision of a federal reserve board
46
what did federal banks and banks that wished to participate in the federal reserve system have to do
invest 6% capital and surplus into the reserve bank
47
how much of the nation's banking resources were part of the federal reserve system
70% by 1923
48
when was the federal trade commission passed
1914
49
when was the Clayton Antitrust Act passed
1914
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how many cease and desist orders were given to companies engaged in illegal activity under the FTC
almost 400
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what did Samuel Gompers call the Clayton Antitrust Act
the Magna Carta for labour
52
what slogan did Wilson win the 1916 election on
He Kept Us Out Of War
53
how much did the US give Colombia for the role it had played in encouraging the Panamanian revolt
$20 million
54
when did Wilson order intervention in Haiti
1915 - remained until 1924
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when was there US military presence and government in the Dominican Republic
1915 to 1924
56
when did Wilson maintain a presence in Nicaragua
1912-1925
57
what did envoy Walter H. Page say of Latin America
US forces would 'shoot men until they learn to vote and rule themselves'
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when was a law repealed that made US coastal shipping exempt from paying tolls to the Panama Canal
1912
59
how many women marched on Fifth Avenue, NY to protest WW1
1500
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when did women march down Fifth Avenue in black robes to protest war
29th August 1914
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when was Wilson's declaration of neutrality
19th August 1914
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when did Wilson attack German Americans for disloyalty to the US
Dec 1915
63
what was the value of US exports to Britain in 1914
$549 million
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what was the US trading surplus with Britain in 1914
$300 million
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what was the value of US exports to Germany in 1914
$344 million
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what was the US trading surplus with Germany 1914
$154 million
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What % government revenue was from tariffs
40%
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what government deficit would result from loss of trade
$60-100 million
69
what was trade with the allies by 1916
$3.2 billion - 10x that of trade with the central powers
70
what was US trade with Germany by 1916
1% what it had been in 1914
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what was the allies' debt to the US by the time of the peace settlement
$10.5 billion
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when did Germany declare British waters a war zone
Feb 1915
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when was the British ship, the Arabic, sunk and why was this significant
August 1915 - 2 Americans were killed
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when did Wilson give a speech outlining the factors that led to war
May 1916
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when was unrestricted submarine warfare resumed
31st Jan 1917 with 8hrs warning
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when did Wilson break off diplomatic relations with Germany
3rd Feb 1917
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when was the Zimmerman Telegram sent to the state department
Feb 1917
78
when did Wilson ask Congress for the authority to declare war on Germany
April 1917
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how much Allied shipping was sunk by U-boats in Feb and March 1917
1 million tons
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which point in Wilson's plan proposed a League of Nations
14th
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when was the peace settlement for WW1 sorted
Jan 1919
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how many republican senators signed a document condemning the LofN and saying it should be delayed
37
83
where did Wilson collapse on his tour to win support for the LofN
Pueblo, Colorado
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who introduced a compromise bill on the LofN
Lodge
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what did the LofN compromise bill fail by
53 to 38 votes as Wilson told democrats to oppose it
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why was the original peace settlement not passed
it passed 49 to 35 votes - this was 7 short of the 2/3 majority needed
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when was the Knox-Porter resolution
October 1921
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what was the name given to Wilson's domestic progressive policies
New Freedom
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what were the terms used to describe Wilson''s approach to foreign policy
Wilsonianism or Moral diplomacy
90
who proposed to segregate drinking fountains and towels in his department at a cabinet meeting
secretary of the navy Josephus Daniels
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what quote from Daniels' diary explains why Wilson agreed to the segregation of his department
he had 'made no promises in particular to negroes, except to do them justice'
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when was the National War labour Board set up
April 1918
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how many cases did the National War Labour Board consider
1200 between 1918 and 1919
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what board set wages and standards of employment
the War Labour Policies Board
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how much did wages increase in the steel industry
they doubled
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how much did union membership rise by in the war
2.3 million
97
how many men were called up in the war
1 million
98
how many women were engaged in aircraft manufacture
6000
99
how many African Americans migrated north 1914-1918
500,000
100
how much did the african american population of NY grow to
92,000 to 152,000 1914-1918
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how much did the african american population of detroit grow to
from 5000 to 41,000 1914-1918
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how many African Americans were killed in the East St Louis riots
39
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how many African American troops in WW1
200,000
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when were the East St Louis riots
summer 1917
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how many African Americans volunteered for service in the war
360,000
105
what organisations investigated pro-German feelings among African Americans
the Bureau of Investigation of the Justice Department
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how many papers were in the Black Press
200 weekly papers and 6 monthly magazines
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what were some of the Black press papers
New York Age, Crisis, Cleveland Gazette
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what was the increase in the circulation of the NAACP periodical The Crisis
41,000 to 74,000 from 1917 to 1918
109
when was Wilson president
1913-1920
