Final Flashcards
(60 cards)
Lincoln’s problem with slavery
-Whites are not going to risk their lives for backs
-doesn’t want to lose the border states
-doesn’t want to alienate the democratic party
The confederate defensive strategy
-stay home and repel invasion
-avoid battles that risk annihilation
-outlast the north
Lincoln’s 3 themes of the Gettysburg address
-Invoked the principals of human equality espoused by the declaration of independence
-redefined the civil war as a struggle not merely for the union but as “a new birth of freedom” that would bring true equality to all of its citizens
-ensure that the democracy would remain a viable form of government
Andrew Johnson’s characteristics
southrenor, democracy, racist
compromise of 1877, democrats get
1)Promised withdrawal of federal troops from remaining 3 southern states
2) substantial federal subsidies for internal improvements
3) democratic post master general
2 factors that stimulated the land rush
homestead act of 1862 and the California gold rush
challenge farmers aced in the late 19th century
-falling prices
-rising RR rates
-insufficient currency (silver)
-credit dominated by eastern interests
13th amendment
abolish slavery
14th amendment
addresses citizenship, equal protection, and due process under the law
15th amendment
right to vote for all males
16th Amendment
allows the federal government to collect income tax
17th amendment
establishes the direct election of united states senators by popular vote
18th amendment
established the prohibition of alcholol
19th amendment
women’s suffrage
Reasons for CPI during WWI and its absurd levels
-created to influence U.S. public opinion regarding American participation in WWI
-100% American campaigns
-german taught in schools as a foreign language banned
-german towns changed names
-german toast became french toast, sauerkraut to liberty cabbage
The espionage act of WWI
prohibited any attempt to interfere with military operations
why the Versailles treaty was rejected
1) criticism had been mounting from numerous ethnic groups
-Irish-no independent ireland
-italians- not gained territory they deserved
-germans- ferociously unfair to germany
2) Irreconcilables, rejected the treaty: isolationists
3) no republican wanted to hand wilson and the Dems a foreign policy victory with the presidential election a year away
4) Wilson’s archenemy Henry cabot lodge congressional war powers
st valentines day massacre
most celebrated act of gang violence during prohibition
hoovervilles
make shift communities on the outskirts of cities
purpose of the 1st new deal
recovery, relief, reform
cornerstone of the second new deal
lasting reform
what is a new dealer
people who supported new deal legislation
causes of WWI
-nationalism, imperialism
-imperial rivalries, entangling alliances
-militarism, germany’s rise as a world power
