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Imperialism

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Big countries take over small countries
Need markets
“Open door trade”

Best example: spanish american war

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What caused Spanish American War

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-Delone letter: spanish criticizes American president
-Yellow journalism
Support Cuba over Spanish rule
Shanish sink the USS Maine

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Teller amendment

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Give Cuba freedom after war
Doesn’t happen and instead the platt amendment takes place

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Results of spanish American war

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USA keeps Philippines
Doesn’t keep Cuba but uses Platt Amendment to keep in control

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Platt Amendment

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America is allowed to Intervene in Cuba anytime

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Latin American policies

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Roosevelt Cordially: US can go anywhere they want
Pay off Latin American debt to other counties
Dollar diplomacy

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Dollar diplomacy

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Invest in Latin America
Better for American economy

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Reasons Americans join World War I

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Uboats sinking American ships (Lusitania)
Zimmerman telegraph
“Make the world safer”
Soviets become communist

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War preparations

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Government will play bigger role
Creel Committee
Espionage and sedition act

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Creel committee

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Sell war through propaganda

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Espionage and sedition acts 

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Can’t speak negatively , or interfere with the government in time of war 
EX) shank vs US

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What happened to Wilson’s 14 points

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Wilson gives up other points in order to ensure the LON
Senate disagrees and doesn’t ratify the treaty or join the league of nations 

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Clash of cultures

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Roaring 20s
Scopes trial: science vs religion
Harlem renaissance: jazz, women
Flappers
Prohibition

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Foreign policy in 1920s

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Isolationism

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Nativism in 1920s

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No immigrants: especially communists
National origin: % of countries

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Economic issues in 1920s

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Farmers struggle to to overproduction of food in WW1

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Causes of Great Depression

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Stock market crash
Unequal distribution in wealth
Banks fail
Countries raise tariff
Harly smot tariff is really high tax
People aren’t spending

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FDR during depression

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NEW DEAL
Government will hire you, even if it means they going to debt
Get the unemployed jobs
Crye programs
Make unions legal
NEW DEAL COHILITION
African-American switched to Democrat
Small farmer and solid south switch to a republican 

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Hoover during depression

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Reconstruction finance
Loan money to biggest businesses , so they can invest

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Bonus army 

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Veterans that marched to Washington to protest 

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Reform measures in the new deal

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Social Security
Wagner act make unions legal

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Court packing plan

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Roosevelt tries to change supreme court from 9 to 15 justices
First major defeat

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World War II Munich conference

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Appeasement

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Arsenal of democracy 

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Lent and lease to the British 

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Yalta-conference
Leaders of the big three- US, Europe, Soviet Union discuss plans for the end of World War II
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John Hay
Author of open door note that became the open door policy 
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George creel 
Leader of creel committee
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Charles schenck
Put in jail for breaking the espionage act 
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Henry Cabot lodge
Senator. That didn’t want to ratify treaty.
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John scopes
Scopes trial Scopes was put on trial for teaching evolution 
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Andrew Mellon 
Secretary of treasury used laissez-faire method and cut taxes 
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Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst
Published yellow journalism
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Emilio Aguinaldo 
Philippine president
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Eugene debs
Leader of socialist party Thrown in jail for breaking the espionage and sedition acts 
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Huey long and father Charles Coughlin 
Criticized FDR
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Francis Townsend
Created Social Security 
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John Mayer Keynes
Economist for what FDR did
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What party presidents were in control during the roaring 20s 
Republican 
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Palmer raids
A series of raids conducted by the United States department of justice under Woodrow Wilson to capture in arrest, suspected socialists and communists and deport them
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Selective service act
Allowed government to select men to join the army
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War industries board
Agency established to regulate and oversee military products ask companies to make supplies for the war people agree do the nationalism and guaranteed customers
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War labor board
Dealt with labor disputes Workers weren’t allowed to go on strike they had to report to the labor board Prevented workers from stopping work to continue to make supplies
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FA
Meet your troops, and Americans had food Government tells farmers to make food and buys from them Then, after water prices, go down because of abundance of crops
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Liberty bond
Give government money now, and get paid back more after the war
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Espionage act
No spying against America No freedom of speech Illegal to obstruct the war effort
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Sedition act
Illegal to criticize the government during times of war 
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The purpose of Woodrow Wilson’s 14 points
Prevent the conditions that start war 
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Versailles peace conference
Established a punishment for the negative affects of war by blaming Germany and making them pay, respirations along with disarm and loose land Australia hungry is divided pond is created, and the league of nations excludes Germany 
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Kellogg brand pact
International agreement to know more war
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Washington conference
Agreement between the US great Britain and Japan to reduce naval sizes in order not to compete with each other in naval affairs 
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Albert Johnson
Created national ordinance act that limited immigrants using quotas
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The red scare
Fear of communism in America
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Sacco, Vanzetti trial
Anarchists arrested and executed because of circumstantial evidence
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Apple pie America 
Old America Religion
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Fundamentalist
Wanted to go back to old American ways, and to teach religion
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Harlem renaissance
Development of the Harlem neighborhood Celebration of African-American culture Social revolt against racism Moved from south to the north because of job availability in World War I Jazz age 
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Teapot dome
Scandal of illegal leasing of government oil fields
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Volstead act
Lol that enforced prohibition Cops didn’t enforce it Repealed by the 21st amendment Speakeasies in bootleggers Al Capone is the biggest gangster Saint Valentine’s Day massacre 
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1935 neutrality acts
Laws passed that made it illegal to sell ammunition and weapons to other countries 
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1937 neutrality acts
Another law passed to the growing threats of war, and to stay out of war by not allowing for the selling of weapons 
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Nazi Soviet pact
Allowed for Hitler to invade Poland
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Destroyers for airbases deal
Do United States transferred destroyers to the British Navy exchange for leases, for British naval an air bases
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Atlantic charter
World organization led to the modernization of the league of Nations 
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D day
An air land and sea invasion brought by the allied powers to France 
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Nuremberg trials
Trial by the allies against Germany for invading surrounding countries
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FERA
Family experiences and new deal relief Give federal grants to states that funded salaries for government workers, as well as local soup, kitchens, and other direct aid to the poor Created work programs for teachers and college students
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CCC
Single men between the ages of 18 and 25 to enlist in work programs to improve America’s public lands, forests and parks
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TVA
Tennessee valley authority Paid people to replenish forests to work on infrastructure that created dams and other power plants TV requires electricity, therefore TV 
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WPA
Works progress administration created jobs for public projects
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REA
Rural electrification act Brought electricity to farms
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Social Security
Benefits in cash to old aged people
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AAA
Agricultural adjustment act limited the overproduction of crops Paid farmers not to grow certain crops Unsuccessful
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NRA
Limited working hours created public works programs and established minimum wage This established a code for industries Jump started industrial growth by the government telling industries what to grow how many hours to work and the rates of their product 
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FDIC
Insurance payments made to the bank
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Fair, labor, standards act
40 hour work week, outlawed child labor, and set a minimum wage
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SEC
Monitor the stock market
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Indian reorganization act
Reestablish, tribal ownership
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Schechter pultry v US
Declared NRA was unfair
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United States vs Butler
Declares AAA is unfair President can’t tell farmers want to grow and want to charge
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The square deal
Theodore Roosevelt’s domestic policy, based on the protection of the consumer control of large corporations and conservation of natural resources 
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Difference between square deal, and new deal
New deal is economic unlike the square deal that was political, social, and economic The new deal government takes government to another level of power Square deal monitors and interferes with factories
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FEC
Set a limit on how much money a person can spend on their presidential campaign 

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