Unit 6 Flashcards
(34 cards)
(France, GB, Russia, Italy, Japan, U.S) (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria)
Central Powers and Allies
German submarines, which proved deadly for Allied. Played important role in drawing U.S into WW1
U-boat
(1917) Germany sinking merchant ship and neutral country ships without warning.PRIMARY REASONS U.S JOINS WW1
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
German secretary Arthur Zimmerman proposed a german/Mexican alliance against the U.S. Helped draw u.s into war. FINAL PRIMARY REASON FOR U.S JOINING WW1
(1917) Zimmerman/telegram
Wilson’s proposal to ensure peace in WW1. Called for end to secret treaties, widespread arms reduction, national self-determination, and a league of nations
(1918) Fourteen Points
(1917) Regularly distributed propaganda and sent “4 minute man” to rally crowds and deliver “patriotic prep” WIN SUPPORT FROM AMERICANS
Committee on Public Information
(1917) prohibited interference with draft and war effort disloyalty. UNFRIENDLY TO CIVIL LIBERTIES
Espionage Act
(1919) supreme court decision which UPGELD ESPIONAGE AND SEDITION ACTS. Freedom of speech can be curtailed
Schneck vs U.S
(1917) federal agency that coordinated industrial production during WW1. Production quotas, allocate raw materials, increase efficiency
War Industries Board
Sought to build one big union and advocated industrial sabotage. Appealed to those under horrible working conditions
International Workers of the World (wobblies)
U.S armed forced sent to Europe during WW1 that played crucial role in supporting allies. Also marked 1st major military inv over seas
American Expeditionary Forces
(1919) concluded ww1 securing peace with but imposing terms on Germany and created manage system on former world powers
Treaty of Versailles
(1919) world org of gov proposed by Woodrow Wilson. Worked to facilitate peaceful international cooperation. Established by Treaty of ver
League of Nations
(1917) 2nd stage of Russian rev when Vlad Lenin and his Bolshevik party seized power and established communist stage
Bolshevik Revolution
(1919-20) period of intense anti communism with Palmer raids and deportation
1st Red Scare
(1924) est quotas for immigration to U.S many immigrants shutout
Immigration Act of 1924
(1914) Black nationalist org founded to promote resettlement of African Americans and stim black economy within U.S
United Negro Improvement Association UNIA
Systems of assembly line manufacturing and mass production (henry Ford)
Fordism
Outpour of African culture such as jazz, writers, and social thinkers. Advocated for “New Negro”
Harlem Renaissance
(1919-1920) gov raids led by Palmer to arrest and deport radicals, socialists, communists, and immigrants
Palmer Raids
(1925) legal case in Tenn where Scoopes accused of violating butter act, which outlawed teaching of evolution
Scoopes Monkey Trial
(1921) scandal of illegal lease of priceless naval oil reserves which implicated corruption for pres Hardingo Sec of interior
Teapot Dome Scandal
(1929) panicky day when 16 mil shares sold on wall st and triggered Great Depression
Black Tuesday
Towns made by impoverished out of trash and named to tarnish rep of Hoover administration
Hoovervilles