Unit 6 Flashcards

(34 cards)

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(France, GB, Russia, Italy, Japan, U.S) (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria)

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Central Powers and Allies

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German submarines, which proved deadly for Allied. Played important role in drawing U.S into WW1

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U-boat

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(1917) Germany sinking merchant ship and neutral country ships without warning.PRIMARY REASONS U.S JOINS WW1

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Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

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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

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(1917) Zimmerman/telegram

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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

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(1918) Fourteen Points

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(1917) Regularly distributed propaganda and sent “4 minute man” to rally crowds and deliver “patriotic prep” WIN SUPPORT FROM AMERICANS

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Committee on Public Information

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(1917) prohibited interference with draft and war effort disloyalty. UNFRIENDLY TO CIVIL LIBERTIES

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Espionage Act

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(1919) supreme court decision which UPGELD ESPIONAGE AND SEDITION ACTS. Freedom of speech can be curtailed

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Schneck vs U.S

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(1917) federal agency that coordinated industrial production during WW1. Production quotas, allocate raw materials, increase efficiency

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War Industries Board

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Sought to build one big union and advocated industrial sabotage. Appealed to those under horrible working conditions

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International Workers of the World (wobblies)

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U.S armed forced sent to Europe during WW1 that played crucial role in supporting allies. Also marked 1st major military inv over seas

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American Expeditionary Forces

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(1919) concluded ww1 securing peace with but imposing terms on Germany and created manage system on former world powers

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Treaty of Versailles

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(1919) world org of gov proposed by Woodrow Wilson. Worked to facilitate peaceful international cooperation. Established by Treaty of ver

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League of Nations

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(1917) 2nd stage of Russian rev when Vlad Lenin and his Bolshevik party seized power and established communist stage

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Bolshevik Revolution

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(1919-20) period of intense anti communism with Palmer raids and deportation

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1st Red Scare

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(1924) est quotas for immigration to U.S many immigrants shutout

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Immigration Act of 1924

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(1914) Black nationalist org founded to promote resettlement of African Americans and stim black economy within U.S

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United Negro Improvement Association UNIA

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Systems of assembly line manufacturing and mass production (henry Ford)

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Outpour of African culture such as jazz, writers, and social thinkers. Advocated for “New Negro”

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Harlem Renaissance

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(1919-1920) gov raids led by Palmer to arrest and deport radicals, socialists, communists, and immigrants

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(1925) legal case in Tenn where Scoopes accused of violating butter act, which outlawed teaching of evolution

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Scoopes Monkey Trial

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(1921) scandal of illegal lease of priceless naval oil reserves which implicated corruption for pres Hardingo Sec of interior

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Teapot Dome Scandal

23
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(1929) panicky day when 16 mil shares sold on wall st and triggered Great Depression

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Black Tuesday

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Towns made by impoverished out of trash and named to tarnish rep of Hoover administration

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FDRs policy in 1930s to solve problems of Great Depression
New Deal (relief, recovery, reform)
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(1933) law creating federal deposit insurance corporation and ended century long unstable banking
Glass Stegall Banking Reform Act
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(1933) gov program by congress hiring young men to improve rural outdoor envir. RELIEF
Civilian Conservation Corps (ccc)
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(1933) assist industry, labor, and unemployed through centralized planning mech that monitored workers earnings and hours. RECOVERY
National Recovery Admin NRA
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Drought and dust storms during 1930s. Led to migration to Cali and displaced Okies and Archies
Dust Bowl
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(1933) raise Agricultural prices by paying farmers not to farm. Help alleviate Great Depression. RECOVERY
Agricultural Adjustment Admin (aaa)
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(1937) FDRs scheme to add new Supreme Court Justices replacing every member above 70 in order to overcome courts objection to New Deal
Court Packing Plan
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(1933) brought cheap electric power, full employment, low cost housing, and environmental improvements to Americans in the Tennessee Valley
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
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(1935) law provided for unemployment of old age insurance. Has long remained after new deal. REFORM
Social Security Act
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Act protected the right of labor to organize unions and bargain. Performed noble work but did not begin operations till late in the war
Wagner Act