UNIT 7 STUDY GUIDE Flashcards
ROOSEVELT COROLLARY
(DECEMBER 1904)
United States would intervene as a last resort to ensure that other nations in the Western Hemisphere fulfilled their obligations to international creditors, and did not violate the rights of the United States or invite “foreign aggression to the detriment of the entire body of American nations.”
DOLLAR DIPLOMACY
a foreign policy in which the United States lent money to foreign countries in return for the ability to make decisions for the governments of those countries.
WOODROW WILSON
(president from 1913-1921)
-the leading architect of the League of Nations,
-(14 points)Proposal made by Wilson to outline his vision for ending WW1 in a way to prevent such a war from happening again
Congress of Industrial organization
(CIO)
A federation of unions organizing workers to industrial unions in the US and Canada(1935-1955)
Domestic Consumption
(DMC)
Measures the total amount of materials directly used by an economy
Equal Rights Amendment
(ERA)
1923 End legal distinctions between men and women in terms of divorce, property, employment ,and other legal matters.
Teapot Dome Scandal
Bribery Scandal
secret leasing of federal oil reserves and corruption at the highest level of the government of the US
Schenck v US
Schenck was charged with conspiracy to violate the Espionage Act of 1917 by trying to cause insubordination in the military and obstruct recruitment.
Progressive movements view on ww1
Progressives were worried that American involvement in the war would supersede domestic social reforms.
Civilian conservation corps
(CCC)
a voluntary government work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942
committee on public info
an independent agency of the government of the United States under the Wilson administration created to influence public opinion to support the US in World War I
Howley smoot tariff
a law that implemented protectionist trade policies in the United States. Sponsored by Senator Reed Smoot and Representative Willis C. Hawley, it was signed by President Herbert Hoover
women in congress
- Women’s role in WW1 influenced the idea that all of the countries female citizens deserved the right to vote
First new deal
the pressing banking crisis through the Emergency Banking Act and the 1933 Banking Act.
Espionage and sedation laws
Espionage- made it illegal to interfere with the war effort
Sedation-harsh penalties for a wide range of dissenting speech (abusing the American gov, flag, constitution and military)
American Protected league
Organization of private citizens sponsored by the United States Department of Justice that worked with federal law enforcement agencies during the World War I era
Eugene v Debs
American Socialist leader and five time presidential candidate, created social democratic party of America
Eugenics
Eugenicists worldwide believed that they could perfect human beings and eliminate so-called social ills through genetics and heredity
Cultural Pluralism
minority groups participate fully in the dominant society, yet maintain their cultural differences.
Americanization
The process of an immigrant to the US becoming someone who shares American cultures values beliefs and customs
( For example, learning American English and educating children of immigrants)
Harlem Renaissiance
artistic and cultural activity among African Americans between the end of WW1, the onset of the Great Depression
Gentlemen’s Agreement
unwritten agreement backed by the integrity of the counterparty to actually abide by its term
Du Bois
Civil rights activists who created NAACP and believed social change could be accomplished only through agitation and protest
Garvey
Founder of UNIA that aimed to achieve Black nationalism through celebration of African history and culture, he challenged major thought leader Du Bois
