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49 Cards in this Set
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William Howard Taft 1909 - 1913 |
- POTUS - advocated dollar diplomacy |
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Woodrow Wilson 1913 - 1917 1918 - 1921 |
- POTUS during WW1 - advocated moral diplomacy - more intervention than Taft or Roosevelt - sent US expedition after "Pancho" Villa - author of Lusitania Notes - led negotiation of Treaty of Versailles personally - suffered stroke near end of presidency |
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Hay-Herran Treaty 1903 |
- US proposal to Colombia > $10m up-front > $250k/yr 99yr lease of Panama - rejected by Colombian Senate |
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Theodore Roosevelt 1901 - 1904 1905 - 1909 |
- incited Panamanian Revolution - mediated at Portsmouth Conference |
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John Hay 1898 - 1905 |
- Secretary of State under William McKinley & Theo Roosevelt - negotiates Hay-Pauncefote Treaty - negotiates Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty - negotiates Hay-Herran Treaty |
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Hay-Pauncefote Treaty 1901 |
- US proposal > gets English permission to build Panama Canal > establishes permission for all nations to use Panama Canal |
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Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty 1903 |
- US proposal > suggests that in exchange for a few US demands, Panamanian independence gets US protection |
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Roosevelt Corollary 1904 |
- basically tells LA countries to stay in their lanes or US will get involved - used esp. by Theo Roosevelt |
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Russo-Japanese War 1904 - 1905 |
- waged for control of far east - hated by both sides - ended by Portsmouth Conference |
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Portsmouth Conference Sept 1905 |
- mediated by Theo Roosevelt - brings end to Russo-Japanese War |
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Taft-Katsune Agreement 1905 |
- US recognizes Japanese dominance over Korea - Japan promises not to invade Philippines |
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Root-Takahira Agreement 1908 |
- Japan agrees to maintain Pacific status quo, Chinese independence, & Chinese Open Door Policy |
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Lodge Corollary 1912 |
- authored by Henry Cabot Lodge - warns foreign companies not to purchase militarily-significant land in Latin America - meant to prevent any conflict between Latin American & European powers |
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Henry Cabot Lodge 1893 - 1924 |
- most influential man in Senate - author of Lodge Corollary - strong reservationist > author of reservationist Treaty of Versailles |
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General José Huerta 1913-1914 |
- president of Mexico - overthrew Porfirio Díaz w/ Catholic church - government not recognized by US |
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"Pancho" Villa |
- Mexican revolutionary - backed by US - lost competition to overthrow Gen. Huerta |
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Venustiano Carranza 1917 - 1920 |
- Mexican revolutionary - backed by US - president of Mexico |
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WW1 1914 - 1918 |
- fought between: > Central Powers: Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman empire > Allied Powers: Britain, France, Russia - leads to US economic growth |
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Lusitania |
- first non-warship sunk by German u-boats - spurred the "Lusitania Notes" |
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1st Lusitania Notes |
- authored by Woodrow Wilson - stipulations: > Germany will not attack passenger ships > Germany will pay losses & abandon submarine warfare > US will not join war - Germany replies w/out confirmation or excuse |
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2nd Lusitania Notes |
- authored by Woodrow Wilson - stipulations: > Germany will not attack passenger ships > Germany will pay losses & abandon submarine warfare > US will not join war - Germany replies w/ excuse: "it was an accident" - spurred William Jennings Bryan's resignation - spurred appointment of Robert Lansing to Sec. of State |
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3rd Lusitania Notes |
- authored by Woodrow Wilson - p much tell Germany to go screw themselves |
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Arabic Aug 1915 |
- second non-warship sunk by German u-boats - spurs Arabic Pledge by Kaiser Wilhelm |
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Arabic Pledge Sept 1915 |
- pledge by Germany > German u-boats will stop & warn passenger liners they're in a warfare zone IF these ships don't try to resist or escape > obviously unworkable |
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Gen. John Pershing |
- led US expedition to find "Pancho" Villa - led American Expeditionary Force |
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Sussex Feb 1916 |
- third non-warship sunk by German u-boats - spurs Sussex Pledge |
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Sussex Pledge Feb 1916 |
- pledge by Kaiser Wilhelm > German u-boats will attack only the enemy's navy |
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1916 election |
- Republican candidate Charles Evans Hughes - Democratic candidate Woodrow Wilson > "He kept us out of the war" |
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Charles Evans Hughes |
- 1916 Republican presidential candidate - Sec. of State under Warren G Harding - reform governor of New York - known for being conservative judge |
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Russian Revolution Jan 1917 |
- puts Bolsheviks in power - overthrows tzar - eventually leads to Russian breakage from WWI |
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Zimmerman Telegram |
- telegram sent by German foreign minister to German ambassador in Mexico - suggests Mexico join WWI & Germany will help win back Texas, Arizona, California, &c from US - intercepted by Britain - spurs US to join WWI |
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Arthur Zimmerman |
- author of Zimmerman Telegram |
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Selective Service Act 1917 |
- establishes draft for men 21 - 30 |
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Committee on Public Information 1917 |
- led by journalist George Creel - in charge of domestic propaganda |
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Espionage Act 1917 |
- imposes <= 20yrs in prison for aiding the enemy or being disloyal to the US war effort |
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Sedition Act 1918 |
- made criticizing the war or US a crime - led to imprisonment of 1.5k dissenters, including Eugene Debs |
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War Industries Board |
- led by industrialist Bernard Baruch - determines priorities for factory manufacture - allocates raw materials necessary for war effort - fixes prices for manufacturers |
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Food Administration |
- led by Herbert Hoover - supplies food to the army & civilians in Western Europe - highly successful |
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Fuel Administration |
- regulates & conserves fuel for American use - invents Daylight Saving Time |
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Railroad Administration |
- creates priorities for transportation of supplies, soldiers, &c - controls railroad schedules |
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War Shipping Board |
- supervises US-domestic shipping to make war priority |
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War Trade Board |
- oversees foreign trade |
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War Labor Board |
- led by Felix Frankfurter - standardizes wages - protects right to organize & bargain collectively - orders women in war-related industries be paid equally to men |
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1st Great Black Migration |
- spurred by labor shortage in northern US - fills northern manufacturing jobs w/ African-Americans - exhibits northern racism in the problems black people have finding housing |
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Treaty of Versailles 1919 |
- negotiations led by Woodrow Wilson personally - leads directly to formation of League of Nations - blocked by Senate Republicans |
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Treaty of Versailles Nov 1919, Jan 1920 |
- authored by Henry Cabot Lodge - strong-reservationist version of Treaty of Versailles - blocked by Senate Democrats |
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1920 election |
- Democratic candidate James Cox > VP Franklin Delano Roosevelt - Republican candidate Warren G Harding > wins election by landslide > overwhelmingly wins women's vote |
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Warren G Harding 1921 - 1923 |
- Republican candidate in 1920 election - overwhelmingly receives women's vote - terrible president w/ good cabinet |
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Herbert Hoover |
- director of US Food Administration - Sec. of Commerce under Warren G Harding |
