Apush Chapter 30 Flashcards

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Arabic (Ship)

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in 1915 this passenger liner was sunk by Germans. President Wilson protested in response, the Germans issued the "Arabic Pledge," in which they promised to stop sinking passenger ships without warning as long as the crews of the ships allowed the Germans to search the Ships

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Sussex (Ship)

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1916 French Ship was attacked by a U-Boat seven americans on board were badly injured. The US threatened to cut all diplomatic ties with Germany over this incident. In the Sussex Pledge the Germans promised to sink no more ships without priory warnings

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George Creel

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Committee on Public Information, headed by George Creel, was created to “sell” the war to those people who were against it or to just gain support for it.
The Creel organization sent out an army of 75,000 men to deliver speeches in favor of the war, showered millions of pamphlets containing the most potent “Wilsonisms” upon the world, splashed posters and billboards that had emotional appeals, and showed anti-German movies like The Kaiser and The Beast of Berlin.

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Henry Cabot Lodge

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He is best known for his positions on foreign policy, especially his battle with President Woodrow Wilson in 1919 over the Treaty of Versailles. Lodge demanded Congressional control of declarations of war; Wilson refused and the United States Senate never ratified the Treaty nor joined the League of Nations. Also a reservationist. Lodge now came up with fourteen “reservations” to the Treaty of Versailles, which sought to safeguard American sovereignty.
Congress was especially concerned with Article X, which morally bound the U.S. to aid any member of the League of Nations that was victimized by aggression, for Congress wanted to preserve its war-declaring power

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Herbert Hoover

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Herbert Hoover was chosen to head the Food Administration, since he had organized a hugely successful voluntary food drive for the people of Belgium.
He spurned ration cards in favor of voluntary “Meatless Tuesdays” and “Wheatless Wednesdays,” suing posters, billboards, and other media to whip up a patriotic spirit which encouraged people to voluntarily sacrifice some of their own goods for the war.
After all, America had to feed itself and its European allies.

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Zimmerman Note

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1917.
Written by German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmerman, it secretly proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico. It proposed that if Mexico fought against the U.S. and the Central Powers won, Mexico could recover Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona from the U.S.

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Fourteen Points

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he Fourteen Points were a set of idealistic goals for peace. The main points were…
No more secret treaties.
Freedom of the seas was to be maintained.
A removal of economic barriers among nations.
Reduction of armament burdens.
Adjustment of colonial claims in the interests of natives and colonizers.
“Self-determination,” or independence for oppressed minority groups who’d choose their government
A League of Nations, an international organization that would keep the peace and settle world disputes.

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Espionage and Sedition Acts

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declared that nothing dangerous to the nation could be said. greatly infringing on constitutional rights Espionage Act of 1917 and the Sedition Act of 1918 showed American fears and paranoia about Germans and others perceived as a threat.
Antiwar Socialists and the members of the radical union Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) were often prosecuted, including SocialistEugene V. Debs and IWW leader William D. Haywood, who were arrested, convicted, and sent to prison.
Fortunately, after the war, there were presidential pardons (from Warren G. Harding), but a few people still sat in jail into the 1930s.

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Schenck v. United States 1919

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was a United States Supreme Court decision that upheld the Espionage Act of 1917 and concluded that a defendant did not have a First Amendment right to express freedom of speech against the draft during World War I. Ultimately, the case established the "clear and present danger" tes

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Industrial Worker of the World

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Also known as the Wobblies, engineered some of the most damaging industrial sabotage and not without reason. Wobblies were victims of the shabbiest working conditions in the country. When they protested, many were viciously beaten, arrested, or run out of town.

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18th + 19th Amendments

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1919, the 18th Amendment prohibited the sale and drinking of alcohol. the 19th Amendment passes in 1920 giving full woman suffrage

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Big four

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At the Paris Conference in 1919, the Big Four—Italy, led by Vittorio Orlando, France, led by Georges Clemenceau, Britain, led by David Lloyd George, and the U.S., led by Wilson—basically dictated the terms of the treaty.

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Treaty of Versailles

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was forced upon Germany under the threat that if it didn’t sign the treaty, war would resume, and when the Germans saw all that Wilson had compromised to get his League of Nations, they cried betrayal, because the treaty did not contain much of the Fourteen Points like the Germans had hoped it would.