Apush Chapters 29 &30: World War I

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President Wilson's foreign policy
How is to different than the Big Stick and Dollar Diplomacy tactics?

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Missionary (Moral) Diplomacy
-wilson wants to spread democracy and promte peace

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examples of Wilson's maralistic democracy

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1. Panama Canal Tolls Act
2. Jones Act 1916
3. convinced Congress to give columbia $25 million b/c of the circumstances under which the US took Panama

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Panama Canal Tolls Act

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-exempted US from paying tolls
-he asked Congress to repeal the act b/c its not fair to other countries

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Jones Act 1916

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-granted Philleppines territorial status and a promise of independence

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Why did Presidnet Wilson fail in his attemot to develop a more "moral," less imperialistic policy in Latin America?

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1. he sent marines to multiple South American countries to protect American lives and property
-Haiti for 19 years
-Dominican Republic for 8 years
-Nicuragua till 1924
-Cuba from 1917-1922

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What islands did the Wilson administration purchase in 1917 and why?

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Danish West Indies (Virgin Islands)
1. stragetically located near Panama Canal
2. US was afraid Germany was getting too close to obtaining it
-paid $25 million

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What situation did President Wilsion face in Mexico in 1913 and how did he respond?

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-by 1930, American capitalists had invested about 1 billion in Mexico
-many Americans lived in Mexico
-Hurst had a ranch larger than state of RI
-President of Mexico was murdered
-Heurta took over
-many Mexicans feld to US
-US refused to extend recognition to Heurta gov.
-US funnels money onto 2 regimes: pancho villa ; carranzo

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president of Mexico

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Francisco Madera

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ABC Powers

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Argentina, Brazil, and Chile
-pressured Huerta to step down
-US forces leave Vera Cruz
-appointed a provisional ruler for Mexico : Carranzo
-stopped an all out war b/w US and Mexico
-however, Poncho Villa waged war on US b/c Carranzo was chosen instead
-stopped a train and killed 18 American engineers
-invaded New MExico and killed 19 Americans

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Tampeca Incident

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-Americans on shore leave in Tampeca are arrested
- their release in negotiated but the Mexican gov. parades them around in the streets
-when they are safe on USS Dolphin, the US demands 21 gun solute
-Wilson sent US marines in Vera Cruz

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What was the immediate cause of the outbreak of war in Europe in 1914?

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the assassination of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife
-he was the heir to the Austrian-Hungarian empire
-Serbian nationalist that was a part of the Black Hand killed him
-didnt want to be taken over by Austria-Hungary

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Who did Austria-Hungary blame and how did they respond?

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-blamed the whole nation of Serbia
-they issued an ultimatum :
--Serbia refused b/c Russia was behind them (support)

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what country considered itself "protectores of the slavs"

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Russia

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Explain the domino effect that resulted from the alliance system.

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Austria-Hungary attacked Serbia
Russia declared war on Austria-Hungry
Germany declared war on Russia
Britain declared war on German
etc.

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Central Powers vs. Allied Powers

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Central : Germany, Turkey, Italy, Bulgaria, Austria-Hungry

Allied : Britain, France, Russia, Serbia, (eventually) US

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What neutral nation did Germany brutally overrun in 1914?

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Belgium

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four underlying causes of the Great War

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Militarianism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism

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How did the US respond to outbreak of war in Europe

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President Wilson issued a proclomation of neutrality
-asked Americans to keep nuetral thoughts

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Which side did Americans sympathize with and why?

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Allied Powers
-supported Britain because they are mother country
-our culture and economic is modeled after Britain
-we felt we owed France for their help in gaining our own independence

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Which European nation controlled the seas at the time of the outbreak of the war and what did it do in response?

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.How did Germany respond to the blackade?

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How did the United States respond?

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Lusitania and US reaction to what happened to it

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Sussex/Sussex Pledge

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1916 Presidential Election

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Wilson's slogan

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what convinced president Wilsion to declare war on Germany?

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1. Germany won a series of battles that put them within only 37 miles of Paris
2. Russian gov. collapsed and Russia withdrew from war
3. Germany announced to war that they are resuming unrestricted submarine warfare
4. British intelligence intercepted the Zimmerman Telegram

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Brest-Litovsk Treaty

Back 29

-when Russia and Germany came to an agreement not to fight anymore
-Russia withdrew due to its own civil war
-this means German soldiers on Russian front can now move to attack further west

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When did the US declare war on Germany? What did Wilson promise the American people when he did so?

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1917
-he promised to make the world safe for democracy
-he believed this was the war to end all wars

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Selective Service Act of 1917

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conscription/draft act
-required all men 18-45 to register for army
-24 million registered, 4 million drafted, 2 million sent overseas

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Committee on Public Information

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-a propoganda committee thats job is the "sell" the war
-"Hang the Kieser"
-led by George Creel

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War Industries Board

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Bernard Baruch
"Fear of Industry"
-decided which companies got gov. contracts to produce for war

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Food Administration

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Herbert Hoover
-voluntary compliance
-wants to feed boys in trenches
-prohibition speeds up due to conservation of wheat and dislike of German-Americans
-WWI didnt need rations

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Fuel Administration

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-conserve the feul we have
-decrease consumption, increase production

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Railroad Administration

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-gov. took over railroads to tansport

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Financing the War

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-sales of gov. bonds
-taxes

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National War Labor Board

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-created to prevent strikes
-no strike clause
-Gompers (AFL) supports this, but not WWI

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Enforcing Loyalty and Stifling Desent

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Espionage Act

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Charles Schneck vs. US

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Schenck gave out a ton of flyers that said draft violated 3rd ammendment
-arrested under espionage
-appealed to supreme court but court upheld decision under the presumption of "clear and present danger"

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