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Roosevelt collary |
-asserted us authority to intervene in affairs of Latin american nations -expansion of Monroe doctrine |
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Dollar diplomacy |
-Political influence would follow increased us trade and Investment - advocated business investment - ended up requiring military support to settle disputes |
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Woodrow wilson |
-President 1913 - first day in office he had to face international crisis - brought fundamental principles mixed with moralistic faith in American democracy with Realist understanding of the power of international commercial foreign policy -advocated strong diplomatic and military measures |
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Lusitania |
-A British liner that carried some American people and was sunk by a German U-boat off the coast of Ireland -Wilson said this sinking was illegal and inhuman -America=angry |
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Unrestricted submarine warfare |
-All enemy shipping despite the requirements of international law to the contrary would be subject to surprise submarine attacks - Germany declare this with the water around British Isles=war zone |
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Espionage act 1917 |
-Key tool for suppression of anti war sentiment -sets severe penalties for anyone found guilty of aiding the enemy, obstructing recruitment, or insubordination in armed forces -FBI created to enforce espionage act - law whos vague prohibition against obstructing Nations war effort was used to crush dissent in criticism during World War 1 |
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Great migration |
Mass movement of African Americans from the rural to urban North -spurred especially by new job opportunities during World War 1 and the 1920s |
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Fourteen points |
Served wartime purposes anti War factions in Austria Hungary and Germany to convince Russia to stay in war to sustain allied morale ^^^^us war aims(Wilson) |
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League of nations |
-International organisation created by Versailles treaty after World War 1 to ensure world stability - meant to help implement 14 point principles and resolve future disputes |
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Henry Cabot lodge (republican) |
-Powerful majority leader of The Senate. had reservation about the League of Nations - proposed as series of amendments that would of weaken to the league but Wilson wasn't going - when Wilson was bedridden, Lodge got his amendments passed so the us never signed the Treaty of Versailles nor did it join the League of Nations |
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Versailles treaty |
Treaty ending WWI and creating the League of Nations |
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Palmers raid |
Palma used alien act to deport immigrants who were members of revolutionary organizations prior to or after coming to the US. they were found and captured through raids |
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Red scare |
Post World War One public hysteria over bloshevik influence in the u.s. directed against labour activism, radical dissenters, and some ethnic groups |
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Zimmermann telegram |
-German Arthur Zimmerman sent a telegram proposing alliance between Germany and Mexico if US entered war, Mexico should take up arms against us and in return get back New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas - possible German Mexican Alliance turned tied of public opinion about war neutrality no longer feasable or desirable |
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Committee on public information |
-Government Agency during World War One that sought to shape public opinion in support of the war effort through newspapers films speeches etc. - eventually turned into aggressive promotion of War (selling the war) -negative campaigns against everything German and encouraged technical mericans to get rid of old World ties |
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Selective service act |
-Provided for the registration and classification for military service of all men between 21 and 35 -no provision allowing the draftees to buy their way out of service |
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War Industries board |
Clearing house for industrial mobilization to support war effort. expanded regulatory power of Federal Government |
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Liberty bonds |
Interest-bearing certificates sold by US government to finance American World War 1 effort |
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National War labor board |
-Samuel Gompers prez - acting as a supreme court for labour Arbitrary disputes and working to prevent disruption in production. support labour unions and equal pay for women |
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19th Amendment |
-women suffrage (1920) legal nationwide |
