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33 Cards in this Set
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"Dollar Diplomacy"
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this policy, adopted by President William Howard Taft and secretary of state Philander C. Knox sought to promote US. financial and business interests abroud. It aimed to replace military alliance with economic ties, with the idea of increasing American inflluence and securing lasting peace.
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Esponiage Act
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imposed sentences of up to twenty years on anyone found guilty of aiding the enemy, obstructing recruitment of soldiers, or encouraging disloyalty.
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Hay - Bunau - Treaty
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(1903) granted the UD control over a canal zone ten miles wide across the Isthmus of Panama and greed to pay Colombia a on time fee of 10 million and an annual rent of 250 thousand.
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Open Door Policy
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Marked a departure from American traditionalism and of isolationism and growth of the counrty.
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Roosevelt Corallary
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(1904) a corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, asserted that the US would intervene in Latin American affairs if the countries themselves could not keep their affairs in order.
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Sedition Act
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A wartime law that imposed harsh penalties on anyone using "disloyal, profane, scurrious, or abusive language" about the US govt, flag, or armed forces.
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14 Points
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Far reaching a non punitive settlement of WW1
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Lusitania
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German U boat sunk this ship
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Canal Zone Taking
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Roosevelts active plan
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Taft Katsura Agreement
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(1905) recognized Japan's dominance over Korea.
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Sussex Pledge
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May 4, 1916; agreed to Wilson's demands - promising to shoot on sight only ships to the enemies navy.
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CPI ( Commitee on Public Information )
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voluntary censorship with the press, with more than 75 million pamphlets
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WIB ( War Industry Board )
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Over saw the production of all American factories.
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League of Nations
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national self - determination, a reduction in tension
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Pancho Villa
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Carranza generals, tried to sieze power from the US.
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Zimmerman Telegram
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Proposed an allianse with Mexico in case of the war witht the US, offering financial support and recovery of Mexico's lost territory in New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona.
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William Jennings Bryan
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under Wilson's rule
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Hay Herran
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Convention
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Bernard Baruch
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Head of the WIB; millionaire wall street broker
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Herbert Hoover
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Headed a new food administration; new costomary energy.
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Eugene V Debs
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socialists party, delivered a speech denouncing capitalisms and the war.
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Hay - Pauncefort
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Treaty
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Bolshevik
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siezed power in Russia.
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George Creel
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Outspoken Progresseive journalists to head the Committee in Public Information
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Pacifists
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Victoriano Huerta
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General; put Francisco I. Madero in jail; arranged for murder.
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John J. Pershing
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"Black Jack" general led troops deep into Mexican territories.
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Franz Ferdinand
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American Union Against Militarianism
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Formed in 1915 to try and keep america out of the war.
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Filibuster
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Trench Warfare
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Artilliarary, poisonous gas, hand grenades, and a new weapon - rapid fire machine guns
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Liberty Bonds
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money raised to finanace war
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Treaty of Varailles
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going along with ilson;s fourteen poing plan
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