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21 Cards in this Set
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A tax on imported goods that give the same domestically produced goods an advantage.
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Tariff
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Nations that have joined together in an association for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose such as help defend each other in time of war.
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Allies
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Incorporation of some territory into another country. Like what the United States did with Texas in 1844.
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Annexation
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____________ _____________ was the term used to describe the wartime alliance of Germany and Austria-Hungary against the Allies. Later the term was extended to include Turkey and Bulgaria.
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Central Powers
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_____________________ of 1914 was to add further substance to the U.S. antitrust laws.
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Clayton Anti-Trust Act
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A US naval strategy that had ships travel in a groups to lessen the probability of attack by German U-Boats.
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Convoy System
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He was the most prominent intellectual leader and political activist on behalf of African Americans in the first half of the twentieth century. A contemporary of Booker T. Washington, he carried on a dialogue with the educator about segregation, political disfranchisement, and ways to improve African American life.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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Sometimes called Yankee imperialism, it was an attempt to take economic advantage of areas around the world during late 1800s to early 1900s.
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Economic Imperialism
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______________was fought among three major candidates, two of whom had previously won election to the office. President William Howard Taft Republican, former President Theodore Roosevelt “Bull Moose Party, and Democrat Woodrow Wilson
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Presidential Election of 1912
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Established during Wilson’s first term, the Federal Reserve Act made the banking system more resistant to panics.
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Federal Reserve Act
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His assassination in Sarajevo precipitated Austria-Hungary's declaration of war against Serbia. This caused countries allied with Austria-Hungary (the Central Powers) and countries allied with Serbia (the Triple Entente Powers) to declare war on each other, starting World War I.
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Archduke Francis Ferdinand
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Policies of the federal government directed to matters beyond US borders, especially relations with other countries.
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Foreign Policy
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_________________ were listed in a speech delivered by President Woodrow Wilson of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress on January 8, 1918. This speech was intended to assure the country that the war was being fought for a moral cause and for peace in Europe after World War I.
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Fourteen Points
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Inspired by the journalism of Joseph Pulitzer, he (1863-1951) turned the newspaper into a combination of reformist investigative reporting and lurid sensationalism. He soon developed a reputation for employing the best journalists available.
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William Randolph Hearst
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Name given to the activities of the civilians during a state of total war. Life on the _______________ during World War II was a significant part of the war effort for all participants and had a major impact on the outcome of the war.
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Home Front
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____________________ refers to the colonial expansion adopted by Europe's powers and, later, Japan and the United States, during the 19th and early 20th centuries; approximately from the Franco-Prussian War to World War I (1871–1914).
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New Imperialism
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The _________________ came into being after the end of World War One. It’s task was simple - to ensure that war never broke out again.
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League of nations
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_______________ carried a healthy complement of American passengers when she departed New York for Liverpool on May 1, 1915, despite a published warning from the German authorities that appeared in U.S. newspapers the morning of her departure.
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Lusitania
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As a companion measure to the Pure Food and Drug Act, the _______________ brought reforms to the processing of cattle, sheep, horses, swine and goats destined for human consumption.
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Meat Inspection Act
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A political policy of aggressively preparing for war even when there is no threat.
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Militarism
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_____________ is the act of assembling and making both troops and supplies ready for war.
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Mobilization
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