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49 Cards in this Set
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Imperialism |
gaining power through territorial expansion and conquest |
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William Bryan Jenning |
"Cross of Gold" speech. in favor of Silver to fix bad economy-still looses to McKinley |
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The Rough Riders |
Teddy Roosevelt added as Vice-Pres since McKinley was boring |
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10th Negro Cavalry |
Buffalo soldiers led by Edward Baker to capture San Juan Hill |
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Progressivism |
the belief that the government should help the common people |
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Leon Czolgolz |
Assassinated McKinley |
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Thomas Edison Alex. Graham Bell The Wright Brothers Henry Ford |
lightbulb metal detector airplanes car |
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Square Deal |
Roosevelt wanted to protect middle class businesses from the big businesses/monopolies |
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"trustbusting" |
Roosevelt busting the trust monopolies. sued northern security company |
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White fleet |
Navy that for in the middle of the Russo-Jap war |
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Roosevelt Corollary |
Roosevelt added to the monroe doctrine and said no one else could colonize in N or S America |
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Bull Moose Party |
When Republicans split, bull moose party went with Teddy and republicans went with Taft |
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WEB Dubois |
Civil Rights "The Crisis" African American writer NAACP co founder |
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1912 Election- who ran? who won? |
Teddy Taft Wilson -winner! |
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Pancho Villa |
gained power in Mexico-threat to the US |
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Triple Entante- Triple Alliance-
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Britain, France , Russian Italy, Aus-Hungary, Germany |
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Kaiser Wilhem II |
German emperor. decided on being power attacked British ships.... eventually got kicked out |
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Tsar Nicholas |
Russian overthrown by Kerensky -Democrat government begins |
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Sarajevo |
where the duke was shot by Gavrillo |
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Schlieffen Plan-who initiated it |
Germans plan they shout would web was..traveled through Belgium
General Von Moltke |
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Battle of Marne |
turning point of war. US helped France defeat Germans in their Schli. Plan |
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War of Attrition |
no movement- just trying to endure past the enemy (trench war) |
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Sideshow Cigar Butt Strategy |
-attack AWAY from the front line (failed in Turkey) -using a map to strategize plan |
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Battle Somme |
the Cavalry ,Trench war . bloodiest battle. 1.2 million casualties between germans and Britain |
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General Hindenburg General Ludendorff |
german general
german general Lead KEY BATLE 1918 -offensive strategy to end war before US arrived |
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Kerensky |
took over Tsar. Russian into Democracy- and leads it |
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Lenin |
Russian Communist- takes over in Russia; Russia drops out of war |
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Treaty of Brest- Litovsk |
Russians surrender polish corridor to Germany to quit war |
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Unrestricted Submarine Warfare |
shoot at anything. any civilian or british Uboat |
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Lusitania |
A british ship sunk by German Uboat when British blockaded |
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Sussex Pledge |
After arabic and Sussex torpedoed , German promised to limit Navy |
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American Expeditionary Forces |
US forces who fought with Pershing fought with the Allis in WW1 |
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John Perishing |
Sent by Wilson to capture Pancho Villa |
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George Creel |
head of advertising the war (propaganda) in America |
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Battle of Chateau-Thierry & Argonne Forest |
Big wins for the US in harsh fighting conditions |
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Selective Service Act |
When they would DRAFT soldiers ...you didn't have a choice |
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Wilsons 14 points |
Germans re evaluate policy and decide to to surrender under 14 points |
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League of Nations |
Wilson thought of this Idea of the main country coming together and negotiating -to promote peace
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Treaty of Versailles |
discuss peace terms. GB, french, Italy don't like Wilsons idea of peace--WANT TO PUNISH GERMANY Germany has to pay for everything, looses polish corridor |
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Reparations |
pays cash to the winner |
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BIG FOUR |
Italy Britain France US
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mandates |
small country controlled by bigger country |
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Weimar Republic |
Democracy formed after dumping Kaiser II |
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Seneca Falls |
first women right convention |
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Carrie Nation Emily Davison |
Cartoonist for prohibition At horse race and stepped out infant of horse-killed |
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Eli Stanton Susan Anthony |
NWSA founders also NA(merican)WSA
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3 goals for Women suffrage |
END SLAVERY TEMPERANCE WOMEN VOTING |
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Carrie Catt |
takes over NAWSA -conservative |
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Alice Paul and Lucy Bruns |
reach out to younger girls; stylish ; aggressive tactics; picketing public protests |