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74 Cards in this Set
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Alfred T Mahan |
Admiral of US navy who urged government officials to build up anerican naval power |
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William seward |
Arranged for US to buy alaska from russia for $7.2 million |
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Sanford B. Dole |
Ruled alfter the the queen (hawaii) was overthrown |
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Queen Liliuokalani |
Leader of Hawaiian islands who surrender s to US |
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Yellow Journalism |
Type of writting that exagerates the news to lure and enrage readers |
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USS Maine |
President sent the ship to cuba to retreive americans for protection but their ship was blown up and blamed on spainards |
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George Dewey |
Gave the command to open fire on spanish fleet at manila, capital of philippine, destroying all the ships and allowing us to land on philippines |
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Rough Riders |
A volunteer cavalry under the command of Leonard Wood and Theodore Roosevelt. |
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Foraker Act |
Ended military rule and set up a civil government |
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Platt amendment |
Provisions added to Cuba's constitution Cuba can't make treaties and can't go into debt US could intervene with Cuba and could buy/lease land for naval refueling |
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Protectorate |
A country who's affairs are partially controlled by a stronger power |
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Emilio Aguinaldo |
Leader of rebellion against treaty of paris which annexed philippines. |
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Boxer rebellion |
Chinese groups who pledged to get rid of foreigners |
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Open door policy |
Safguard for the world the principal of equal and impartial trade with all parts of the Chinese empire |
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TRs Nobel Peace Prize |
Received it by solving the issue between Japan and Russia |
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Panama Canal |
Canal through panama bought from French for 40$million. Then US helped Panama rebellion and panama gave them canal zone for 10$ million and 250k annual rent |
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Roosevelt corollary |
US would now use force to protect it's economic interests in Latin America |
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Dollar Diplomacy |
Used US government to guarantee loans made to foreign countries by American business people |
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Missionary diplomacy |
Wilson denying recognition to Latin American government that was viewed as oppressive, undemocratic, or hostile to US interest |
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Nationalism |
A devotion to the interest and culture of ones nation |
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Militarism |
The development of armed forces and their use as a tool of diplomacy |
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Alliance system |
Triple Entente (the Allies): France Britain and Russia Triple Alliance: Germany Austria-Hungary and Italy |
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Central powers |
The triple Alliance and ottoman empire |
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
Heir to Austrian throne, was assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. Pretty much causing the war |
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Trench warfare |
Armies fought in trenches fighting for yards of ground |
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British blockade |
Blocked German coast to prevent weapons and other military supplies but American where mad that they couldn't trade with them |
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Lusitania |
British liner that was blown up by German u-boat and since there were americans on board they were angry |
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Zimmerman Note |
Note from Germans to Mexico that would promise Mexico a piece of US but was intercepted by British angering US |
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US loans to UK and France |
Us sent money and munition to Allie's and later troops |
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Selective service act |
Required men to register with the government in order to randomly selected for military service |
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Convoy System |
Heavy guard of destroyers escorted merchant ships back and forth across the Atlantic |
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John J. Pershing |
Led AEF including men from widely separated parts of the country |
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Conscientious Objector |
A person who opposes warfare on moral grouns, pointing out the Bible says, "Thou Shalt not kill" |
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Armistice |
Truce that ended the war |
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War industry board |
Encouraged companies to use mass production techniques to increase efficiency |
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Bernard M. Baruch |
Buisness man who led the WIB |
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Propaganda |
Biased communication designed to influence peoples thoughts and actions |
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George creel |
Head of committee on public information and encouraged many to make arts to promote the war |
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Committee on Public Info |
Propaganda agency set up by American government |
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Espinage and sedition acts |
Person could be fined up to 10k and to 20yrs in prison for interfering with war efforts or for saying anything disloyal, profane or abusive about the government or the war efforts |
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Great migration |
The large scale movement of hundreds of thousands of southern blacks to cities in the north |
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Women's peace party |
Showed women's usefuleness and got them the ability to vote in the 19th amendment |
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Flu epidemic |
Home front crisis affecting 1/4 of the population destroying the economy |
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Schenck v. US |
Opposed the use of US draft |
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14 points |
Wilson's plan saying -no secret treaties -freedom of seas -lower/no tariffs -weaker military s - colonial interests of people |
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League of Nations |
Provided a forum for nation's to discuss and settler their grievances without going to war |
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George glemenceau |
French premier lives through 2 German invasions of France was determined to prevent future invasions |
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David Lloyd George |
British prime minister who wanted Germany to pay |
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Treaty of versailles |
-esablished 9 new nation's -shifted boundaries -gave territory to France and great Britain -germany could not have army -made Germany pay for damages |
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War guilt clause |
Making Germany take responsibility for starting WW1 |
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Self determination |
People wanted same political rights enjoyed by Western hemisphere |
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Isolationism |
A policy of pulling away from the involvement in world affairs |
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Red scare |
People feared that communinsm would be brought to America |
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Palmer raids |
Palmer, Hoover and their agents hunted down suspected communists, socialists, and anarchists |
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Sacco and Venzetti |
Arreseted and sent to death for being wrongly accused and since they were immigrants they were guilty |
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kkk resurgence |
Since there were many antiimmigrant feelings feelings this group harrassed them |
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Quota system |
Established Max # of people who could enter the US from each foreign country. Mostly cut Europe immigrants |
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Anarchists |
People who opposed any form of government |
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John L. Lewis |
Leader of United mine workers and was able to raise wages 27% |
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Fordney McCumber Tariff |
Raised taxes on us imports to 60% |
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Teapot dome scandal |
Government set aside oil rich public lands then sent it to businesses |
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Installment plan |
Enabled people to buys goods over and extended period of time without having to put down money at the time of purchase with low interest |
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Prohibition |
Manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages were legally prohibited |
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Speakeasies |
Illegal bars that you had to stay quiet so you don't get caught |
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Al Capone |
Famous bootlegger who ran illegal alchol stuff |
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Fundamentalism |
Skeptical of some scientific discoveries and theories |
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Scopes trials |
Taught evolution and got sued and lost so payed 100$ |
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Flapper |
Emancipated young woman who embraced the new fashions and urban attitudes of the day |
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Charles A. Lindbergh |
Made the first non stop solo flight across the Atlantic |
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Babe Ruth |
Famous Yankees baseball player. Hitting lots of homeruns |
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Ernest hemingway |
Famous author the sun always rises and farwell to arms . Critize wars |
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Harlem Renaissance |
A literary and artistic movement celebrating African American culture |
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Marcus Garvey |
Immigrant from Jamaica encouraged them to return to Africa |
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Louis Armstrong |
Famous African American trumpet player |
