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Progressivism
Definition
unorganized movement
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Description of Progressivism
Definition
1.Middle class felt pressured
2.all levels of gov.
3.non partism - not democrat or rep.
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3 goals of progressivism
Definition
1. for gov. to be honest & efficient
2.for the people to control the gov.
3.businesses to be fair & competitive
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17th amendment
Definition
allowed people to have control over the gov.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Definition
republican that became president in 1904
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Square deal
Definition
1.control of corps.
2.consumer protection
3.controvation & natural resources
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William Taft
Definition
republican that got elected for following theodore roosevelt
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16th amendment
Definition
income tax
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Woodrow Wilson
Definition
-became president in 1912 and 2nd democrat president since civil war and first southern born president since civil war
-minority president
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Austro Hungaria
Definition
declared war on Serbia for killing king Francis Fernand in 1914
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Triple wall of privileges
Definition
Tariff. Banking system, Trusts
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Monotary policy
Definition
interest rates
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Fisco policy
Definition
gov. spending & taxes
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clayton anti-trust act
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legalized strikes
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foreign policy
Definition
wilson started moral diplomacy
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Central powers
Definition
Germany and Austro-Hungarian
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Allies
Definition
Russia, France & Great Britian
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Cause of world war 1
Definition
assassination of francis fernand
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where world war 1 took place
Definition
Europe
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When world war 1 started
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The US remained neutral
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How the war helped the US
Definition
it boosted the economy and got it out of recession
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British ships
Definition
-the Lusitania
-the Arabic
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french ship
Definition
-the Sussex
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weapons used 1st time in war
Definition
submarines, machine guns, tanks, poisoned gas
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election of 1916
Definition
wilson was elected again
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Sussex pledge
Definition
germany not to attack ships without warning
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reasons why US entered war
Definition
1.unrestricted submarine warfare
2.zimmerman note
3.russian revolution
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reasons why US entered war
Definition
1.unrestricted submarine warfare
2.zimmerman note
3.russian revolution
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two reasons wilson gave to justify the war
Definition
1.war to end all wars
2.chance for US to spread democracy
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what wilson did to german ambassador
Definition
he kicked him out of US
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Zimmerman note
Definition
proposed secret service between Mexico & Germany
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In April 6, 1917
Definition
the US declared war and the monroe doctrine was sacrificed
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the us entering the war would end
Definition
progressivism
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US mobilization for war
Definition
they were poorly prepard for global war
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Benefited US economy during war
Definition
women, labor unions, african americans.
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Bernard Baruch
Definition
the head of the war industries board controlled most of the actions of American industries.
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Herbert Hoover
Definition
Captain of food administration, to Hooverize was to save food
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Gov raised funds through
Definition
Taxes, & loans/bonds
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the committee on public information
Definition
headed by George Creel and it oversold Wilson's ideas
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Entry of women
Definition
unique feature for 1st time in war
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selective service
Definition
draft
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General John Pershing
Definition
Head of AEF
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The war in europe was fought on two fronts
Definition
France(western front) & Russia(Eastern front)
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The Americans soldiers were called
Definition
Doughboys
Term
In March 1918, Russia negotiated....
Definition
a separate peace accord allowing experienced German soldiers to move to western front
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Chateau-Thierry
Definition
first major engagement of US troops in Europe battle
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The final treaty
Definition
work of the Big Three
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Austria-Hungary & New countries
Definition
Hungary was separated & Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia were new countries
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Germany became
Definition
a very bitter nation
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One of Wilsons chief goals
Definition
the formation of an international peace keeping organization, the league of nations
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Article X
Definition
most controversial part of the league
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Definition
leader of the fight in the Senate against the League of Nations
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The US Senate voted against
Definition
the League of Nations in 1919 & 1920
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weakness of the League of Nations
Definition
didnt include the US
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Election of 1920
Definition
President Warren G. Hardling & VC Coolige. Republicans
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Sacco/Vanvetti Trial
Definition
illustrated Americans fear in communism and they were convicted of payroll robbery and executed both of them
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Henry Ford
Definition
introduced the automobile and started Assembly line productivity
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3 problems faced the US
Definition
1.get our men home
2.Demobilization
3.Red scare
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Factors that led to Growth of Industry
Definition
1.limited Gov. control
2.Expansion of capital
3.Increased productivity of workers
4.Affordable & abundant sources of energy
5.Improved technology
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Clairets Birdseye
Definition
introduced frozen foods
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Automobile
Definition
fastest growing industry
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Changes from automobile
Definition
1.Economics
2.People became mobile
3.Buying on credit
4.Railroad suffers
5.Gov. service grows up
6.Suburbs
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Labor saving Devices
Definition
availability of electricity
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DuPont
Definition
leading chemical industry in 1920 & was a big impact on West and South
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Results of Industrialization
Definition
1.Debt
2.Farm production went up
3.values changed
4.more materialism
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KDKA
Definition
Pittsburgh was the first broadcast in US advertising
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The Great Train Robbery
Definition
first movie in the US
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The Jazz Talking
Definition
first movie with sound
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Jazz & Blues
Definition
started by african americans
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WC Handy
Definition
popular blue artist
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Louie Armstrong
Definition
popular jazz musician
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Baseball
Definition
popular sport in US, also added night games
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Schools
Definition
Focus on children, not subject
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Challenges to Churches
Definition
1.Darwinism
2.Sex
3.Materialism
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18th amendment
Definition
prohibition
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Results of prohibition
Definition
1.Crimes
2.Crimes became businesses
3.Violence
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1924 Native Americans
Definition
were approved for citizenship
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Charles Lindbergh
Definition
1st man to fly across the Atlantic
Term
Scopes Trial
Definition
It centered on the issue of teaching evolution in public schools
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21st amendment
Definition
repelled 18th amendment
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19th amendment
Definition
women suffrage
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The Flappers
Definition
The group that supported new freedom for women
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Marcus Garvey
Definition
African American that worked for a new form of black nationalism and said that all A.A. should go back to Africa
Term
Coolidge
Definition
Republican that became president in 1924
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