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Allied Powers
a.k.a. Triple Entente |
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Central Powers
a.k.a. Triple Alliance |
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| Germany, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Turkey (Ottoman Empire) |
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| U.S. did not want to get involved |
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| Who was the president during WWI? |
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| What was the significance of Lusitania in 1915? |
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| Germans destroyed this humanitarian ship. Killed 12,000 Americans & almost forced Americans into the conflict |
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| Who was Archduke Franz Ferdinand and why was he important? |
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Leader of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Serbian nationalists kill him bc of annexation |
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| The Spark: Serbian Independence |
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Austro-Hungarian Empire annexed this area.
Treaties broken between the two is what started the war |
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Russia supports Serbia & didn't want the Servian/Austro-Hungarian conflict on their land.
Who did Germany advance on because of this? |
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| Converted for the 1st time for war purposes |
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| Replaced horses; unstoppable & movable infantry |
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| Became popular. I.E. mustard gas |
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| Not used for the 1st time, but it is now used more than ever |
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| Used for combat purposes; kept prisoners in; used in booby traps, etc |
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| What was the public opinion of the U.S. during WWI? |
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Anti-war.
Saw war as an opportunity to take over markets. |
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| What was the Zimmerman Note, 1917? |
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| A note from Germany that was intercepted by the British. Germany was asking Mexico to join war but Germany suspects U.S. is involved with France. Angers Americans & we are almost drawn into war again! |
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| What were the economic ties to the U.S.? |
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| Sending money to England, France,& Russia |
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| Who were the 3 major U.S. bankers that paid money to the Triple Entente? |
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| The Trio: JP Morgan, James Baker, and Charles Stillman |
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| Treaty of Versailles, 1918 |
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Treaty that ended WWI.
Germany is in charge of repaying damages from war.
Power is shifted; U.S. has most power now. |
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| What role did women play during WWI at home? |
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The worked in factories, replacing the men that went off to war & they began building military equipment.
Maternity leave is created. |
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| What were the Palmer Raids? |
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| launched by General Palmer; anti-Communist raids into homes, meetings, etc. |
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| People began fearing Germans bc they were accused of being spies for Germany. |
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Espionage & Sedition Act
and 1 example |
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launched by federal govt; becomes illegal to say anything militious in response to a Communist threat.
Troublesome bc it violates Freedom of Speech.
i.e. Eugene Debbs |
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| U.S. left war with most money & fewest casualties; economy is thriving! |
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| Consumerism & Materialism |
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Comsumerism: buying/spending more out of luxury
Materialism: materials=happiness |
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| Grew 5% every year; utilized by everyone. Credit becomes a common thing & promoted responsible behavior. |
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Plays a role in spending & consumer culture.
Billboards begin to emerge & begin using women to sell products.
*Women become seen as sex items* |
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| 3 largest networks in Media Industry |
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CBS, NBC, ABC
promotes items & dominates industry |
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| Seen in saloons, new image of what women should look like |
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| Came out of Temperance Movement; outlawed alcohol |
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| 2 Organizations that supported prohibition |
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Anti-Saloon League
Women's Christian Temperance Association |
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| 3 German breweries that were attacked & experienced anti-German hysteria |
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-death rates decreased by 80%
-health problems bc they tried to make their own alcohol i.e. bathtub gin |
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| Bootlegging & Speakeasies |
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bootlegging became popular; smuggling alcohol; business booms for alcohol.
speakeasies were illegal bars who pretended to be something else (factories, stores, etc) |
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Violence emerged in high society
i.e. Al Capone |
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| Effects of Prohibition on American Life |
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1. Americans changed drinking habits. Before prohibition-beer. After prohibition-hard liquor.
2. Created massive content for law;corruption;hatred for law; loss of respect & trust |
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| Why was prohibition repealed in 1933? |
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| Beer & liquor industry provided jobs |
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Economic center for black America (a.k.a. Wall Street for Blacks) Riot between blacks & whites.
Before riot-12% black. After riot-0% black.
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| black male accused of raping white woman; riots break out in the streets |
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black boy went in white people's waters at the beach and was killed by being hit in the head by a rock.
started riots |
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raid led by Francisco Villa (leader of the Revolutionary forces); Mexican raids on American communities
after this, many mexicans were accused of aiding Villa and were dealt w/ by swift force of rangers in Columbus, New Mexico |
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| civil rights organization; lobbied for legal protection from Ranger violence |
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| J.T. Canales vs. Texas Rangers |
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| individual who takes up campaign to stop Rangers; investigation takes place & Ranger force is then limited |
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| 3 other civil rights organizations |
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-Agrupacion Protectora Mexicana
-Order of Sons of America
-League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) |
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| Accommodation: encourages black Americans to accommodate (do NOT fight); it is too dangerous; focus should be on economic mobility |
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| Confrontation: encourages blacks to confront, fight back, & resist |
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| Separatism: new kind of person (flashy); Father of Black Nationalism; don't accommodate; confront & separate. Keep black communities black. |
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| Marcus Garvey; be proud of your culture. 1st person to say that the Egyptians & Jesus were black. |
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| United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) |
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| civil rights "chamber of commerce"; responsible for building schools; all about black-self ownership |
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| Steamline owned by UNIA for black entrepreneurs |
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| more business-like; relief to most white Americans |
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| The Birth of a New Nation |
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| silent movie that portrayed the KKK as the good guys and blacks as the enemy |
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| grew to 5 million; grew bc of recruitment |
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| Which president in the 20s was inducted into the KKK? |
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| Klan member who argues that the Klan should establish white districts; Klan is not secretive anymore |
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| Nicola Sacco & Bartolommeo Vanzetti (2 immigrants) arrested for double murder. They were anarchists (anti-govt) and convinced that all immigrants are anarchists-fuels anti-immigration |
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Father of Chicanismo (brown nationalism)
formed Partido Liberal Mexicano (PLM) which recruited people for war & was designed to bring down Mexican govt |
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1. Set quotas to restrict immigrants.
2. U. S. Border control created
3. KKK is now anti-immigrant |
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Chinese Exclusion Act was passed by who?
And who did it affect? |
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Passed by Workingman's Party of California
Affected Japanese, Filipino, & Indians |
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Wrote The Origin of the Special.
Theory of Evolution-that humans evolved from primates |
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American Protestantism.
What 2 groups did it break into? |
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Began to fight against scientists.
1. Modernists/Evolutionists: believes in evolution
2. Fundamentalists/Creationists: believe in bible
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| Pentecostalism & what did they create? |
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Created as a direct result between fight between evolutionists vs. fundamentalists.
Created Bethel Bible College: to teach theology, so there won't be science |
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| The Scopes Monkey Trial, 1925 |
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John Scopes, substitute teacher in Dayton, Tennessee, tried to teach theory of evolution in public schools & was fired.
Results: Theory of evolution can not be taught in school & neither can religion! |
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