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What was America’s policy before WW1
Neutrality
What was the Committee on Public Information’s jobs
to spread propaganda to support the war effort, made bicameral legislature
The 13th Amendment to the US Constitution prohibited
slavery
What did the Zimmerman note offer, and to who?
To Mexico to help gain lands it had lost to the US
List ALL of the events that brought the US into the War.
Zimmerman Note, Sinking of the Lusitania, Britain cutting telegraph across Atlantic, propaganda
Along with natural resources, what are important factors of industrialization?
Population and new technology
Who believed they were destined by God to end slavery and tried to do so violently by raiding an armada
John Brown (raid on Harper’s Ferry)
What is “yellow journalism” and what was its role in the Spanish-American War.
Propaganda was spread to convince people (Americans) to join the Cuban rebels.
How did the US get the Louisiana Territory
From France
What were the first two political parties, in the country and what did they stand for
Federalist –> strong government, powerful central government
Anti-Federalist: powerful state government and less central federal government
In what events did Abraham Lincoln share his ideas about slavery
Lincoln Douglas Debates
What did the US do after Panamanians revolted against Colombian imperialism there?
Built Panama Canal, recognized Panama independence
What was Woodrow Wilson’s diplomacy style?
Moral Diplomacy
What was the main purpose of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address
establish a military cemetary on former battlegrounds
Why is Upton Sinclair significant to industrialization and progressive America
Muckraker –> wrote the Jungle –> Teddy Roosevelt
What is Manifest Destiny?
People who were destined by God to move westward
How did “Liberty Bonds” work
Americans loaned and money to the government and would be paid back later
