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Chapter 24 - A Nation at War Flashcards

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Hay-Pauncefote Treaty of 1901

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US to conduct and control the Isthmian canal as long as it was open to ships of all nations.
Negotiated with Britain

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Hay-Herran Convention

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ave the US a 99-year lease, with option for renewal, on the Canal zone 6 miles in width (paid a one-time fee of $10 million in annual rental fee of 250,000)

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Nashville

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the ship sent to Panama to help the rebelion

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Hay-Buena-Vanilla Treaty

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the canal = 10 miles wide across the Isthmus of Panama in exchange for Panamanian independence + fees of the Hay-Herran Treaty

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Roosevelt Corollary

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More Latin American nations to keep their affairs in order or face American intervention

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Lodge Corollary

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warned foreign corps not to purchase harbors and other sites of military significance in Latin America

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Taft-Katsura Agreement

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recognize Japan’s dominance over Korea in return for its promise not to invade the Philippines

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Gentleman’s Agreement

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stopped the flow of Japanese agricultural laborers into US

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Root-Takahira Agreement

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maintained the status quo in the Pacific, upheld the open door, and supported Chinese independence

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21 Demands

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Japan issued

insisting on authority over China and also eyed US colonies in the pacific

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“dollar diplomacy”

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Taft

promoted American financial and business interests abroad

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Philander C. Knox

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Taft’s Secretary of State

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“cooling-off” treaties

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provided for submitting all international disputes to permanent commissions of investigation and no war could be declared until the commission was done

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Porfirio Diaz

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Mexican president for 37 years was overthrown in 1911.

encouraged foreign investments Mexican minds railroads oil and land.

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General Victoriano Huerta

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ousted Diaz’s successor with the backing of the Catholic Church and the wealthy landowners

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Venustiano Carranza

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replaced Huerta

attacked Americans stationed in Mexico

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John J. Pershing

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Went after Carranza, but never found him

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Archduke Frans Ferdinand

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assassinated by a man of the Black Hand (Serbia) in Sarajevo

Started WWI

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Progressive’s view of the war

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Don’t get involved

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German Literary Defense Committee

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propaganda of Germany

stressed strength and will

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Unterseeboot

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German submarines

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Lusitania and the Arabic

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the ships that the U-boats sank and brought the US closer to war

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Arabic pledge

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Germans would alert passenger vessels and let them evacuate before blowing them up

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Sussex pledge

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promised to shoot on sight only ships of the enemies navy with the condition that the US compel the allies and their blockade and comply with international law

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Zimmermann telegram

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Germany proposed an alliance with Mexico in case of war with United States offering financial support and recovery of Mexico’s lost territory in New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona

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John J. (“Black Jack”) Perishing

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commanded the AEF

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American Expeditionary Force (AEF)

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Commanded by Perishing

was not ready for battle

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War Plan Orange

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defensive war against Japan in the Pacific

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War Plan Black

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to counter a possible German attack in the Caribbean

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Selective Service Act

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provided for the registration of all men between ages of 21 and 30 (later changed to 18 and 45)

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Committee on Public Information (CPI)

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headed by George Creel

US propaganda

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Division of Industrial Relations

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division of the CPI

rally the laborers

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Espionage Act

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sentences up to 20 years for those found guilty of aiding the enemy, obstructing the recruitment of soldiers, or encouraging disloyalty. Also allowed the postmaster general to remove all mails that incited treason or insurrection

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Trading-with-the-Enemy Act

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authorized the gov’t to censor foreign language press

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Sedition Act

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harsh penalties on anyone using, disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language” about the gov’t, the flag, or armed forces uniforms

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“Big Billy” Haywood

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Industrial Workers of the World leader who had to flee to Russia to avoid imprisonment for being socialist

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Eugene V. Debs

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fter delivering a speech denouncing conservatism and the was, was convicted of violating the Espionage Act and served his time in Atlanta

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War Industries Board (WIB)

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Headed by Bernard M. Baruch

Determined priorities, fixed prices, and allocated raw materials

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Food Administration

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Headed by Herber Hoover
Convinced people to save food - “meatless” and “wheat less” days
Fixed prices to boost production, encouraged “victory gardens”

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Fourteen Points

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drafted by Wilson

terms of a war settlement that failed to quench war feelings

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Peace Conference at Paris

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new treaty made new nations (Poland & Czechoslovakia) and divided up German colonies
Germany was given full responsibly for the war (no peace without victory)
no free trade, or freedom of the seas, or disarmament
treaty was drafted behind closed doors
Wilson did win a League of Nations

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Article X

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look out for one another’s independence and territorial integrity

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Treaty of Versailles

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June 28, 1919 - signed in the House of Mirrors

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“irreconcilables” and “reservationists”

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opposed all things League (Repub.)

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Election of 1920

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Warren G. Harding (OH); waffled the treaty; he won 61% of the pop. vote

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