Chapter 29 Flashcards

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wilson background

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born shortly before CW
professor politician
his admiration of the confederays attempt to gain independece inspired his ideal self determination for peeps in other countries
shaterd tjs faith in masses
son of a minister, wrote inspirational sermons
lacked the common touch

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tackling dat tariff

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summoned congress into special session and appeared in person
house passed the underwood tariff which redused rates
lobbyists tried to ge rid of bill but fai;ed
congress encated a graduated income tax

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banking before reform

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under cw national banking act
banking reserves in large vities
house committe traced cash money to the hidden caults of A banking and business
louis d brandies wrote “other people’s money and how te bankers use it”

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underwood tariff

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lowered average tariff rates from about 40 percent to about 27 percent

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banking after reform

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endoresed a proposal for a decentralized bank in gov hands
federal reserve act
federal reserve board oversaw a nationwide syste of 12 regional districts w/ a bank
monwy could be swiftly increased

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federal reserve act

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created the Federal Reserve System,

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da trusts

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federal trade commision act
clayton antitrust act

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federal trade comission act

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empowered a presdentally apptd commission to turn a searchlight on indsustries engged in interstate commerce
expected to crush nonomply at the source by rooting out unfair trade practives

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clayton anti trusta ct

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lengthened the shermans acts list of illegal business practives
included price discrimination and interlocking directorties
achieved theough holdign companies
exempted labor and agricultural organizations
lefilsed striles and peaceful picketing

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holdifn companies

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a parent company whose purpose is to buy and control the ownership interests of other companies

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other reforms (wilson making those changes)`

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federal farm loan act made credit aviable for farmers
warehouse act authoriade loans on rhe security of staple crops
highway construction
establishment of agricultural extension work in state colleges
sailor reief in the la follete seaman act
workmingments compensation act
adamson act
nominated 1st jew for USSC ( Brandies)
oversaw segregation :(

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workingmens compensation act

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granted assistance to fed civil service people during period of disability
restricted child labor in interstate commerce

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adamson act

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established 8hr workda for all interstae commere train employeees

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foreign policyt

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gov no longer offered special support for a investors in latin a and china
repealed panama canal tolls act
jones act
political tyrmoil in haiti caused ww to dispatch marines wjere they stayed for 19 yrs
concluded treaty w/ haiti provifing us supervision of financince and police
sent marines to Dr
purchased virgin islands

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jones act

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granted phillippines territroial status when stabvle gov ciuld be established

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issues in mexico

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for decades, mex jad beem exploited
mexicans poor
revolted
group killed the pres and installed gen victoriano huerto
ww imposed arms embargo and refused to recognisze huerta gov
tampico port
navy sent to sieze [port pf veracruz to stop a german supply of arms

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mexicans in america

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Settle in tx, new mex, az, ad cali
built highways and roads
revolution menanced a prop and lives
cires for war

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after the huerta gov

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gov collapesed after mediation from ABC powers
carranza took over
panco villa was rival
villas men tried to incite war b/w a and caranza gov by invading a and lilling peeps
john j pershing went to mex and mauled villas forces

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tampico incident

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a sailors were arrested
mex apologized and freed them
further soured a-mex relationship

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beginning of ww1

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serb patriot killed heir og austria hungary
ah presented ultimantum and serb was like absoluletly not
russia and france began to momilize confroting germ from e and w
germany attacked france through belgiom
eng joined france

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neutrality

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ww issued neutrality proclamatiokn
central powers tried to get a w/ immigratns
allies tried to get them with eng and as simmilatities
as were already anti german and were more so when they attacked a ports and factoriesa

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allies

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england, france, japan, italy, russia

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central powers

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germany, austria hungary, turkey, bulgaria

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trading during wartime

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eeng and french war orders cuased a business to boom
eng controlled wayerways didnt allow a to trade w. germany
u boats
luistania

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germ attacks a merchant ships
germ justidied as there weas small arms ammunition kn them east a talk abt fighting but most of country didnt want to ww took german warlords to task w/out fighting made promise not to sink passenger ships w.out warnig went back on promise and sunk lussex ww threatended to break diplomatic relationship germ promised again w/ string attached that a would tell allies to adjust their blockade
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uboats
german submarines
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luistania
british passenger ship sunk by germans w/ 128 a passengers
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election of 1916
progressives nominated tr but tr didnt want to split the party so he didnt run repubs nominated ussc justice charles evans hughes platofm: condemned dem tariff, assults on tariffs, and wws wishywashy poliy w/ mex and germany ww built his slogan on the campaign "he kept us out of war" midws and ws licked his reforms so tey voted form him ww barely won recieved strong support from working class and bull moosers
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germany bringing in us
said they couldnt afford the distictipn b.w combatant and noncombatant ships pulled on string and ww had to end diplomatic relationship a wanted to arm merchant shups byt fillibuster by midws ended ut zimmerman note uboats attacking unarmed a ships end of russia tsars gave us a goal for fighting for democracy
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zimmerman note
germ goreign secraty arthur zimmermann tried to tempt mex into an alliance w/ germ by getting back lost land
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wilsons war aims
wanted to make the world safe for democracy world couldnt afford the destructivr war imdustrial states could bring
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fourteen points
inspired allies to male greater efforts demoralized enemies 1) proposal t abolish secret treaties 2) fredom of seas 3) removal of economic barriers among nations 4) reduction of armament burdens 5) adjustment of colonial claims in the interests of both native and colonial peeps 6-13) held out hp[e of indpendece to oppressed minority groups 14) forshaedowed the league of nations
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committe on puvlic information
created to sell as on war and sell the world on wilsonian war aims jeaded by george creel four minute men posters, leaflets, pamphlets hang the kaiser movies songs war mobilization relied more on passion and volunteers and law
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war spirit gone too far
rurmors of german as spying and sabotage harrasement hatered of german music, books and classes renamed sauerkruat and hamburgers to liberty cabbage and liberty steak espionage and sedion act
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espionage and sedition acts
persected antiwar socializsts and memeers of the industrial workers fo the world eugene b debs sentenced to 10 any criticim of gov could be censorsed and punished
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schneck v united states
affirmed espionage and sedition acts legalituy arguing freedom of speech dould be revooked if it wa s a fenger to the anation
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a not ready for war
ignorance fears of gov apptd war industried board led by bernard baruch
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role of as economy
feeding itself ad allies herbt c hoover deaded the food admnistration rejected issuing ration cards propaganda compaigns to save food voluntary farm production increased by 1/4 congress restcircted food use for alcpjol gov took over rr war industries board issued production quotas, allocated raw materials, and set prices for gov purchases
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a federal agency created by President Woodrow Wilson to ensure adequate and efficient production of wartime supplies once the United States officially entered into World War I
war industries board
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workers
"work or fight" threatened unemplyed men af of l supprote the war wages were raised inflation threatedned to eclipes economic gains 6000 strike industrial workers of the world steel stike when 1/4 mil workers walked off and compamies brought in 30000 afrian a strikebreaksers
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great migration
10s of 1000s of blacks drawn to N for employment sudden appeareance in whtie areas sparked raicial vio;ancei
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often called wobblies, a labor organization that sought to organize workers along the lines of industrial unions
industrial workers of the world
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