Chapter Twenty-Two Flashcards
(20 cards)
wilson and bryan did however agree with theodore roosevelt and taft, what gave americans special rights and responsibilities in the western hemisphere
Monroe Doctrine
Haiti
Nicaragua
Dominican Republic
wilson’s most serious and controversial involvement was
Mexico
tampico affair the event that sparks the war was
the assassination of archduke franz ferdinand
wilson’s middle of the road strategy helps him win reelection in 1916
“he kept us out of war”
germany resentful of neutral ships entering english waters while englands blockade starved then resumed
unrestricted submarine warfare
wilson insists, not a war to destroy germany of for territorial conquest but
to make the world “safe for democracy”
corporate profits tripled
war industries board
national war labor policies board
•8 hr workday
•minimum wage
•collective bargaining rights
the war aids
•18th amendments
•19th amendments
wilson created the committee on public information
created to influence U.S. public opinion
regarding american participation
in world war I
CPIs campaign created a firestorm of anti-german passion, hysteria reached absurd levels
•“100% american” campaigned
•german taught in schools a foreign language banned
•german names towns changed names
•german toast became french toast, sauerkraut to liberty cabbage
espionage act
prohibited any attempt to interfere with military operations
in return for moderation wilson agreed to support ARTICLE 231
the war guilt clause
wilson’s cause for democratic equality suffered a major set back whom the conference refused to recognize japans proposal for
“racial equality”
4.8 million drafted
wilson signs selective service act of 1917
unwilling to see the world return to the “balance of power” system wilson proposed a what?
league of nations
four reasons why the senate rejected the versailles treaty
-•criticism had been mounting from three ethnic groups
irish, no independence ireland
-italians, not gained territory they deserved
-germans, ferociously unfair to germany
*irreconcilables - rejected the treaty: isolationism
•no republican wanted to hand wilson and the dems a foreign policy victory with the presidential election a year away
-wilson’s arch enemy henry cabot lodge, congressional war powers
the red scare causes:
•postwar recession
•labor unrest
•high unemployment
•Bolsheviks revolution in russia
in january ordered as a series of raids that netted 6,000 alleged subversives
palmer raids
what’s ACLU mean
american civil liberties union
