Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

AMH2020 > Exam 2 > Flashcards

Exam 2 Flashcards

1
Q

“He has kept us out of war”

A
  • This was Woodrow Wilsons reelection campaign slogan in 1916.
  • Woodrow Wilson won the election.
  • The US entered the war in April of 1917, just one month after his inauguration,
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

“Share Our Wealth”

A
  • 100% tax-> max 1 million dollar salary, and redistribute
  • Every American household got $2400
  • More than enough to buy a radio, car, and house.
  • Huey P. Long
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

“Three generations of imbeciles is enough”

A
  • Said by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

- Imbeciles were to be sterilized

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

“Capitalism was saved in 8 days”

A
  • This was said around the time FDR created the new deal, and established a four day bank holiday.
  • Culmination of New Deal, Glass-Stegall Banking Act, and FDIC
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

“Your horse has diabetes”

A
  • Had to do with Irish coffee and moonshine

- A man got it tested to find out what was in it bc it was so good and the results came back that his horse has diabetes

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

100% Americanism

A
  • Americanism is unfailing love of the United States.
  • The KKK arose.
  • Once the KKK arose, this phrase arose.
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

18th Amendment & the Volstead Act

A
  • After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.
  • Volstead Act enforced it
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

1912 Election

A
  • Teddy Roosevelt ran against William Howard Taft as a progressive.
  • The majority of the votes went to these two men.
  • Woodrow Wilson ended up winning, to many peoples disbelief.
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

1916 Election

A
  • Woodrow Wilson won reelection once again.
  • Many Americans were surprised by him, and liked him.
  • Slogan was, “He has kept us out of war.”
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

1924 National Origins Act

A
  • Set annual quota at 2% of the 1880 election.
  • Excluded all asians
  • No limit on latin Americans.
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

1935 & 1936 Neutrality Acts

A
  • Prohibits shipment of arms to either side once president declared existence on belligerency.
  • Forbade loans to belligerents
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

America First

A
  • FDR’s slogan when he ran for his third term.
  • They said this to avoid going to war, but they always went to war.
  • Also some KKK shit
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Anti-Saloon League

A
  • 1893
  • Wanted to close saloons
  • Said to be filled with drunks
  • Downstairs drinking, upstairs women
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Appeasement

A

Once you give in, people will abuse you

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Battle of Columbus, NM

A
  • Pancho Villa and his men invaded
  • Killed all of Columbus
  • US men there burned and killed 200 of Villa’s men
  • $5,000 if he was found
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Bonus March

A
  • WWI veterans received bonus certificates that could not be used for 25 years.
  • After several years, veterans were angry, and marched on Washington.
  • They did not get what they wanted, and US troops burned down the camp in which the veterans were staying.
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Buck vs Bell

A

Supreme Court ruling that upheld a statute instituting compulsory sterilization of the unfit, including the mentally retarded, “for the protection and health of the state.”

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Dawes Plan

A

1924

  • US gave Germany $2.5 Billion worth of loans.
  • Germany paid $2 Billion in reparation payments to allies
  • Allies paid $2.6 billion in war debt payments
19
Q

Evacuation at Dunkirk

A
  • The evacuation of Allied soldiers during World War II from Dunkirk
  • They were cut off and surrounded by German troops
20
Q

Glass Steagall Banking Act

A
  • Prevented banks from using depositors’ funds for risky investments
  • It gave power to the Federal Reserve to regulate retail banks.
  • It created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
  • Separated investment banking from retail banking.
21
Q

Gospel of Wealth

A
  • Andrew Carnegie
  • It was God’s will that some men attained great wealth.
  • In the long run, it was only to the man of morality that wealth comes.
22
Q

Halitosis

A
  • Invented disease of bad breath.
  • Created by listerine
  • An attempt at getting more people to buy their product
23
Q

Horatio Alger Stories

A
  • “Anyone can get rich if they work hard enough”
  • Ragged dick
  • Orphan in NY, shines shoes to make money.
  • New man comes to him, and he starts charging him a dime.
  • Offered him a job in the bank mail room
  • One day, he gave Ragged Dick the bank.
24
Q

Lusitania

A
  • May 7, 1915
  • Passenger ship that was also carrying goods, leaving NY
  • Flew a British flag
  • Germany sank the ship
  • 128 American’s died
25
Q

Lysol “Play Safe”

A
  • Lysol placed many ads in the news.
  • It was a disinfectant.
  • Ad’s target women.
  • Wanted women to use it as a source of birth control.
26
Q

Muller vs Oregon

A
  • Muller had been working night shifts at dock.
  • Good pay
  • Company decided no more night shifts for women.
  • She sued.
  • Supreme court declared that women were not fit, and Oregon was right.
27
Q

Munich Pact

A
  • France, Italy, Nazi Germany and Britain.
  • After Germany invaded Czechoslovakia
  • Germany gets to keep what they have if they stop using their military.
28
Q

Nazi-Soviet Non-Agression Pact

A
  • August 23, 1939
  • No military action against each other for the next 10 years
  • They agree on a partition of Poland
  • Falls apart when german forces invade USSR
29
Q

Pancho Villa

A
  • Governor of Chihuahua
  • Wanted to become President of Mexico
  • Led revolutions against the government.
  • Led the attack on Columbus, NM
30
Q

Pershing’s Punitive Mission

A
  • 1916
  • Wilson orders the first cavalry to invade Mexico.
  • Led by General Pershing.
  • While invading, the US troops were being shot at by Mexican civilians
  • They did take down Villa’s forces, but Villa escaped.
31
Q

Planned Parenthood

A
  • 1916, opens birth control clinic
  • Founded by Margaret Sanger
  • Arrested for, “distributing pornography”
32
Q

Schlieffen Plan

A
  • Germans wanted to avoid 2 front war.
  • Knockout France first, went through Belgium and Holland.
  • Then tackle Russia
  • Resulted in Britain declaring war on them.
33
Q

Scopes Monkey Trial

A
  • John Scopes was a substitute biology teacher
  • Spoke about evolution in his classes
  • He was fired because of this
  • He went to trial, and was found guilty.
  • As a result of this, is where Christian fundamentalists view science as being bad.
34
Q

Social Housekeeping

A
  • Everywhere children are, that is a woman”s concern.

- Wanted to change society for all the children.

35
Q

Social Security

A
  • Established in 1935
  • Assisted the elderly who had no source of income
  • “They must spend all their money, every month in America
36
Q

Spanish Flu

A
  • 1918
  • Pandemic- meaning it goes around the entire world.
  • Maybe wiped out half the world
37
Q

Tampico Incident

A
  • April 1914
  • American soldiers believed to had seen German soldiers in Tampico.
  • The Americans were arrested for chasing the so called Germans
  • US wanted Huerta to salute, or the Atlantic fleet would seize Tampico and Veracruz.
  • He says he would if Wilson did it first, but Huerta ended up doing it first
38
Q

The 14 Points 1918

A
  • Proposed by Wilson at the state of the union.
  • 14 points for peace that were to be used for peace negotiations to end WWI.
  • Established League of Nations
39
Q

The League of Nations

A
  • Proposed by Woodrow Wilson.
  • It was established after the Paris Peace Conference that ended WWI
  • Primary purpose was to end war, and to disarm military threats
40
Q

The War to End all Wars

A
  • This is what Woodrow Wilson called World War I
  • His campaign slogan had just been, “he has kept us out of war.” “War in Europe, Peace in America”
  • We did not have a clear aim for this war.
41
Q

Treaty of Brest-Litvosk

A
  • March 1918
  • Treaty signed between the Soviet’s, and the central powers.
  • It ended Russia’s participation in WWI
42
Q

Treaty of Versailles

A

Paris Peace Conference 1919

  1. War guilt. Germany assumes all of it
  2. Reparations. Pay to repair all damage
  3. Germany has to give up all the land they won
  4. Cede its colonies to England and France
  5. Reduce it’s Military to a national police
  6. They cannot make or buy arms
  7. They must join the league of nations
43
Q

Zimmerman Telegram

A
  • Telegram meant for Mexico, intercepted by Britain.
  • Said that they planned on sinking all boats.
  • They wanted mexico to ask Japan.
  • Promised Mexico they would get back Texas, NM, and Arizona.

AMH2020 (5 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions