Study Guide (in class notes) Flashcards
1
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Booker T. Washington
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- “Pull yourself up by your bootstraps”
- Tuskegee Institute
- Meets TR & is a trailblazer for Civil Rights
2
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Teddy Roosevelt puts Taft in his shadow
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- Wants to be part of the presidency and forms his own party
- Bull Moose Party
- The popular vote is split and causes Wilson, a democrat, to win - TR is almost assassinated
- Bullet stays in him for the rest of his life
3
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World War 1 = a rats’ nest
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- Technology is far ahead of the tactics
- The beginning of the war (1914-1917)
- Assination + war fever + alliances = major powers of Europe at war
- Gavril Princep changed everything - Queen Victoria married off all her kids to European neighbors
- Monarchs will be powerless after WW1
- Blood Feud between angry cousins - Allied Powers vs Central Powers
- No clear difference of values, but the Allies (except Russia) are more democratic
- Both fight to stalemate
- No man’s land = trench warfare (shovels are used a weapon)
- Naval efforts to disrupt supplies - U.S. officially is neutral, leans towards Allies (Monroe Doctrine)
- U.S. population has more ties to Allies
- Trends more w/Allies
- Germans have image problems, especially after attack on Belgium
– sale of supplies and eventually loans to Allies
4
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Mary Malon
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- Typhoid Mary carrier
- Quarantined on an island
→ the Titanic and Eastland
→ we need to preserve the world for democracy ←
- Allows British blockade all supplies to Germany (not legal)
- Protests German U-boat sinking of ships (especially Lusitania)
- Peace Mvmnt supports neutrality and influences President Wilson
- No crucial U.S. interests at stake
- U.S. should seek to end the war peacefully
5
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The Tide Turns
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- European Developments (Jan - Mar 1917)
- Germans declared unrestricted submarine warfare
- Russia Revolution…democratic gov (all Allies now democratic)
6
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Zimmerman Note
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Germany promised territory if Mexico will fight
7
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Doughboys
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- Shape of the helmet
- Little pudgy
- American soldiers
8
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The War Ends
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- Promising conclusion
- Arrival of U.S. forces…victories for Allies
- Rebellions overthrow German and Austrian rulers and implant new governments
- New government ends fighting, hope for peace based on 14 points
- Germany does not surrender
- Issues and armistice - Wilson heads back to Europe for peace negotiation
- Disappointing results
– Treaty of Versailles - very harsh on the Germans (against 14 points)
- Take blame for the war and pay money
- Lose territory
- Military restrictions (100,000 man army, no subs or air force)
– League of Nations created but the Senate disapproves and the U.S. doesn’t join - Many convinced WW1 intervention was a mistake that increased isolationism
– Petticoat administration = Edith acts as president while Wilson suffers a stroke
9
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Roaring Twenties
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- A New Era with Warren G. Harding
- Return to normalcy
- Dies in office
- One of the greatest presidents..or not
– Tea Pot Dome scandal
10
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Positive trends (roaring 20’s)
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- Growing economy, relatively low unemployment
- 16th amendment (tax) passes
- Problem = federal reserve bank
– printing money that has no value - Automboiles provide center of manufacturing
- Growth of consumer goods, especially electric appliances
- Growth of entertainment – movies, radios,r records
- Stunt people (Charles Blondin)
- Aviation
11
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Troubling issues
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- Rich benefit more from economic growth
– Buy stock with borrowed money - Women’s fashion
– Skinny, flapper, drink and smoke
- Night clubs
– Women’s sexuality - Low wages and declining unions
- Overproduction, falling prices on farms
- People borrowing money in order to buy stocks
12
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Calvin Coolidge
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- Silent Cal
- a smart president but quiet.
13
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Emma Goldman
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- Defied steroypes
- Rebelled against standards
- Anarchism and labor laws
- Deported back to Russia but returned to the U.S. later in life
14
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The Teapot Dome Scandal
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- Oil = black gold
- More efficient
- Taft put oil store in rock -shape ea pot
- Harding convinced by Albert Fall to transfer control of oil teapot to Fall
– Accepted bribes to lease the land
- Circumvented bidding
15
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1927 Mississippi Flood
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- Spread over 1,000 miles of river-bottom between Cario and Gulf
- Hoover was put in charge of resuce operations
– Mobilizled resources of the Army, Navy, Red Cross, Coast Guard
– Established camps w/ food
– 700,000 refugees escaped, only 6 killed
