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The Great War, Roaring Twenties, And The Great Depression Flashcards

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Sussex pledge (1916)

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Germany pledged to end submarine warfare

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House-grey memorandum of 1915

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Attempted to get Britain to meet with Germany to end the war but was rejected by UK

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Zimmerman Telegram (1917)

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Germany attempted to get Mexico to join the war against the US

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Russian Revolution (1917)

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Took Russia out of WWI

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AEF

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American Expeditionary Forces (troops in WWI)

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Selective Service Act of 1917

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Drafted 2,800,000

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Head of WWI War Industries Board

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Bernard Baruch

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Head of WWI Food Administration

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Herbert Hoover (tripled food production)

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WWI Fuel Administration

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Conserved fuel, Daylight savings time, time zones

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Head of Committee on Public Information

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George Creel

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General Pershing’s dilemma in France (WWI)

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Amalgation of his troops

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Convoy system (WWI)

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Helped ships avoid being sunk by German submarines

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Palmer raids

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Attempts to arrest and deport radicals by A Mitchell Palmer

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House-grey memorandum of 1915

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Attempted to get Britain to meet with Germany to end the war but was rejected by UK

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Sussex pledge (1916)

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Germany pledged to end submarine warfare

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Zimmerman Telegram (1917)

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Germany attempted to get Mexico to join the war against the US

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Russian Revolution (1917)

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Took Russia out of WWI

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AEF

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American Expeditionary Forces (troops in WWI)

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Selective Service Act of 1917

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Drafted 2,800,000

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Head of WWI War Industries Board

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Bernard Baruch

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Head of WWI Food Administration

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Herbert Hoover (tripled food production)

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WWI Fuel Administration

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Conserved fuel, Daylight savings time, time zones

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Head of Committee on Public Information

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George Creel

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Palmer raids (1919-1920)

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Attempts to arrest and deport radicals by A Mitchell Palmer

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Sacco and Vanzetti

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Italian anarchists charged and convicted of murder amid international cries to release them due to lack of evidence

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“Great Migrations” (1917-1940s)

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African American migration North due to labor shortage

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Urban League (1910s)

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Helped African Americans

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Black Nationalism

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Celebrated black pride without integration

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Marcus Garvey

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Jamaican who advocated Black Nationalism and the return to Africa

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The Fourteen Points (1918)

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Wilson’s plan for the post-WWI world (free trade, open diplomacy, self-deterimination)

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League of Nations (1918)

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Supranational organization created by Wilson to encourage diplomacy; failed due to congress’ unwillingness to join

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The “Big Four” (1918)

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US, GB, France, Italy

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Treaty of Versailles (1919)

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Ended WWI, settled territorial claims, punished Germany

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Article 231 of The Treaty of Versailles (1919)

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Blamed Germany for the war and placed huge war reparations on them

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Irreconcilables (1920)

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Wouldn’t sign treaty of Versailles no matter what (William Borah, Hiram Johnson, Robert La Follette)

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Reservationists (1920)

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Were shy to sign Treaty of Versailles (Henry Cabot Lodge)

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Quota Acts (1917, 1921, 1924)

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Limited immigration

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Johnson-reed Act of 1924

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Limited immigration to 2% of number of immigrants from that country already there

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Ku Klux Klan (1915)

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Advocated 100% Pure Americanism

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18th Amendment (1919)

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Prohibition

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Volstead Act (1919)

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Enforced 18th Amendment

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Wickersham Commission (1929)

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Supported prohibition but found it to be unenforcible

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John Dewey (1920s)

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Encouraged leaening by doing

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Scopes Trial (1924)

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Trial about teaching of evolution in Tennessee schools

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Henry Ford (1920s)

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Made the car available for the working man

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Frederick W Taylor (1920s)

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Used scientific management and assembly lines to increase production

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Lifestyle changes during 1920s

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Mobility, suburbs, vacation

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Beginning of mass marketing

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Roaring 20s

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Beginning of rise of credit

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Roaring 20s

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Flappers (1920s)

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New feminists

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19th Amendment

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Women’s suffrage

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Equal Rights Amendment

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Advocated by Alice Paul (1920s) but never adopted

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Margaret Sanger (1920s)

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Championed birth control

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The Lost Generation (1920s)

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Post WWI people who were disillusioned by the war

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Harlem Renaissance (1920s)

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Emergence of African-American culture

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Fordney-McCumber Tariff (1922)

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Raised tariff to 38.5%

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Washington Disarmament Conference (1922)

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Tried to help World disarm

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Five Power naval treaty (1922)

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Limited navies

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Four Powers Treaty (1922)

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Maintains status quo in Pacific

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Nine Power Treaty (1922)

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Reinforced Open Door policy in China

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Clark Memorandum

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Separated Roosevelt Corollary and Monroe Doctrine

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The “Ohio Gang” (1920s)

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Gang of (mostly corrupt) politicians and industry leaders closely surrounding Warren G. Harding

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Tea Pot Dome (1920s)

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Scandal where Albert Fall sold government naval oil reserves for very low prices (hurt Harding’s reputation)

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Daugherty Scandal (1920s)

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Corruption of Attorney General Harry M Daugherty (hurt Harding’s reputation)

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Veterans Bureau Scandal (1920s)

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Colonel Charles R. Forbes, head of the Veterans’ Bureau, entered into corrupt arrangements and sold land for a fraction of its price (hurt Harding’s reputation)

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Calvin Coolidge and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (1920s)

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Ordered them to soften their stance on business

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Revenue Acts of 1924, 1926 and 1928

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Generally reduced taxes

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McNary-Haugen Farm Relief Bill

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Never became law, was a highly controversial plan in the 1920s to have the government buy wheat, and either store it or export it at a loss

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Dawes Plan (1924)

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An attempt following World War I for the Triple Entente to compromise and collect war reparations debt from Germany (Americans paid To stabilize Germany so Germany could pay back debts)

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Agricultural Marketing Act (1929)

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Bought up agricultural surpluses and made loans to farmers

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5 Causes for the crash (1929)

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Unregulated Stock Market
Domestic Debt
International Debt
Overproduction
Maldistribution of wealth
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Hoover’s economic advice for individuals

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Rugged individualism

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Herbert Hoover’s economic policy

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Trickle-down economics

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Reconstruction Finance Corporation (1932)

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Provided $1.5 Billion in assistance for banks, businesses, etc

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“Dust Bowl” (1930s)

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A period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the US and Canadian prairies

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Hawley-Smoot Tariff (1930)

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Raised tariff to 60% which hurt foreign trade and thus, the economy

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International Debt Moratorium (1931)

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Put a one-year moratorium on payments of World War I and other war debt, postponing the initial payments, as well as interest.

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The Bonus Army (1932)

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43,000 marchers who went to DC to demand cash-payment redemption of their service certificates but were disbanded violently by Hoover (doomed Hoover’s re-election chances)

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Good Neighbor Policy

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Policy by Hoover and FDR which replaced former imperialistic actions in Latin America

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Stimson Doctrine (1931)

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Condemned Japan for its actions in Manchuria

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First New Deal (1933-1934)

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FDR’s economic plan; focused on over-production

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Trickle-down ecenomics (pump priming)

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The idea that tax breaks or other economic benefits provided to businesses and upper income levels will benefit poorer members of society by improving the economy as a whole

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