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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
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)
African American migration North due to labor shortage
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Urban League (1910s)
Helped African Americans
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Black Nationalism
Celebrated black pride without integration
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Marcus Garvey
Jamaican who advocated Black Nationalism and the return to Africa
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The Fourteen Points (1918)
Wilson's plan for the post-WWI world (free trade, open diplomacy, self-deterimination)
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League of Nations (1918)
Supranational organization created by Wilson to encourage diplomacy; failed due to congress' unwillingness to join
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The "Big Four" (1918)
US, GB, France, Italy
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Treaty of Versailles (1919)
Ended WWI, settled territorial claims, punished Germany
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Article 231 of The Treaty of Versailles (1919)
Blamed Germany for the war and placed huge war reparations on them
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Irreconcilables (1920)
Wouldn't sign treaty of Versailles no matter what (William Borah, Hiram Johnson, Robert La Follette)
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Reservationists (1920)
Were shy to sign Treaty of Versailles (Henry Cabot Lodge)
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Quota Acts (1917, 1921, 1924)
Limited immigration
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Johnson-reed Act of 1924
Limited immigration to 2% of number of immigrants from that country already there
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Ku Klux Klan (1915)
Advocated 100% Pure Americanism
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18th Amendment (1919)
Prohibition
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Volstead Act (1919)
Enforced 18th Amendment
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Wickersham Commission (1929)
Supported prohibition but found it to be unenforcible
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John Dewey (1920s)
Encouraged leaening by doing
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Scopes Trial (1924)
Trial about teaching of evolution in Tennessee schools
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Henry Ford (1920s)
Made the car available for the working man
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Frederick W Taylor (1920s)
Used scientific management and assembly lines to increase production
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Lifestyle changes during 1920s
Mobility, suburbs, vacation
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Beginning of mass marketing
Roaring 20s
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Beginning of rise of credit
Roaring 20s
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Flappers (1920s)
New feminists
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19th Amendment
Women's suffrage
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Equal Rights Amendment
Advocated by Alice Paul (1920s) but never adopted
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Margaret Sanger (1920s)
Championed birth control
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The Lost Generation (1920s)
Post WWI people who were disillusioned by the war
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Harlem Renaissance (1920s)
Emergence of African-American culture
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Fordney-McCumber Tariff (1922)
Raised tariff to 38.5%
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Washington Disarmament Conference (1922)
Tried to help World disarm
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Five Power naval treaty (1922)
Limited navies
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Four Powers Treaty (1922)
Maintains status quo in Pacific
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Nine Power Treaty (1922)
Reinforced Open Door policy in China
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Clark Memorandum
Separated Roosevelt Corollary and Monroe Doctrine
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The "Ohio Gang" (1920s)
Gang of (mostly corrupt) politicians and industry leaders closely surrounding Warren G. Harding
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Tea Pot Dome (1920s)
Scandal where Albert Fall sold government naval oil reserves for very low prices (hurt Harding's reputation)
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Daugherty Scandal (1920s)
Corruption of Attorney General Harry M Daugherty (hurt Harding's reputation)
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Veterans Bureau Scandal (1920s)
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)
Ordered them to soften their stance on business
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Revenue Acts of 1924, 1926 and 1928
Generally reduced taxes
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McNary-Haugen Farm Relief Bill
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)
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)
Bought up agricultural surpluses and made loans to farmers
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5 Causes for the crash (1929)
``` Unregulated Stock Market Domestic Debt International Debt Overproduction Maldistribution of wealth ```
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Hoover's economic advice for individuals
Rugged individualism
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Herbert Hoover's economic policy
Trickle-down economics
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation (1932)
Provided $1.5 Billion in assistance for banks, businesses, etc
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"Dust Bowl" (1930s)
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)
Raised tariff to 60% which hurt foreign trade and thus, the economy
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International Debt Moratorium (1931)
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)
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
Policy by Hoover and FDR which replaced former imperialistic actions in Latin America
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Stimson Doctrine (1931)
Condemned Japan for its actions in Manchuria
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First New Deal (1933-1934)
FDR's economic plan; focused on over-production
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Trickle-down ecenomics (pump priming)
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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