Unit 3 Flashcards
U.S Motives for Imperialism
Economics - New goods and trades
Military - More people and bases, less enemy
Political - More territory and populative power, spreading democracy
Ideological - Civilize others
Religious - Spread Christianity
Exploration - Science, adventure
Examples of U.S. Imperialistic Motives
E - Open Door Notes gave access to Chinese trades
M - Panama Canal gives more naval routes
P - Ruled over land is easily susceptible to being taken, Phillipines/Latin America
I - Mexican land
R - Un-Christian people
E - Carribian islands
Cause of World War One
Militarism - Glorification of military power
Alliances - Complex agreements or treatires create obligations
Assassination - Murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Imperialism - Competition for colonies and resources
Nationalism - Intense national pride and ethnic tension
Examples of Militarism Causes of World War One
Defacto - Already decided/fake military leaders
Arms Race - Competition for advanced military
Examples of Alliances Causes of World War One
Triple Entente - Russia, France, Britain
Triple Alliance - Italy, Austria-Hungary, Germany
Bulkans - Bulgaria, Syria
Examples of Assasination Causes of World War One
Ferdinand - Prince of Austria-Hungary
Independence - Bulkans wanted freedom from Austria-Hungary
Black Hand - Group to kill the prince, missed bomb and them someone shot him
Examples of Imperialistic Causes of World War One
Conflicts - Over imperialistic interests raise tension
Examples of Nationalistic Causes of World War One
Ethnic Groups - Wanting independence
Militarism - Wanting nation to be strongest
Sinking of Lusitania
Germany sunk American ship and killed American people who were not involved in war, America wanted revenge
Anti-Preparedness/Anti-War Movement
Citizens arguing America shouldn’t go to war
The Preparedness Movement
Citizens arguing America needs to fight back
Humanitarian Aid
Those helping others affected by the war
Domestic Issues
Average families having their lives destroyed by war such as the military draft
Selective Service Act/Conscription
Men going to war or else punished
Age group was extended
Draftifirmate - Not a part of draft becuase student
War-Time Sentiment
Eliminating criticism against government or war but against First Amendement
Espionage/Sedition Act - Illegal to speak disloyally (sedition was just an add on)
Schenck V. United States - Constitution does not apply during war
Four-Minute Men
CPI volunteering for government giving four-minute long speeches
The Red Cross
Tought people to be nurses
Junior Red Cross
Knitting campaign for children
Received honors
War Industries Board
Managed supplies and organized factories
Committee on Public Information/CPI
Government organization employed to use various forms of media to support the war morale
Victory Gardens
Harvesting your own food so more food can go to men in military
Liberty Loan War Bonds
Buying bond in support of country, army, and men
Gains investment to citizens
Trench-Warfare
Takes longer - “War by inches”
Bigger impact on individual people
Stalemates - Advancements of military technology
Wilson’s Fourteen Points
Woodrow Wilson’s idea of a treaty between U.S. and European countires
Wilson’s Fourteen Points’ Goals
Prevent future wars
Encourage cooperation through League of Nations
Promote stability by removing excess troops and supporting diplomacy
Fostering national identity through self determination of nations
Treaty of Versailles
War Guilt Clause
Germany paid 132 billion gold marks
All territories given to other countries - such as Allsace Lorraine back to France
Germany’s military reduced to 100,000 troops
League of Nations
Cause of World War Two
War Guilt Clause/Article 231
Full responsibility of war on Germany
League of Nations
Group of nations to create global peace
Believed to resolve disputes diplomatically
Senate rejected even after Wilson had a stroke because they wanted to maintain soveirgnity
Queen Liliuokalani
Last soverign of Hawaii before it was annexed
Spanish-American War
Ended Spain’s colonial empire in the Western Hemisphere and secured the position of the United States as a Pacific power
Filipino War
United States keep the Philippines as a base for expanding trade and influence in the Pacific
Roosevelt Corollary
Roosevelt’s statement that the nations of the Western Hemisphere are not open to colonization by European powers and that the United States had the responsibility to preserve order and protect life and property in those countries
Boxer Rebellion
Westerners and Japan having too much control over China
Teller Amendment
The U.S. would help Cuba gain independence and then withdraw all its troops from the country without annexing, opposite of Platt
Platt Amendment
Permitted extensive U.S. involvement in Cuban international and domestic affairs for the enforcement of Cuban independence, opposite of Teller
Big Stick Diplomacy/Roosevelt’s Foreign Policy
Negotiating peacefully but also having strength in case things go wrong
Zimmerman Telegram
Alliance sent to Mexico from Germany against the U.S. to get Mexico’s land back
Wilson’s Declaration of War
Right to be neutral was violated, it is now America’s job to make the world safe for Democracy
19th Amendment
Women’s right to vote
Selective Service Act of 1917
Men aged 21-45 must register for draft
Red Summer
Outbreak of racial violence
Race Riots
A part of the Red Summer
Violent riots caused by racists
Red Scare
Fear of communism
U.S. government begins to arrest
Fear evokes and other cultures have suspicions
Jim Crow Laws
Loopholes to restrict black people
Sharecropping
Landowners supply land/resources for African American farmers for a portion of crops but unfair contracts/low market prices occurred and created debt and poverty for farmers
Black Veterans After World War One
Less recognition, lost jobs then couldn’t get them back, couldn’t access veteran benefits
How Was The KKK Resurged
Immigration, cultural shifts
100% Americanism
A book that wrote about abandoing Old World languages and traditions
Some argued for American values but respect to Old World cultures
Jazz Music
Began in New Orleans with desire to move away from music associated with slavery
White Americans eventually took notice and cultural appreciation began
Palmer Raids
Government arrests for fear of communism for no reason
Harlem Renaissance Key Figures
Langston Hughes
Aaron Douglas
Augusta Savage
Where Prohibition Started
Men coping from war with alcohol then being abusive
Womens Christian Temperate Movement - Christian/Protestant group claiming religous duty
Carrie Nation - Arrested 32 times for throwing hatchets into speakeasies
Bootlegging
Making your own alcohol
Putting a flask in your boot
Elliot Ness
Detective wanting to take down Al Capone but only successfully does for tax evasion
End of Prohibition
Prohibition wasn’t working
Money for failing economy
Young people coming into power and were used to it
Expansionism
The policy of extending the United State’s influence, territory, etc. beyond its borders
