UNIT 7 STUDY GUIDE Flashcards
ROOSEVELT COROLLARY
(DECEMBER 1904)
United States would intervene as a last resort to ensure that other nations in the Western Hemisphere fulfilled their obligations to international creditors, and did not violate the rights of the United States or invite “foreign aggression to the detriment of the entire body of American nations.”
DOLLAR DIPLOMACY
a foreign policy in which the United States lent money to foreign countries in return for the ability to make decisions for the governments of those countries.
WOODROW WILSON
(president from 1913-1921)
-the leading architect of the League of Nations,
-(14 points)Proposal made by Wilson to outline his vision for ending WW1 in a way to prevent such a war from happening again
Congress of Industrial organization
(CIO)
A federation of unions organizing workers to industrial unions in the US and Canada(1935-1955)
Domestic Consumption
(DMC)
Measures the total amount of materials directly used by an economy
Equal Rights Amendment
(ERA)
1923 End legal distinctions between men and women in terms of divorce, property, employment ,and other legal matters.
Teapot Dome Scandal
Bribery Scandal
secret leasing of federal oil reserves and corruption at the highest level of the government of the US
Schenck v US
Schenck was charged with conspiracy to violate the Espionage Act of 1917 by trying to cause insubordination in the military and obstruct recruitment.
Progressive movements view on ww1
Progressives were worried that American involvement in the war would supersede domestic social reforms.
Civilian conservation corps
(CCC)
a voluntary government work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942
committee on public info
an independent agency of the government of the United States under the Wilson administration created to influence public opinion to support the US in World War I
Howley smoot tariff
a law that implemented protectionist trade policies in the United States. Sponsored by Senator Reed Smoot and Representative Willis C. Hawley, it was signed by President Herbert Hoover
women in congress
- Women’s role in WW1 influenced the idea that all of the countries female citizens deserved the right to vote
First new deal
the pressing banking crisis through the Emergency Banking Act and the 1933 Banking Act.
Espionage and sedation laws
Espionage- made it illegal to interfere with the war effort
Sedation-harsh penalties for a wide range of dissenting speech (abusing the American gov, flag, constitution and military)
American Protected league
Organization of private citizens sponsored by the United States Department of Justice that worked with federal law enforcement agencies during the World War I era
Eugene v Debs
American Socialist leader and five time presidential candidate, created social democratic party of America
Eugenics
Eugenicists worldwide believed that they could perfect human beings and eliminate so-called social ills through genetics and heredity
Cultural Pluralism
minority groups participate fully in the dominant society, yet maintain their cultural differences.
Americanization
The process of an immigrant to the US becoming someone who shares American cultures values beliefs and customs
( For example, learning American English and educating children of immigrants)
Harlem Renaissiance
artistic and cultural activity among African Americans between the end of WW1, the onset of the Great Depression
Gentlemen’s Agreement
unwritten agreement backed by the integrity of the counterparty to actually abide by its term
Du Bois
Civil rights activists who created NAACP and believed social change could be accomplished only through agitation and protest
Garvey
Founder of UNIA that aimed to achieve Black nationalism through celebration of African history and culture, he challenged major thought leader Du Bois
Washington
African American Activist who believed self sufficiency (thought giving white compliance would lower the violence and gain their acceptance)
Russian rev. effect on U.S
US participated in the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War. US withheld diplomatic recognition of the Soviet Union until 1933
president Wilson perceived in Paris
Seen him as magnificently enthusiastic but opposed the Fourteen Points
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty signed that formally ended WW1(Germany lost territory, disarmed, had to pay, lost overseas colonies)
Socialism
Economic system that major industries are owned by workers themselves rather than private businesses or the state
New Deal
Series of programs to improve the lives of those suffering from the events of the depression.
Saco and Vanzetti case
The italian-born anarchists arrested in Massachusetts on the charges of murder and robbery in 1920
National Industrial Recovery
Act to encourage Industrial recovery, establish codes of fair practice for industries and to promote industrial growth
Red scare
A period during the early 20th century when Americans grew afraid of a communist takeover caused by Russian Revolution.
President Calvin Coolidge’s view on buisness
Believed America a land of pure and unalloyed materialism
Tennessee Valley Authority
Deal created to generate electric power and control floods in a seven U.S state region around the Tennessee River Valley
Teller Amendment
Proclaimed that the United States would not establish permanent control over Cuba
Economic growth/consumption
- Increasing capacity of the economy to satisfy the wants of goods and services of the member of society
-Displaying wealth and status to others rather than form enjoyment of the goods or services
liberalism & New deal relationship
The new deal focused more on the individual liberty of Humankind and the foundation for a democratic society
economic failures during great depression
Bank failures, stock market crash, businesses failed and wages decreased
Wagner Act
July 5, 1935 establish the Nation Labor Relations Board and addressed relations between unions and employers in the private sector
Social security Act
Provided unemployment insurance, old age insurance and welfare programs, offered immediate relief to families
Ending of Great Depression
ww2 marked the end of the great depression
Keynesian economics
Franklin Roosevelt’s new deal used the economic policies of John Maynard Keynes in effort to rid the country of the great depression
Success of new deal
-People were put back to work
-It saved capitalism
-Restored faith in the American economic system
Failures of the new deal
-Minorities were helped least by the new deal
-Sharecroppers were no longer need and lost their jobs and homes
-The fed gov was so involved in the economy it harms the free enterprise
-Failed to end massive employment
