unit 9 & 10 (+14) Flashcards
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treaty of Paris (8)
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- 1899
- result of span am war
- Spain agreed to give up Cuba
- Philippines
- Puerto Rico
- Guam
- place them under US protection
- US paid 20 mil to Spain
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rough riders (4)
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- collection of western cowboys
- entered the span am war
- under the leadership of teddy
- captured San Juan hill
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platt amend (5)
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- early 1900s
- am forces withdraw from Cuba
- Cuba agrees not to enter any treaty that would threaten it’s sovereignty
- US has the right to intervene in Cuba
- to protect US life and property
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teddy corollary (4)
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- addition to Monroe doctrine
- where the US has the right to intervene
- in the Americas
- when necessary
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open door policy (4)
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- John hay
- sent a letter to major world powers
- that said china would be open to everyone
- no trade was to he restricted
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Maine (6)
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- battleship
- stationed in Havana harbor
- to protect am lives and property
- that was blown up with no consent with no evidence of who had done it
- which was a rallying cry to declare war with Spain
- papers used the slogan “remember the Maine”
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teller amendment (5)
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- when the us declared war
- against Spain
- they committed to non-annex
- policy of Cuba
- when the war ended
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Alfred mahan (3)
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- wrote the influence of sea power upon history
- believed that a nation must expand or die
- influential in expansionist policies
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Lusitania (4)
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- brit luxury liner
- sunk by German u boat
- killed 128 Americans
- moved America close to war with Germany
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Sussex pledge (4)
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- German pledged
- to no longer shoot on sight
- unless it was a vessel of war
- but would only do so if the allies obeyed international law
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Zimmerman telegram (5)
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- German foreign minister Zimmerman
- sent a secret telegram to Mexico
- asking for their help in war
- in return Germany would help mexican regain lost states that America had attained during Mexican American war
- this heightened nationalist sentiment in the US and was an immediate cause for war
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CPI (2)
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- committee on public information
* sole job was to entice people to join the war effort in any way possible
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schnenck vs us (4)
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- schnenck distributed leaflets urging Americans to resist draft
- his conviction was upheld in the Supreme Court
- saying that his action constituted a clear and present danger to the security of us
- this case upheld the constitutionality of the espionage act
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14 points (7)
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- created by Wilson
- detailed list of war aims
- recognition of freedom of seas
- an end to secret treaties
- reduction of national armaments
- self determination for various nationalities within AH empire
- formation of League of Nations
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ToV (7)
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- Germany pay reparation to France and England
- admit guilty for war
- give up all colonies
- give up a French colony
- independence granted to nationalists inside AH
- nations ratifying the treaty would join League of Nations
- US never ratified aka never joined League
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LoN (6)
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- Wilson’s idea of alliance
- of nations
- most important aspect of 14 points
- preserve peace all over the world
- was first rejected
- but later accept as the UN
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Sacco & Vanzetti (5)
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- Italian radical anarchists
- accused of murdering and robbing
- a shoe factory person
- found guilty but the no one had evidence
- decision based on nativism
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red scare (6)
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- paranoia that began in the 1920s
- fear of communism
- also feared terrorists bc of terrorist attacks
- communists called Bolsheviks
- or the “Reds”
- didn’t trust any immigrants
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warren Harding (3)
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- won election of 1920
- president known for corruption
- famous scandal: teapot dome
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Henry ford (4)
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- model t
- made cars
- assembly line
- more efficiency and jobs
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volstead act (3)
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- enacted prohibition bureau
- declared any drink with .5% of alcohol was illegal
- against drinking
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Harlem Renaissance (4)
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- jazz
- Harlem is in NY
- renaissance for Afr Am culture, music, etc
- 1920s
- spread to other Afr am communities
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Marcus Garvey (5)
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- Jamaican immigrant segregationist
- leader of “back to Africa” movement
- believed America wouldn’t change
- Afr am should be proud of their heritage
- and go back to Africa where they had potential
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“lost generation” (4)
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- name given to disillusioned writers
- of the 1920s by g. stein
- also Fitzgerald
- and Hemingway
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Lindbergh (5)
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- first person to fly non stop
- from NY
- to Paris
- across the Atlantic Ocean
- made him a hero in US
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scopes trial (4)
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- court case testing the Tennessee state law
- prohibiting testing scientific theory
- of evolution in public schools
- schools taught theory of creation instead bc very religious
- bio teacher that taught theory of evo got arrested and found guilty
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kkk (5)
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- nativist
- pro slavery
- hate group
- rose again in 1920
- Wilson praised “birth of a nation”
- targeted Jews, Catholics, immigrants, basically anyone who isn’t white
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prohibition (7)
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- from 1920-1933
- 18th amendment
- declared it was illegal
- to sell
- manufacture
- transport
- alcoholic drinks in US
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Langston Hughes (2)
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- Afr am poet
* during Harlem Renaissance
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fundamentalism (4)
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- return to a more fundamental attitude
- based on a strong family
- religious values
- v conservative
