Wilson/WWI Flashcards
Moral Diplomacy
Wilson’s foreign policy that said the United States should support struggling democracies
Underwood Tariff
started the income tax before the 16th Amendment and significantly cut out tariffs
Federal Reserve System
created a national bank that only lends to other banks, controls the nation’s money supply, and sets interest rates. this was not very democratic
Federal Trade Commission
breaks up monopolies and trust on an ongoing basis
Clayton Anti-Trust Act
strengthened the Sherman Anti-Trust and said Unions are not considered trust
New Freedom
Wilson’s plan to free the people from banks, corporations, and war
Alice Paul
leader of the National Women’s Party, the last suffragette
Margaret Sangar
started Planned Parenthood, the first woman to talk about reproductive freedom and started Second Wave Feminism
Nationalism
extreme patriotism
Militarism
building up of a country’s military; often leads to an arm’s race
Triple Entente
Pre-WWI alliance of Britain, France, Russia
Triple Alliance
Pre-WWI alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
Franz Ferdinand
Arch-Duke of Austria-Hungary, is assassinated in Serbia
Gavrilo Princip
Is the one who assassinates Franz Ferdinand
Black Hand
Serbian Nationalist Group that organized the assassination of Franz Ferdinand because Serbia did not like being owned by Hungary