WWI - Week 6 Flashcards
Roosevelt’s ‘big stick’ diplomacy
26th president, 1901-1909
strategy that combined careful negotiation with a clear, understood threat of military intervention
panama canal (constructed 1903-1914)
would aid American trade/military, but Colombia pushed back. Roosevelt backed a rebellion lead by a rep for the panama canal company. a USA gunboat blocked Colombian troops and panama became independent
roosevelt corollary (1904)
extension. to the monroe doctrine, states that USA could interfere in domestic issues of countries in Western hemisphere via military force to counter European influence and maintain stability
monroe doctrine (1823)
USA should be able to keep Europeans out of the West
dominican republic (1904), cuba (1906)
roosevelt seized customs houses in dominican republic to gain financial control
troops sent to cuba to oversee the election
usa corporations were encouraged to get footholds in latin america
taft’s dollar diplomacy (1909-1913)
american influence should be grown via investments. the military is a salesperson, but it lacked power and was difficult to enforce investments
woodrow wilson’s moral imperialism
foreign policy should be guided by morality and teach others about democracy. however it didn’t decrease military intervention
what caused ww1?
archduke ferdinand is assassinated in 1914 by a serbian national, which causes austria-hungary to declare war on serbia.
allies: britain, france, russia, japan
central: germany, austria-hungary, ottoman empire
lusitania (1915)
was sunk by germany, americans were onboard this british ship. made americans sympathetic for the war cause
‘preparedness’ was a policy in which wilson expanded _____ and ______ forces in the US military.
army, naval
germany pledges to end warfare against noncombatants in ____, but pulled back in ____.
1916, 1917
zimmerman telegram (1917)
written by germany, meant to be sent to germans in mexico. said if you side with germany, then they’ll get mexico’s land back.
in ____, American troops landed in Europe.
1918
tulsa massacre
black veterans tried to protect a young black boy who’d been accused of raping a white woman. violence ensued
the treaty of versailles established the ________ __ __________
league of nations, and also Latvia! :)
wilson fought ww1 because he intended to make the world _____ for democracy.
safe
committee on public information (April 1917)
the first time war propaganda was provided by the federal government. also surveilled foreign language papers and encouraged citizens to report any suspicious activity from their neighbors.
19th Amendment (1920)
women’s suffrage. alice paul and the national women’s party
pro and con enlistment arguments
p: would prove that blacks are entitled to equal rights since they fought
c: why join? usa says they want democracy but can’t even treat their own people democratically.
espionage act (1917)
prohibits criticizing the usa government, as well as interfering with the draft. first limitation on free speech since 1789. Eugene Debs was jailed for 10 years
sedition act (1918)
amendment to the espionage act, criminalized spoken and written critiques to the federal government, as well as suggested disloyalty. patriotism would be ‘tested’
american protective league
vigilantism. worked in conjunction with the justice department to report suspicious neighbor activity. ridiculous
red summer (1919)
series of racially motivated violence in the urban north
La Gran Liga Mexanista
against violence to mexicans
the niagrara movement (1905)
would become the NAACP in 1909
the new negreo
militancy among blacks post-war
the first red scare (1919-1920)
labor uprisings, fear of communism after the russian revolution
palmer raids
sent feds to raid labor organizers’ hqs, but congress and the media were critical of it. when j. edgar hoover gets his start.
