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What was missionary diplomacy?
- ·Similar to the Monroe doctrine
- ·The idea that the Us wants to stay neutral and have no involvement in non US related stuff
- ·Everyone leave everyone else alone
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when and why did the wwI begin
- ·WWI 1914-1918
- ·Called The Great War
- ·Germany wanted European Domination
- ·Europe was primed for war long before 1914
- ·Assassination of the Austria Hungarian Empire Emperor
- ·Franz Ferdinand was killer by terrorist
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why was it so costly in terms of lives
- ·1st mechanized war
- ·Machine gun
- ·Tanks
- ·Poison gas
- ·Airplanes
- ·Killed Millions
- ·60,000 British Troops were killed in the 1st 30 min of the war by charging machine guns
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what was the original US policy toward the war
stay neutral
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why did that change
·Russia started sinking American ships with their submarines
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what ethnic group was discriminated against during the war
Germans
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how was the economy run during the war
- ·poorly the government took command of the economy
- ·dictorial powers over the economy
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when did the US enter the war
1917
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what was the American expeditionary force
- American soldiers fought in France
- Led by John J Pershing
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where did American soldiers face their toughest fighting
the Argonne forest
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what were the fourteen points
- · it was a speech delivered by president Woodrow Wilson to congress on jan 8 1918
- ·it was intended to assure the country that the great war was being fought for a moral cause and for post war peace in Europe
- ·first 5 points don’t attack others leave everyone alone
- ·the league of nations = the world organization to settle disputes
- ·end of the war Nov 11 1918
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what happened at the Paris peace conference
- Britain and France kept blocking Wilson’s ideas for world peace
- He starts making compromises with Britain and France
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what was wrong with the Versailles Treaty
- it made the Germans angry and revengeful
- it was giving away land that isn’t the US’s to give
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why didn’t the US join the league of nations
the Treaty of Versailles was defeated so the US refused to join
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what were the palmer raids
- ·Broke into people’s homes and arrested them with no proof
- ·People they suspected had radical beliefs
- ·Union Organizers
- ·Immigrants
- ·Used the then small organization called the Bureau of Investigations
- ·Became the FBI
- ·Run by J. Edgar Hoover
- ·Red Scare came to an end after there was no Red Uprising on May 1st
- ·Unions almost died after the red scare
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how did immigration law change in the 1920’s
- established a quota system
- cap the amount of people can come in
- quotas by nationality
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why did immigration laws change
They didn’t not like the new religions coming in
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what industry had the biggest impact on American life during the 1920’s
automobile
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what great change in American was noted by the 1920’s census
- Showed that more people were living in cities than on farms
- Rural People thought this was offensive
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how did the lives of American women change during the 1920s
- they got the right to vote
- suffragettes women who demand to vote
- women in the work force
- women were working because they chose to
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how did young people change in the 1920s
- ·dating
- ·became more educated
- ·dress as flappers
- ·war caused young people to become different and want to change
- ·the lost generation
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how did American families change in the 1920’s
- ·more people lived in the city rather than farms
- ·women were more equal
- ·people start to mary for love
- ·education and universities become popular
- ·focus on raising children
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what did American writers say about America during the 1920’s
- · F Scott Fitzgerald
- ·Earnest Hemmingway
- ·Sinclair Louis
- ·Criticized that America was all about the money how much money a person made determined the quality of a person
- ·world wide attention
- ·became stars
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what was the Harlem renaissance
- ·African Americans cultural and intellectual life
- ·Within the confines of segregation African Americans flourished
- ·Also knows as the new Negro movement and black literacy renaissance
- ·beginning of jazz
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what was the impact of radio
- · virtually everyone had one
- ·CBS NBC were both radio stations
- ·brought entertainment to people
- ·boom for advertisements
- ·updated info
- ·news faster
- ·families spend time together listening
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which political party was dominant in the 20’s
republicans
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who were the presidents of the 1920’s
- ·Woodrow Wilson
- ·Warren Harding
- ·Calvin Coolidge
- ·Herbert hoover
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how active was the federal government in the 1920’s
- ·not very
- ·conservatives
- ·wanted to move back toward laizze faire
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how effective was prohibition
- ·The 1920’s were largely a prosperous time for America
- What caused the Great Depression
- ·Stock Market Crash of Oct 29th, 1929 (Black Tuesday)
- ·Banks loaning money to stock brokers and to citizens who wanted to buy stock (buying on the margin
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how was the economy in the 1920’s
crappy
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when and why did the great depression begin
- ·The 1920’s were largely a prosperous time for America
- ·Stock Market Crash of Oct 29th, 1929 (Black Tuesday)
- ·Banks loaning money to stock brokers and to citizens who wanted to buy stock (buying on the margin)
- ·Reckless stock investments hurt banks
- ·Supply and demand factories.
- ·Factories were making too much
- ·Stimulate through advertising and credit
- ·To keep credit high they kept wages low
- ·Cutting prices to equalize the supply and demand ratio (sales)
- ·Lay people off which removes consumers from the market
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what were its effects of the great depression
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what was the new deal
- ·FDR recovery programs to make the great depression never happen again
- ·Created social safety net
- ·Unemployment insurance
- ·Child labor laws
- ·Min wage
- ·Rules for unions
- ·FDR had federal govt regulate private sector
- ·Try anything approach in the first 100 days
- ·Create more jobs to lower unemployment numbers
- ·Tried to limit competition with businesses
- agriculture adjustment act keep farmers on farms
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34. what permanent changes came from the new deal
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when and why did the new deal end
it was declared un constitutional
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why was here a second world war
- ·muslilini took over Italy by force
- ·became dictator of Italy
- ·promised to rebuild roman empire
- ·1933 hitler became chancellor of Germany
- ·shortly after the main building burnt down
- ·Hitler requested emergency powers to fight against people who burnt down buildings
- ·He breaks the Versailles treaty and builds a German army
- ·1935 US declared to be neutral
- ·Hitler takes over Austria
- ·Hitler demands Czechoslovakia
- ·Hitler tries to take over Poland
- ·Started when Germany invaded Poland
- ·1939
- ·Germany wanted to control Poland. Hitler wanted to make a bigger Germany
- ·WWII is declared
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who were the allies
- ·British Empire
- ·US
- ·Soviets
- ·China
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when did the war in Europe begin
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how was the US involved before Dec 7 1941
- 1941 The US was officially neutral in WWII.
- However, they increasingly aided the British
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why did the US declare war on Japan
- ·Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor
- ·FDR asked congress to declare war on Japan
- ·Hitler then declared war on the US
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42. how did the war in Europe proceed
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43. how did the war in the pacific proceed
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44. what were the turning points of each campaign
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47. what new international conflict begin as soon as the war ended
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