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World War I thru Great Depression
VUS.9-10
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11th Grade
05/09/2010

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Term
Policy in China urging all foreigners in China to obey Chinese law and observe fair competition
Definition
Open Door Policy
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Open Door Policy
Definition
Secretary of State John Hay proposed a policy that would give all nations access to China's markets
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Dollar Diplomacy
Definition
Taft urged American banks and businesses to invest in Latin America and he promised that the U.S. would step in if unrest threatened their investments
Term
First era of a true "global economy" from
Definition
the late 1800s to World War I
Term
Results of the Spanish American War
Definition
Puerto Rico was annexed by the United States
United States asserted its right to intervene in Cuban affairs
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How United States gained access to the Panama Canal
Definition
encouraging Panama's independence from Columbia
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Panama Canal's importance to the United States
Definition
to transport the navy from ocean to ocean quickly
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United States policy in Hawaii
Definition
United States helped to overthrow Hawaii's monarchy and annexed Hawaii
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World War I begins
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1914
Term
Countries that went to war in 1914
Definition
Germany, Austria Hungary, Ottoman Empire(Central Powers) went to war with France, Great Britain, Russia later joined by Italy and the United States (Allied Powers)
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Why United States remained neutral for three year
Definition
strong American sentiment to not get involved in a European war
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Why United States does not stay neutral
Definition
continuing German submarine warfare (violated freedom of the seas)and American cultural ties to Great Britain
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Reason Woodrow Wilson gives for the United States entering World War I
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"to make the world safe for democracy"
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Led to Germany's defeat in World War I
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American's military resources of soldiers and war materials
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Name of Wilson's plan to eliminate the causes of war
Definition
Fourteen Points
Term
Four key ideas of the Fourteen Points
Definition
self-determination, freedom of the seas, League Covenant, Mandate System
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How French and British differ with Wilson on the treatment of Germany after World War I
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French and British insist on punishing Germany
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Treaty that ended World War I
Definition
Treaty of Versailles
Term
International Organization formed to keep the world from future wars
Definition
League of Nations
Term
Big Four nation that did not join the League of Nations
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United States
Term
How Treaty of Versailles dealt with national boundaries
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redrew national boundary lines creating many new nations and ethnic problems
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Why United States Senate would not approve the Treaty of Versailles
Definition
objected to United States foreign policy decisions being made by an international organization (League of Nations), not by United States leaders
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War that ensured America's role as a world power
Definition
World War I
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How media and communications challenged traditional values in the 1920s and 1930s
Definition
radio broadcast jazz and fireside chats
movies provided escape from Depression- era realities
newspapers and magazines shaped the cultural norms and sparked fads
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Challenges to traditional values
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traditional religion was challenged by Darwin's Theory and the Scopes Trial
Term
Challenges to traditional values
Definition
Traditional role of women challenged by flappers and the 19th amendment
Term
Challenges to traditional values
Definition
Open immigration gave rise to the new KKK
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Challenges to traditional values
Definition
Prohibition led to smuggling alcohol and speakeasies
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Causes of the stock market crash of 1929
Definition
Business was booming, but overspeculation occurred because of investments that were made with borrowed money
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Causes of the stock market crash of 1929
Definition
Excessive expansion of credit
Business failures led to bankruptcies
Bank deposits wereinvested in the market
Banks had no money when the market crashed
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Consequences of the stock market crash
Definition
Clients panicked, attempting to withdraw their money from the banks, but there was nothing to give them
No new investments
Term
Causes of the Great Depression
Definition
The stock market crashed and stock prices collapsed in 1929
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Causes of the Great Depression
Definition
Federal Reserve's failure to prevent widespread collapse of the nations banking system in the late 1920s and early 1930s led to severe contraction in the nation's supply of money in circulation
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Causes of the Great Depression
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high protective tariffs that produced retaliatory(get back at) tariffs in other countries, strangling world trade
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Effects of the Tariff Act of 1930 (Hawley-Smoot Act)
Definition
strangled world trade
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Result of the nations banking system collapsing
Definition
not enough money in circulation
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Impact of the Great Depression
Definition
unemployment and homelessness
collapse of financial system (bank closings)
demand for goods declined
political unrest (growing militancy of labor unions)
farm foreclosures and migration
Term
Elected President in 1932
Definition
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Term
Franklin Roosevelt's program that changed the role of government to a more active participant in solving problems of the people
Definition
New Deal
Term
Why did Roosevelt say "We have nothing to fear, but fear itself?"
Definition
to rally a frightened nation in which one in four workers was unemployed
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The 3 parts of the New Deal
Definition
relief, recovery, reform
Term
Relief measures
Definition
direct payment to people for immediate help
Example - Works Progress Administration
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Recovery Measures
Definition
programs designed to bring the nation out of the depression over time
Example - Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Term
Reform Measures
Definition
measures that corrected unsound banking and business practices
Example - Social Security and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Social Security Act
Definition
offered safeguards for workers and their dependents
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Legacy of the New Deal
Definition
Influenced the public's belief in the responsibility of government to deliver public services, to intervene in the economy, and to act in ways that promote the general welfare
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