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1245114815Election of 1912Woodrow Wilson (Democrats) vs. Roosevelt (Progressive Republican) vs. Taft (Republican) Wilson won because of the split Republican party and people favored progressivism; Roosevelt came in second) Election about political and economic philosophies0
1245114816Jane AddamsReplaced Roosevelt's name for nomination symbolized the rise of political status of women, as well as Progressive support for the cause of social justice,1
1245114817New FreedomWilson's democratic platform called for stronger antitrust legislation, banking reforms, and tariff reduction favored small enterprise, entrepreneurship, and the free functioning of unregulated and unmonopolized markets. Shunned social welfare proposals and pinned their economic faith on competition. Not regulation but fragmentation of the big industrial combines2
1245114818New NationalismRoosevelt's platform favored continued consolidation of trusts and labor unions, paralleled by the growth of powerful regulatory agencies in Washington. campaigned for woman suffrage and social welfare Herbert Croley's The Promise of American Life3
1245114819Triple Wall of PrivilegeThe Tariffs, The Banks, and the Trusts Wilson wanted to destroy all three4
1245114820Underwood Tariff Billprovided for substantial reduction of rates by reducing import fees To get Senate's support, Wilson went to the people Wilson appeared before the court delivering the bill in person Triple Wall Privilege- attacked tariffs5
124511482116th amendmentenacted a graduated income tax6
1245114822WilsonStubborn and inflexible eloquently appealed to the people, but looked down upon the lesser minded. Admired the mass as a whole disliked imperialism and dollar diplomacy moral leader of the Allied cause7
1245114823Louis D Brandeis"Other People's Money and How the Bankers Use It" further fanned the flames of reform first Jew to be named to the Supreme Court8
1245114824Federal Reserve Act1913 Wilson most important economic legislation between the Civil War and the New Deal.9
1245114825Federal Reserve BoardCreated by the Federal Reserve Act oversaw a nationwide system of 12 regional districts each with its own central bank guarantied a substantial measure of public control and issued paper money known as "Federal Reserve Notes", raising amt of money in circulation Triple Wall Privilege- attacked banks10
1245114826Federal Trade Commission Act1914 empowered commission to turn a searchlight on industries engaged in interstate commerce rooted out unfair trade practices including unlawful competition, false advertising, mislabeling, adulteration, and bribery.11
1245114827Clayton Anti-Trust Actlengthened the shop worn Sherman Act's list of business practices that were deemed objectionable including price discrimination and interlocking directorates. granted benefits on labor exempted labor and agricultural organizations from anti trust prosecution, legalizing strikes and picketing Magna Carta of Labor12
1245114828Federal Farm Loan Act of 1916made credit available to farmers at low rates of interest, wanted by the Populists13
1245114829Warehouse Act of 1916authorized loans on the security of staple crops populist idea14
1245114830La Follete Seamen's Act of 1915required decent treatment and living wage on American merchant ships caused freight rates to spiral upwards with the crew's wages15
1245114831Working Men's Compensation Act1916 granted assistance to federal civil service employees during periods of disability16
1245114832Adamson Act1916 established 8 hour work days for all employees on trains in interstate commerce, with extra pay for overtime17
1245114833Panama Canal Tolls Act of 1812Wilson repealed this in 1914 it exempted American coast wise shipping from tolls an provoked Britian18
1245114834Jones Act1916 granted the Philippines the boon of territorial status and promised independence as soon as a "stable government" could be established.19
1245114835US Marines in Haiti1915 Wilson dispatched marines to save American economic interests. Went against Wilson's anti imperialistic ideals20
1245114836Wilson purchased theVirgin Islands from Denmark tightened America's grip on the West Indies21
1245114837General Victoriano HeurtaIndian was put in charge of the Mexican revolution in 1913 refused to recognize officially the murderous government of Huerta.22
1245114838ABC PowerArgentina, Brazil, and Chile23
1245114839Pancho Villarival of President Carranza that tried to incite war between Mexico and America.24
1245114840John J Pershingordered to capture Pancho Villa and wont he clash with the Villista and Carranza forces25
1245114841Central PowerGermany, Austria-Hungary, and later Turkey and Bulgaria26
1245114842AlliesFrance, Britian, and later Japan and Italy27
1245114843Kaiser Wilhem IILeader of Germany during World War I28
1245114844TradeAmerica traded heavily with the British and the Allies while the British navy blocked any German trade29
1245114845German submarinesdire threat to America Berlin agreed to not attack neutral American ships, but claimed mistakes could happen Wilson kept neutrality but warned Germany it would be held to "Strict accountability" for any attacks on American vessels or citizens"30
1245114846LusitaniaBritish passenger liner carrying ammunition was torpedoed killing 1,198 people with 128 Americans. Angered and shocked America of Germany's "mass murder East wanted war, but rest of the country did not want to get involved31
1245114847ArabicBritish liner sunk in Aug 1915 killing 2 Americans Berlin promised to not sink unarmed and unresistant passenger ships without warning.32
1245114848SussexFrench passenger steamer that Germany sunk without warning. Led to Wilson threatening war if they did not stop.33
1245114849Sussex PledgeGermany agreed that they would not sink passenger ships and merchant vessels without warning so long as the US would persuade the Allies to modify their "illegal blockade"34
1245114850Election of 1916Charles Evans Hughes (Republican) vs. Wilson (Democrat) Progressive Republicans died after TR's refusal to rerun. Republican Platform- condemned Democratic tariff, assaults on trusts, and Wilson's uncertainty in Mexico and Germany "He Kept Us Out of the War" Wilson's slogan Many people voted for Wilson (esp Mid western) to keep us out of the War35
1245114851"Peace without victory"Wilson's final attempt at peace Germany responded saying that all ships in the war zone, including America, would be sunk36
1245114852Zimmerman noteGerman Arthur Zimmerman proposed German-Mexican alliance with promises of recovering Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona that angered Americans37
1245114853Fourteen Points Addressinspired all to make mightier efforts and demoralized the enemy governments by holding out alluring promises to their dissatisfied minorities Included abolish secret treaties; freedom of seas; removal of economic barriers; reduction of armament; self-determination Foreshadowed league of nations38
1245114854George CreelHead of the Committee on Public Information who's job was to promote war efforts, but got the world to expect too much.39
1245114855Espionage and Sedition Act of 1917Reflected fear about German immigrants Censored and punished criticism of government and was declared constitutional in Schneck vs. the US40
1245114856War Industries BoardMeant to order the economic confusion but only had feeble powers41
1245114857Industrial Workers of the WorldLed by William D Haywood Violently protested the war efforts and harsh working conditions42
1245114858RiotsAfrican American strikebreakers jobs opened up and more all white societies were being filled with more African Americans. This led to radical riots like in the North where 9 white men and 40 black men were killed.43
1245114859National Women's PartyLed by Alice Paul who opposed the war with hunger strikes and marches.44
1245114860National American Women Suffrage AssociationSupported the war fighting for democracy everywhere else in hopes of getting suffrage in the USA45
1245114861New YorkFirst state to allow woman suffrage followed by Michigan, Oklahoma, South Dakota46
124511486219th AmendmentWoman Suffrage was allowed47
1245114863Sheppard Towner Maternity Act1921 provided federally financed instruction in maternal and infant health care48
1245114864Herbert C HoverHead of the Food Administration Relied on volunteers to help the War effort by donating food to be sent over seas49
124511486518th Amendment1919 Prohibition of all alcoholic drinks50
1245114866Conscriptiondrafting act that got the US Army to over 4 million men and allowed for the first time for woman to be in the army.51
1245114867Bolshevikscommunist group which seized power in late 191752
1245114868Second Battle of MarneMarked the beginning of German withdrawal53
1245114869FochFrench Supreme commander of the united Allies nation54
1245114870Meuse-Argonnethe last Allies assault involving several million men and lasting 47 days; Allies sought to cut the German railroad lines feeding the western front55
1245114871Henry Cabot LodgeRepublican chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Wanted to Americanize the Treaty of Versailles56
1245114872Big FourWilson (US) Orlando (Italy) George (Britain) Clemenceau (France)57
1245114873League of NationsWilson's ultimate goal58
1245114874irreconcilablesRepublican senators and militant isolationists who opposed the League of Nations and the Treaty of Versailles59
1245114875Article X (League of Nations)was not liked because it morally bound the United States to aid any member victimized by external aggression60
1245114876Election of 1920Warren Harding (Republican) vs. James Cox (Democrat) Harding's victory ended the League61

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