| 1220814807 | Election of 1912 | Democrats - Woodrow Wilson. The Democrats had a strong progressive platform that called for stronger antirust laws, banking reform, and tariff reductions. Republicans - Taft. | | 0 |
| 1220814808 | New Nationalism | Since TR wasn't selected at the GOP nomination for president, he entered as a 3rd party and had New Nationalism be his platform in the 1912 election. New Nationalism campaigned for stronger control of trusts, woman suffrage, and programs of social welfare. | | 1 |
| 1220814809 | New Freedom | 1912 Election, Woodrow Wilson (D)'s platform. favored small enterprise, entrepreneurship, and the free functioning of unregulated and unmonopolized markets. Democrats shunned the social-welfare programs and supported the fragmentation of trusts. | | 2 |
| 1220814810 | "the triple wall of privilege" | President Wilson called for an "all-out war" on tariffs, banks, and trusts. | | 3 |
| 1220814811 | Underwood Tariff Bill | Passed in 1913, after Wilson convinced congress to pass it. It significantly reduced the tariff rates., It was also the first ever implementation of a graduated income tax on incomes $3000+ (See 16th Amendment) | | 4 |
| 1220814812 | 16th Amendment | Amendment to the United States Constitution (1913) gave Congress the power to tax income. | | 5 |
| 1220814813 | Federal Reserve Act. | a 1913 law that set up a system of federal banks and gave government the power to control the money supply. Under this law, the Federal Reserve Board was created, which had its members appointed by the president. They oversaw the 12 regional Federal Reserve banks. | | 6 |
| 1220814814 | Federal Reserve Notes | paper currency issued by the fed that eventually replaced all other types of federal currency - issued by the Federal Reserve Board. Thus, the amount of money in circulation could be increased as needed for the requirements of business. | | 7 |
| 1220814815 | Federal Trade Commission Act of 191 | Authorized a presidentially-appointed commission to oversee industries engaged in interstate commerce, such as the meatpackers. The commissioners were expected to crush monopolies at the source. | | 8 |
| 1220814816 | Clayton Anti-Trust Act of 1914 | Strengthened the Sherman Act's list of business practices that were deemed objectionable.This law outlawed interlocking directorates (companies in which the same people served as directors), forbade policies that created monopolies, and made corporate officers responsible for antitrust violations. Benefitting labor, it declared that unions were not conspiracies in restraint of trade and outlawed the use of injunctions in labor disputes unless they were necessary to protect property. The significance of the event is that the labors were able to get power and they were able have some kind of voice because the monopoly in the nation was getting weaker. | | 9 |
| 1220814817 | Federal Farm Loan Act of 1916 | made loans available to farmers at low rates of interest. | | 10 |
| 1220814818 | Warehouse Act of 1916 | Authorized loans on the security of staple crops. | | 11 |
| 1220814819 | La Follette Seamen's Act of 1915 | benefited sailors by requiring decent treatment and a living wage on American ships. | | 12 |
| 1220814820 | Workingmen's Compensation Act of 1916 | Gave assistance to federal civil-service employees during periods of disability. | | 13 |
| 1220814821 | Keating owen act 1916 | Prohibited interstate commerce of goods made by children | | 14 |
| 1220814822 | Adamson Act of 1916 | established an 8-hour work day for all employees on trains in interstate commerce. | | 15 |
| 1220814823 | Louis D. Brandeis | the first Jew to be a Supreme Court justice nominated by President Wilson | | 16 |
| 1220814824 | What were Wilsons views on foreign policy? | President Wilson was an anti-imperialist and withdrew from aggressive foreign policy. | | 17 |
| 1220814825 | Hay-Pauncefote Treaty | (TR) , negotiations with Colombia, six mile strip of land in Panama, $10 million, US could dig canal without British involvement | | 18 |
| 1220814826 | Panama Canal Tolls Act of 1912, | A Bill that was repealed in 1914 by Wilson.. The act was accused of being unfair to Britain because the US was exempt from all trading tolls but they weren't and | | 19 |
| 1220814827 | Jones Act 1916 | granted Phillipines territorial status and promised independence as soon as stable government was achieved | | 20 |
| 1220814828 | What happened in Haiti in 1915? And what did Wilson do to protect them? | Political turmoil broke out -- Wilson dispatched marines to protect American lives and property. In 1916, he signed a treaty with Haiti providing for U.S. supervision of finances and the police. | | 21 |
| 1220814829 | How did Wilson expand the Caribbean holdings? | He purchased the Virgin Islands from Denmark in 1917 | | 22 |
| 1220814830 | What was happening in mexico under Wilson's presidency? | The Mexican Revolution in 1913 -- the president was murdered and replaced with General Victoriano Huerta. Many immigrants moved to America | | 23 |
| 1220814831 | Wilson initially didn't want to get involved with Mexico. What made Wilson decide to get involved with the Mexican revolution? | A small party of American sailors were accidentally captured by the Mexicans so Wilson ordered the navy to seize the Mexican port of Vera Cruz. | | 24 |
| 1220814832 | Venustiano Carranza | The successor of Huerta, President of Mexico after Huerta was overthrown | | 25 |
| 1220814833 | Francisco Villa | "Pancho villa" -- attempted to provoke a war between Mexico and the U.S by killing Americans. He was a rival of Carranza | | 26 |
| 1220814834 | General John J. Perishing | unsucessful campaign against pancho villa. Perishing was sent by Wilson to mexico to break up Villa's band of outlaws but then retreated once the US faced Germany as a threat for war | | 27 |
| 1220814835 | How did WWI start? | Franz Ferdinand, Archiduke and heir to the Austria-Hungary throne, was killed by Serbians while in Bosnia trying to strengthen their loyalty. An outraged Vienna government, backed by Germany, presented an ultimatum to Serbia. Serbia, backed by Russia, refused to budge. Russia began to mobilize its army, alarming Germany on the east, and France confronted Germany on the west. | | 28 |
| 1220814836 | Central Powers | Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Ottoman Empire | | 29 |
| 1220814837 | Allied Powers | Great Britain, France, Italy, Russia, and later the US | | 30 |
| 1220814838 | What did President Wilson issue when there was a declaration of WWI? | A neutrality agreement, saying the US would not involve itself -- 1914 | | 31 |
| 1220814839 | What was the American attitude towards Germany at the beginning WWI? | Most Americans were anti-Germany from the outset of the war. Kaiser Wilhelm II, the leader of Germany, seemed the embodiment of arrogant autocracy. Yet, the majority of Americans were against war. | | 32 |
| 1220814840 | Kaiser Wilhelm II | was the Kaiser of Germany at the time of the First World War reigning from 1888-1918. He pushed for a more aggressive foreign policy by means of colonies and a strong navy to compete with Britain. His actions added to the growing tensions in pre-1914 Europe. | | 33 |
| 1220814841 | Explain the impact of WWI on American Industries at the beginning of the war | American industry prospered off trade with the Allies. Germany and the Central Powers protested American trading with the Allies, although America wasn't breaking the international neutrality laws -- Germany was free to trade with the U.S., but Britain prevented this trade by controlling the Atlantic Ocean by which Germany had to cross in order to trade with the U.S. | | 34 |
| 1220814842 | Lusitania | Sunk in 1915 by a German submarine. It was a British Ship but had aboard 128 Americans, who were killed. Forced Germany to stop submarine warfare. | | 35 |
| 1220814843 | What was the "American" response after the sinking of Lusitania? | The american people demanded war but Wilson still didn't want to enter the war | | 36 |
| 1220814844 | Arabic | 1915 -- The second British ship that Germany sunk | | 37 |
| 1220814845 | Sussex | The third French ship that Germany sunk | | 38 |
| 1220814846 | What did Wilson do after Germany sink the Sussex? | Wilson informed the Germans that unless they renounced the inhuman practice of sinking merchant ships without warning, he would break diplomatic relations, leading to war. | | 39 |
| 1220814847 | Election of 1916 | Republicans chose Charles Evans Hughes.
Democrats chose Woodrow Wilson on an anti-war campaign. He won. | | 40 |
| 1220814848 | Regarding WWI, What did germany announce in 1917? | Germany announced its decision to wage unrestricted submarine warfare on all ships, including American ships, in the war zone. | | 41 |
| 1220814849 | Arthur Zimmermann | German foreign secretary who secretly proposed a German-Mexican alliance with the Zimmermann note. | | 42 |
| 1220814850 | Zimmermann note | A secret document to Mexico that said Germany would help them regain lost territories in Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico if they joined the war on the Central Powers side. News of the Zimmermann note leaked out to the public, infuriating Americans. | | 43 |
| 1220814851 | What were the 3 causes of War? | Zimmermann Note, Germany declares unrestricted submarine warfare, Bolshevik Revolution. | | 44 |
| 1220814852 | What was Wilson's justification for entering WWI that appealed to the American public? | goals of "a war to end war" and a crusade "to make the world safe for democracy." (because they felt threatened by the social uprisings in all the other countries - democracy could fall too and they clearly didn't want that) | | 45 |
| 1220814853 | IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) | Was founded in Chicago in 1905 and opposed capitalism. They let everyone in didn't care about race or skilled or unskilled. --- they were treated horribly in the US during WWI with "the worst working conditions". Many strikes from them and th AFL came about | | 46 |
| 1220814854 | National Woman's party | A group of militant suffragists who took to the streets with mass pickets, parades, and hunger strikes to convince the govt to give them the right to vote. Led by Alice Paul. Very anti-war | | 47 |
| 1220814855 | National American Woman Suffrage Association | militant suffragist organization founded by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony - NAWSA - they were in favor of the war | | 48 |
| 1220814856 | What was one of the key factors that led to Wilson passing the 19th amendment? | War mobilization gave momentum to the suffrage movement and Wilson was very impressed by women's war work -- therefore favoring suffrage | | 49 |
| 1220814857 | 19th Amendment | gave women the right to vote (1920) | | 50 |
| 1220814858 | Food Administration | This government agency was headed by Herbert Hoover and was established to increase the production of food and ration food for the military.Hoover rejected issuing ration cards and, to save food for export, he proclaimed wheatless Wednesdays and meatless Tuesdays, all on a voluntary basis. | | 51 |
| 1220814859 | Herbert Hoover | 31st President of the United States -- Leader of the Food Administration under Wilson during WWI | | 52 |
| 1220814860 | 18th Amendment | Prohibition against alcohol -- went right in line with the prohibition movement that was sweeping across the united states | | 53 |
| 1220814861 | How did the US conserve money during the war? | Hoover had a few money saving tactics -- such as the Fuel Administration and Treasury Department yielded about $21 billion towards the war fund. Other funding of the war came through increased taxes and bonds. | | 54 |
| 1220814862 | General John J. Pershing | led the American Expeditionary Force; urged that the AEF operate as an independent fighting force, under American command; was made General of the Armies of the United States, which is the highest rank given to an officer | | 55 |
| 1220814863 | United States's main contributions to the victory: | foodstuffs, munitions, credits, oil, and manpower | | 56 |
