APUSH Enduring Vision IDs: Chapter 22 Flashcards

485921804	Boxer Rebellion	Fanatical Chinese insurgency against Christians and foreigners (occupation of Beijing); defeated by an international force to which the U.S. contributed troops; further weakened Chinese government
485921805	Open Door notes	John Hay's statement of American policy to keep trade open in China
485921806	Panama Canal	waterway between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, completed by the U.S. in 1914 under Roosevelt
485921807	Roosevelt Corallary	pronouncement by Roosevelt in 1904 that said the U.S. was justified to intervene in Latin America in instances of "chronic wrongdoing"; Monroe Doctrine had warned against meddling in Latin America
485921808	Treaty of Portsmouth	signed at a peace conference assembled by Roosevelt; between Japan and Russia; Russia recognized Japan's rule of Korea and made other territorial concessions; Japan seen as a threat to American position in the Philippines
485921809	Gentleman's Agreement	negotiated between Japan and San Francisco school administration; Tokyo pledged to halt emigration to America
485921810	"yellow peril"	describes how America felt threatened by Asia
485921811	Selective Service Act	Draft act to raise army during World War 1
485921812	American Expeditionary Force	Three million American men were drafted into a force to fight in Europe during WW1
485921813	War Industries Board (WIB)	Major federal agency created to regulate wartime production, allocation of materials
485921814	John J. Pershing	Commander of American Expeditionary Force that fought in Europe
485921815	Committee of Public Information	Wartime proaganda agency established in April 1917, led by journalist George Creel
485921816	Espionage Act	Criminalized virtually any antiwar activity
485921817	Sedition Amendment	Curtailed First Amendment rights in criticizing war or goverment
485921818	Nineteenth Amendment	Wilson rewarded women for their wartime service and supported the amendment granting women the vote; ratified in 1920
485921819	influenza pandemic	one the heels of the devastation of World War 1, more than a half million Americans died of influenza in 1918
485921820	Eighteenth Amendment	Established National Prohibiiton to encourage and regulate morality during wartime
485921821	War Labor Board	Wartime agency that encouraged unionization and collective barganing as a menas of avoiding labor discord
485921822	Fourteen Points	Wilson's buleprint for a better wold; emphasized self-determination
485921823	Versailles Peace Conference	Negotiations for a peace settlement in France, the resulting settlement harshly punished Germany, laying the seeds of future conflict
485921824	League of Nations	Wilson's plan for an international deliberative body, viewed as necessary to keep the peace; rejected by the U.S. Senate; the U.S. never joined
485921825	Warren G. Harding	Elected in 1920; the well-meaning byt conservative and undistiguished successor to Woodrow Wilson