Wilson and World War I vocab

Underwood Tariff

Dramatically lowered tariffs in the U.S and started a federal income tax.

-Lower the tariff means foreign products will not be as expensive

-Tax on the wealthiest in society

Federal Reserve System

a. Created a national bank that regulated and created the money supplying the U.S.

b. Set interest rates

c. Loaned only to other banks

Federal trade commission (FTC)

Government agency created by Wilson that broke up monopolies and trusts on an ongoing basis.

Clayton Anti-Trust Act

Strengthen the Sherman Antitrust act and said unions are not trusts.

-The Businesses argued that Unions are trusts, but the Federal government will say that its not true

New Freedom

Wilson's plan for the U.S. that included tariff, banking, and business reform (Includes terms 1-4).

Alice Paul

Leader of the national women's party, the last suffragette, and the end of first-wave feminism

Margaret Sanger

Founder of Planned Parenthood, advocated for reproductive equality, start of second-wave feminism.

Nationalism

Extreme Patriotism

Militarism

Building up of a country's military, often leads to an arms race.

Triple Entente / Triple Alliance

Pre-War alliances

TE: (Britain, France, Russia)

TA: (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy)

Franz Ferdinand

Archduke of Austria-Hungary who was murdered in Serbia and helped spark WWI

Gavrilo Princip

Serbian nationalist and member of the Black Head. Killed Franz Ferdinand

Franz Joseph

Emperor of Austria-Hungary during WWI.

Kaiser Wilhelm II

King of Germany during most of WWI.

Czar Nicolas II

King of Russia during the majority of WWI. He was a close friend of Kaiser Wilhelm II.

David Lloyd-George

Prime Minister of England during WW1.

Georges Clemenceau

Prime Minister of France during WWI

U-boat

German submarine during WW1

Von Schlieffen Plan

The German plan to fight a simultaneous two-front war

-Germany wants to fight France, but it is between both Russia and France

Battle O' the Marne

Battle where WWI stalemates into trenches. Takes place in France

Stalemate

A tie

RMS. Lusitania

British passenger ship destroyed by German U-boats that killed over 100 Americans (in 1915)

Sussex Pledge

German promise to stop unrestricted sub-warfare.

-Germany apologizes for what they did to the United States, and will promise to no longer target merchant ships

Allied Powers / Central Powers

CP: Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, & Germany

AP: Russia, England, France, Italy, and the U.S.