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Treaty on global navel Strategy that preached building a powerful navy and navel bases around the globe to protect U.S interest
Quick 4-month war vs. Spain, showed the U.S. to be a true global military power.
Sensationalist, dishonest news reporting intended to increase profit and shape public opinion with falsehoods
U.S warship exploded and sank in Havana, Cuba. Ship's destruction and 261 sailors KIA (killed in action), hyped media frenzy to declare war
Quick 4-month war vs. Spain, showed the U.S. to be a true global military power.
U.S. naval commander at the Battle of Manila Bay
(1st Volunteer Cavalry) Roosevelt’s hand-picked collection of volunteers for action in Cuba. Former cowboys, ball players, golf pros, and college friends.
Filipino nationalist revolt against U.S. occupation of the Philippines; three-year war, costing 4,200 KIA, 16,000 insurgents KIA, and 200,000 civilians dead.
Filipino nationalist leader of the insurgents, captured in 1902.
Progressive plan for global peace and was rejected by U.S. voters.
V. Colonial Self-determination
Wilson demanded France and the UK renounce colonialism.
XIV. League of Nations
Also demanded the creation of an international security organization led by the U.S.
Prime Minister of France (le Tigre)
Prime Minister of Great Britain (Welsh Wizard).
Originated the term "Jazz Age," author of This Side of Paradise and The Great Gatsby.
Era of vast economic prosperity and jazz, blues, and prohibition.
Forbade manufacture, sale, transportation, import, and export of all intoxicating liquors.
Modern U.S. woman of the 1920s, with bobbed hair, short skirts, and new dance moves.
All women have the legal right to vote.
Revolutionized daily life in America, initiated asphalt roads, traffic lights, billboards, gas stations, diners, motels, etc.
First pilot in the world to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 33.5 hours, flying 3,600 miles from New York to Paris on the "Spirit of St. Louis."
Borrowing money to purchase stock shares without the full cash amount on hand (like buying stocks on a credit card).
Combined loss of 30 million stock shares in less than 48 hours; the crash was caused by buying stocks on margin. However, it was not the primary cause of the Great Depression.
Greatest economic disaster in U.S. history, created by the FED permitting the practice of buying stocks on margin and FDR’s bad ideas. It only ended because of WWII.
Highest tariff on imported goods in 10 years, Hoover’s idea. This triggered international tax reprisals against the U.S. and caused major crashes in U.S. exports, reducing them by 66%, driving unemployment up from 7.8% to 23.6%.
Established with 17,000 strong veterans protesting in D.C. in 1932. Veterans were attacked by U.S. Army units led by Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
FDR’s bi-weekly radio broadcasts aimed at educating voters about economics and instilling optimism.
Main purpose was to provide work relief for young men and their families.
Main goal of the Act was to raise farm incomes by taking land out of production in exchange for government money
Fundamentally the purest example of Marxism in the entire New Deal; mandated that private businesses hand over government control of prices and labor for government promotion
he Blue Eagle symbol and motto “We Do Our Part.” The NRA was created to oversee and run the NIRA.
A payroll tax on all American citizens forcing them to become welfare recipients at age 60 in order to receive financial assistance that was originally their wages.
Novel about hardships during the Dust Bowl written by John Steinbeck; made into a movie in 1940.
Following the Supreme Court shutdown of the NIRA, FDR created the WPA, similar to the CCC. The WPA built 10% of every single new construction project in the U.S. from 1935-1943.
Former U.S. Navy captain who authored The Influence of Sea Power Upon History.
Prominent Progressive; Republican Secretary of the Navy, resigned to fight in Cuba in 1898
Queen disposed of in 1893 by a U.S. coup for having opposed the Americanization of Hawaii
Future emperor of the Austrian Empire; assassinated by a Serbian terrorist in August 1914. His murder began World War I.
A plea from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann, asking Mexico to invade the U.S. in exchange for a German victory and the return of Texas, California, New Mexico, and Arizona.
Germany, Austria, Turkey (bad).
France, Great Britain, Russia.
Commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) in World War I.
Wrote the novel about the hardships of the Dust Bowl, Grapes of Wrath.
Led the U.S. Army units which attacked veterans during the BEF (Bonus Expeditionary Force) protest.
Two things Granny never had-
Birth control, and the right to vote