World War 1 Begins

Panama Canal

Nations wanted to build a canal that connected the Atlantic to the Pacific

William Howard Taft

Roosevelt’s successor

Reversed a lot of things Roosevelt did that was good

Candidates for the election of 1912

William Howard Taft

Woodrow Wilson

Theodore Roosevelt

Eugene V. Debs

What does the progressive party do

Support progressive reforms (Worker’s rights, graduated income tax, wome’s suffrage)

Woodrow Wilson’s Party

Democratic

William Howard Taft’s Party

Republican

Eugene V. Debs’ Party

Socialist

Theodore Roosevelt’s Party

Progressive

Who won the election of 1912?

Woodrow Wilson

Who formed and led the socialist party?

Woodrow Wilson

Who created acts that began modern income tax and created a central banking system (Revenue and Federal Reserve Act)

Woodrow Wilson

What does Woodrow Wilson do?

Federal Income Tax

Federal Reserve Act

Federal Anti-Child Labor Law

Federal Workman’s COmpensation Law

Mandates 8 Hour Work Days

False Neutrality

Wilson asks Americans to remain impartial, though the people (And Wilson) sympathize with Britain

Can’t really implement neutrality (Half of British/French ammunition is American made)

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

Germany resorts to U-Boats to destroy ‘neutral’ ships that were supplying allies

Lusitania

Passenger ship that was destroyed because the Germany suspected munitions were being carried on it

DOES NOT compel the U.S. to get into the war (It’s the Zimmerman Telegram that does)

Zimmerman Telegram

British intercepts a German note that if Mexico joins the war, they will get their losses back

Fourteen Points

Speech to outline a blueprint for world peace after World War I

Includes:

Restore invaded Countries

Leage of Nations

Freedom of the seas

“Black Jack” Pershing

Led the Buffalo Soldiers

His memoirs won the Pulitzer Prize