Unit 7: Period 7: 1890-1945

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John Scopes
biology teacher that taught the theory of evolution to a high school class and was arrested and tried in 1925.
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Progressives
were middle- class men and women who lived in the cities.
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Woodrow Wilson
presented Congress a detailed list of War aims known as the 14 points.
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National Youth Administation
provided part- time jobs to help young people stay in high school and college.
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William Mcadoo
headed Railroad Administration to coordinate traffic and promote standardized railroad equipment.
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Bryan
campaigned on a platform of free silver, anti- imperialism, and opposition to the annexation of the Philippines.
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Mann Elkins Act
gave Interstate Commerce Commission power to suspend new railroads rates and overseeing telephone, telegraph, and cable companies.
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Braceros
entered America in harvest season without going through formal immigration procedures.
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Welfare capitalism
voluntarily offering employees improve benefits and higher wages to reduce interest in organizing unions.
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Protestants
were native born and older stock Americans often from families of older.
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Recall
enabled voters to remove a corrupt or unsatisfactory politician from office by majority vote.
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Initiative
method by which voters could compel the legislature to consider a bill.
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Kellogg Briand Pact
agreement to outlaw war signed on August 27, 1928 but was inneffective.
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Stimson Doctrine
US response to Japan's violation of open door policy, declared that United States would honor its treaty obligations under nine power treaty by refusing to recognize their images see of any regime like manchukuo.
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Works Progress Administration
employed most of the unemployed people on relief until the economy recovered.
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Plessy versus Ferguson
separate but equal conditions in South.
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Teheran
big 3 met and agreed that British and Americans would begin their drive to liberate France in Spring + soviets would invade germany and join hands with Japan.
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Mary McLeod Bethune
established Federal Council on negro affairs for increasing African- American involvement in the New Deal.
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5 power treaty
ratio with respect to largest warships.
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Dawes plan
Germany's annual reparation payments would be reduced, increasing over time as its economy improved; the full amount to be paid, however, was left undetermined.
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William Jennings Bryan
wanted to negotiate treaties in which nations pledged to submit disputes to International commissions and observe a one- year cooling off period before taking military action.
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Herbert hoover
took charge of the Food Administration encouraging Americans to eat less meat and bread to ship abroad for French and British troops.
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Post war recession
included lengthy period of business prosperity and ended with economic disaster.
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Rhineland
the region in Western Germany was supposed to be demilitarized according to the Versailles treaty but Hitler defied treaty in order for German troops to March
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HUERTA
fell from power in late 1914 and was replaced by a Democratic regime led by venesthesgiano Carranza.
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Resettlement Administration
provided loans to sharecroppers, tenants, and small farmers+ established Federal camps where migrant workers could find decent housing.
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Great White Fleet
TR sent battleships on cruise + Japan welcomed the arrival.
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Sudetenland
Hitler took over today the land but prime minister Chamberlain and the French president with Roosevelt's support met with Hitler and Mussolini allowing Hitler to take city and land unopposed (Munich pact)
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Turning Point 1942
dominated by naval battling, intercepting, and decoding messages to destroy Japanese carriers in the BATTLE OF MIDWAY.
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Invasion of Poland
German tanks and plains became full-scale invasion and war with its Axis allies.
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Preparedness
Roosevelt argued for neutrality and an arms build up at the same time.
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Dust Bowl
result of poor farming practices coupled with the high winds.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
emerged as leader in her own right and became most active first lady in history.
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Monroe Doctrine
warned European powers to stay out of Latin America.
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Wall Street Crash
the long period of speculation that preceded it, during which millions of people invested their savings or borrowed money to buy stocks, pushing prices to unsustainable levels.
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Selective Service Act
government required all men between 21 and 30 to register for induction into Army through a democratic method.
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Business Doctrine
death of Roosevelt with disillusionment over the war lead to accepting the idea of limited government regulation as an aid to stabilize the business.
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Monroe Doctrine
warned European powers to stay out of Latin America
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Jones Act of 1916
granted full territorial status to the country, guaranteed a Bill of Rights and Universal male suffrage, promised Independence for the Philippines as soon as a stable government was established
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Initiative
method by which voters could compel the legislature to consider a bill
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Recall
  enabled voters to remove a corrupt or unsatisfactory politician from office by majority vote
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16th Amendment
authorized US government to collect income tax
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child labor act
prohibited the shipment in interstate commerce of products manufactured by children under 14 years old but later struck down to be in constitutional
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Schenck v. US
  Supreme Court  upheld the constitutionality of the Espionage Acts + free speech could be limited when it presented a clear and present danger to Public Safety
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Palmer Raids
Michelle Palmer ordered mass arrest of anarchist, socialist, Labor agitators many were arrested based on limited criminal evidence
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Business Doctrine
death of Roosevelt with disillusionment over the war lead to accepting the idea of limited government regulation as an aid to stabilize the business
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welfare capitalism
  voluntarily offering employees improve benefits and higher wages to reduce interest in organizing unions
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21st Amendment
  repealed 18th and millions celebrated
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quota of 1921
  limited immigration to 3% of foreign-born persons from a nation
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5-power treaty
ratio with respect to larget warships
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Dawes plan
Germany's annual reparation payments would be reduced, increasing over time as its economy improved; the full amount to be paid, however, was left undetermined
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Wall Street Crash
the long period of speculation that preceded it, during which millions of people invested their savings or borrowed money to buy stocks, pushing prices to unsustainable levels
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Hawley-Smoot Tariff
Set tax increases ranging from 31% to 49% on foreign Imports
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Eleanor Roosevelt
  emerged as leader in her own right and  became most active first lady in history
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the glass-steagall ACT
increased regulation of the banks and limited how Banks could invest customers money
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Court reorganization plan
  proposed that president be authorized appoint the Supreme Court and additional Justice for each current Justice older than 70 and a half years (allowed Roosevelt to add up to six more justices to the court)
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Dust Bowl
result of poor farming practices coupled with the high winds
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Neutrality Act of 1935
  authorized president to prohibit all arm shipments and prohibit US citizens to travel on ships of belligerent nations
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Neutrality Act of 1936
  forbade the extension of loans and credits to belligerents
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Neutrality Act of 1937
  for bad shipment of arms to opposing sides in the Civil War in Spain
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lend-lease Act
  proposed ending Cash & Carry requirements of Neutrality Act and permitting Britain to obtain arms needed on credit
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Island-Hopping
US began striking Japans home islands by seizing locations in the Pacific