WWI

Moral Diplomacy - Wilson's foreign policy that says the US should promote Democracy overseas 

Underwood Tariff - Dramatically cut tariffs under Wilson's first term and started an income tax before the 16th amendment

Federal Reserve System  - established a national bank that controls interest rates and only lends money to other banks 

  • The Gold standard vs. the BiMettalism was a huge fight the system ended it 

FTC (Federal Trade Commission) - a government agency created by Wilson that breaks up monopolies and trusts on an ongoing basis 

Clayton Anti-Trust Act - strengthened Sherman Anti-Trust and said unions were not trusts 

New Freedom - Wilson's plan for America included freedom from Big Banks, Trusts (corporations), and Tariffs 

Alice Paul - The last suffragette leader of the National Women's Party

  • End of first-wave feminism 

  • What started with Stanton - led to Anthony - ends with Paul

Marget Snager - Started the second wave of feminism and was the founder of Plan Parenthood 

  • The second Wave of Feminism included 

Nationalism - belief in the superiority of one's own country; extreme patriotism

  • There is nothing wrong with invasion or subjection

Militarism - building up of a country's military often leads to an arms race

Triple Entente/ Triple Alliance - two pre-war alliances consisting of…

  • Triple Entente; Great Britain, France, Russia

  • Triple Alliance; Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy

Franz Ferdinand - Archduke, vice president of Austria-Hungary, murdered in Serbia in 1914

Gavrilo Princip - a member of the black hand, killed Franz Ferdinand, a Serbian Nationalist 

Franz Joseph - Emporer of Austria-Hungary

  • This led to retaliation, for not setting an example as to not let assasinating royals turn into a norm 

Kaiser Wilhelm II - German king during WWI

Nicolas II - Russian Tsar (Kiing) at the start of WWI

David Lloyd George - prime minister of england during WWI 

Georges Clemenceau - Prime minister during France during WWI, wanted revenge against Germany  

  • Biggest enemy is Woodrow Wilson 

U-Boat - German submarine during WWI

Von Schlieffen Plan - German military strategy for winning against both France and Russia during WWI

Battle of the Marne - WWI battle where its stalemated into trenches in the western front 

  • Germany is the Western Front 

Belgium & France - get destroyed in WWI

WW! - Trench War 

WWII - Tank War

StaleMate - a tie with a twist like an arm wrestling match, evenly matched 

RMS. Lusitania - British ship sunk of the coast of England killing over 100 Americans in 1915

Sussex Pledge - German promise to stop unrestricted subwarfare (USW)

  • If it happens again its an 

Allied Powers/ Central Powers - two sides in WWI

  • Central Powers - Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Germany, Italy (switch to the Allied Powers)

  • Allied Powers - Russia, England, France, Italy, US