progressive movement
What allows US citizens to vote on who they want on their ballots for upcoming elections
What is a Direct Primary?
Who was the leader of the populist party?
William Jennings Bryan
What is Imperialism?
When a strong nation uses their militaristic and political power to exert control or influence over a weaker nation.
1914-1918
Act passed by Taft to ease tariffs
The Payne-Aldrich Act
Journalists who expose bad practices in society
The populist party wanted what type of backing for US currency
Bimetallism/the silver+gold standard
What causes imperialism in the US
-strategic gain
-need raw materials
-control of trade
-tourism
What were the causes of WWI
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism.
Meant to protect the war effort and disloyalty by preventing people from bad-talking or sabotaging the government or war effort
The NAACP stands for...
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
The populist party wanted....
The populist party wanted to give power back to the people
What was the Roosevelt Corollary?
An extension of the Monroe Doctrine that states that the US could protect their economic interests by means of military intervention in the nations of the Western Hemisphere.
What were the immediate causes of WWI
Assignation of the heir to the Austrian throne, Franz Ferdinand.
Wilson's 14 points
The 14 things Wilson wanted included in the Treaty of Versailles.
W.E.B DuBois founded what movement?
The Niagara Movement
The progressive party was mostly made up of
farmers and middle class workers
What was Wilson's Missionary Diplomacy?
Wilson stated that the US had a responsibility to NOT recognize any Latin American nations that have oppressive, undemocratic or hostile governments.
Why does the US join the war and when?
The sinking of the Lusitania started unrest and then the Zimmerman telegram eventually pushed the US to war in 1917.
The Treaty of Versailles
The official document declaring the end of the war and outlining what comes next.
Ex. How to preserve peace, how to limit Germany's power and how to define the new boundary lines/nations in Europe.
The Progressive movement was...
A time of change in the US to try to address the problems that came from the Industrialization of the US
What did the wicked witch of the east represent
The wicked witch of the east represented corrupt business owners and monopoly owners
What starts the SPANISH and AMERICAN war?
The De Lome Letter and the sinking of the USS Maine cause the US to go to war.
Which battle led to the end of the war?
The Meuse-Argonne Offensive led to the end of WWI fought mostly by the Lost Battilon
The Paris Peace Conference
The conference where the big 4 discussed the terms of the Treaty of Versailles(The central powers were not invited)