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World War 1
Vocabulary
Civil Rights
Spanish-American War
Government
100
Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand
This man was assassinated to begin WWI?
100
A German submarine.
U-boat
100
Brown vs. Board of Education
What was the famous Supreme Court case that integrated public schools?
100
Leader of the Republican Party and the Progressive Party in the early 20th century Vice President under William McKinley Became President after McKinley assassination and then elected in 1904 Founded the Rough Riders military regiment to fight in the Spanish-American War Considered himself "natural leader" and a hero in the war
What role did Theodore Roosevelt have?
100
Make the laws
What is the main duty of the legislative branch?
200
Lenin
This exiled revolution was sent back to Russia to stir up trouble
200
A promise made in 1916 during World War I by Germany to the United States. Germany had instituted a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, allowing armed merchant ships, but not passenger ships, to be torpedoed without warning.
Sussex Pledge
200
Little Rock, Ark
What was the first city in the south that integrated public schools?
200
About ten weeks
How long did this war last?
200
Enforce the laws
The main power of the Executive Branch is to?
300
An isolationist
Someone who is against getting involved in the war
300
Proposal from the German Empire for Mexico to join an alliance with Germany in the event of the United States entering World War I against Germany. The proposal was intercepted and decoded by British intelligence.
Zimmerman Telegram
300
-Civil Rights act -Voting Rights act
Passage of what two laws represented the highpoint of the movement?
300
journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration.
What does the term "yellow journalism" mean?
300
Interpret the law
What is main purpose of the Judicial Branch?
400
Russian Revolution
This revolution toppled the Czar and took Russia out of WWI.
400
The compensation for war damage paid by a defeated state.
Reparations
400
Freedom riders
What was the name given to the group who boarded busses for a two week tour to bring attention to segregated interstate busses?
400
- Treaty between U.S. and Spain - Cuba became an independent country - U.S. acquired Puerto Rico - Paid Spain $20 million for Philippines
Describe Treaty of Paris
400
This document was the first attempt at writing a constitution?
What is the Articles of Confederation.
500
The treaty of Versailles
This treaty was imposed upon Germany at the conclusion of the war
500
Was an intergovernmental organization founded on 10 January 1920 as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War.
League of Nations
500
This Supreme Court Case saw William Marbury sue the new Secretary of State James Madison for his government appointment when his commission as a Justice of the Peace did not come through?
What is Marbury vs Madison.
500
- Cuba couldn't make treaties with other countries -Cuba had to sell or lease bases for U.S. -Cuban debt had to remain low -U.S. had right of intervention in cuba
Describe the Platt amendment
500
It created a House of Representatives based on proportional representation and a senate based on equal representation.
What did the Great Compromise do with the newly formed legislative branch of government?