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Alfred Thayer Mahan Wrote "The Influence of Sea Power Upon History". Naval Officer. Historian. Influenced Roosevelt's Foreign Policy.
Spanish-American War Ended Spain's colonial empire. Secured the position of the United States as a Pacific Power. Under foreign policy of Roosevelt and Taft. Ideological elements of imperialism. War caused by yellow journalism.
Roosevelt and Foreign Policy Global power through military might, territorial expansion, and economic influence. American Imperialism. American navy. Expand American influence. Annexation of Hawaii. Dollar diplomacy. Influence over western hemisphere.
Wilsonian Neutrality The spirit of impartially and fairness and friendliness to all concerned. Trading with everybody. America looking inward. Staying out of the war.
US entry into WWI April 4, 1917, US senate voted in support to declare war on Germany. Sinking of the Lusitania. The Zimmerman telegram. Arms embargo and no loans to belligerent countries. Cash and carry policy. Make world safe for democracy. Defending our allies.
Treaty of Versailles Hitler blames the failure of Germany on the treaty of Versailles. Officially ended World War one. Included: Demands for German reparations. Provisions for the League of Nations. Promise of selective security. 1919. Allies and Germany.
Wartime Propaganda Propaganda works the wars. Congress to address fears of immigration and foreign population. Arouse hatred of the foe. Warn of the consequences of defeat. Idealizing one’s own war aims to mobilize a nation. Maintain its morale. Make it fight to the end.
Red Scare Public hysteria provoked by the fear of the supposed rise of leftist’s ideologies in society, especially communism. Many in the United States feared recent immigrants and dissidents, particularly those who embraced communism, socialism, or anarchy.
Interwar Economic Success War brought more jobs. More spending helps the US get out of the depression. Expansion of industry for war left many factories with the supplies and tools to produce other goods.
Hero Culture in The 1920's After an era of destruction and doubt brought about by WWI, Americans craved heroes who seemed to defy convention and break boundaries. Dempsey. Grange. Ruth . All did sports. Charles Lindbergh- “hero of the decade”.
KKK White supremacists’ organization. Now claim to protect American values and the American way of life from Black people, feminists, immigrants, Catholics, jews, atheists, bootleggers, and a host of other imagined moral enemies.
Scopes Trial Scopes monkey trial. Test case. Arrest bio teacher for teaching about evolution. Science v religion.
Harlem Renaissance A period of rich cross-disciplinary artistic and cultural activity amount African Americans between the end of WI and he onset of the great depression and lea up to WWII.
Lost Generation Coined by Gertrude Stein. White writers. Pessimistic about the future of America. Moved to Europe. A group of expatriate American writers who worked in Europe between WWI and the Great Depression.
Rooseveltian Neutrality Roosevelt’s state department had lobbied for embargo provision that would allow the president to impose sanctions selectively.
US Entry Into WWII Pearl harbor. After the Japanese bombing of pearl harbor in 1941, the US declared war on Japan. Germany and Italy declared war on the US a few days later, and the nation became fully engaged in the Second World War.
Causes Of The Great Depression The stock market crash of 1929; the collapse of world trade due to the Smoot-Hawley Tariff; government policies; bank failures and panics; and the collapse of the money supply.
Hoover's Depression Policies Failed to enact widespread federal relief efforts to provide food and housing to unemployed and homeless citizens.
Bonus Army Congress wanted to give war vets a retirement money bonus but when the time came, and the vets wanted their bonuses the government could not supply them with the money due to the great depression.
FDR's First New Deal Social Security Board. SSB. Conservative looking. Relief, recovery, and reform
Critics Of The New Deal Huey long. Roosevelt needs to go bigger. Not going far enough. These critics often accuse his policies of prolonging what they believe would otherwise have been a much shorter recession.
Second New Deal The most important programs included social security, the national labor relations acts “Wagner act” the banking act of 1935, rural electrification, and breaking up utility holding companies.
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