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History Exam 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| President Wilson | President during WWI; had no desire to enter war |
| Triple Alliance | Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and initially Italy during WWI |
| Triple Entente | Alliance between France, Great Britain, and Russia during WWI |
| Archduke Franz Ferdinand | Archduke of Austria-Hungary; assassination triggered led to A-H declaring war on Serbia, started WWI |
| Lusitania | Sunk by German U-boat, killing 128 Americans |
| Clear and Present Danger | expression used by Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holms in Schneck V. U.S. saying that speech should be able to be repressed if it poses a threat; like shouting "Fire!" in a crowded theatre. |
| Fourteen Points | Woodrow Wilson's postwar peace plan, which called for openness in all matters of diplomacy, including free trade, freedom of seas, and end to secret treaties |
| Harlem Hellfighters | All black 369th infantry, which served in France for 6 months (longer than any U.S. unit) |
| Irreconcilables | Republicans who opposed the Treaty of Versailles on all grounds |
| League of Nations | Woodrow Wilson's idea for a group of countries that would promote a new world order and territorial integrity through open discussions, rather than intimidation and war |
| neutraility | Woodrow Wilson's policy of maintaining commercial ties with all belligerents and insisting on open markets throughout Europe during WWI |
| Red Scare | fear of a Bolshevik revolution in U.S. |
| Red Summer | summer of 1919, when northern cities experienced deadly race riots (Chicago race riot) |
| Reservationists | Republicans who would support the Treaty of Versailles if sufficient amendments were introduced that eliminated Article X |
| Zimmermann telegram | sent from German foreign minister to German ambassador in Mexico, inviting Mexico to fight with Germany if U.S entered war |
| Sedition Act | prohibited criticism against federal gov. passed in 1918 |
| Civil Liberties Union | challenged gov's policies against wartime dissent |
| 19th Amendment | gave women the right to vote in 1920 |
| Treaty of Versailles | officially ended WWI. France gained much territory along border with Germany. Germany had to pay 33 billion to the Allies. |
| Anti-Imperialist League | A group of diverse and prominent Americans who banded together in 1898 to protest the idea of American empire building |
| Dollar Diplomacy | Taft's foreign policy, which involved using American economic power to push for favorable foreign policies |
| Frontier Thesis | idea proposed by Fredrick Jackson Turner, stated that encounter of Euro. traditions and native wilderness was integral to the development of American democracy and character |
| Open Door Notes | Secretary of State Hay claimed that there should be equal and total access to all markets in China for all countries; benefited the U.S. |
| Roosevelt Corollary | statement by Theodore Roosevelt that U.S. would use military force to act as an international police power in Latin American nations threatening the stability of the region |
| Rough Riders | Roosevelt's calvary unit, fought in Cuba during Spanish-American War |
| Seward's folly | name given by the press to Secretary of State Seward's acquisition of Alaska in 1867 |
| Sphere of Influence | Goal of foreign countries to carve out an area of Chinese market that they could exploit through tariffs and transportation agreements |
| Monroe Doctrine | Stated that no foreign countries other than U.S. could obtain strategic lands in Western Hemisphere |
| Atlanta Compromise | Booker T. Washington urged African Americans to work hard and get along with others in their white communities |
| Direct Primary | Political Reform that allowed for nominations of candidates through a direct vote by party members; strengthened all-white solidarity in the south. |
| initiative | proposed law placed on ballot by public petition |
| muckrakers | journalists who wrote about social ills and urged the public to take action (Jacob Riis) |
| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | civil rights organizaton |
| Niagara Movement | campaign by African American reformers based on Booker T. Washington's call for immediate equality |
| Progressive Party | political party started by Roosevelt and republicans who were unhappy with Taft, and wanted Roosevelt to run for a third term in 1912 |
| Progressivism | movement between 1896 and 1916 for solutions to corruption in modern society. Mainly Upper Middle class |
| recall | to remove a public official from office by a petition and vote process |
| referendum | process that allows voters to counteract legislation by putting existing law on ballot for voters to affirm or reject |
| Wobblies | played a significant role in number of strikes against factories |
| bloody shirt campaign | strategy of Republican Candidates to stress sacrifices the nation had to endure due to the Civil War |
| Civil Service | contrast to the spoils system, political appointments were based on merit, not on favoritism |
| Gilded Age | Period in American History during which Materialism dominated politics and society |
| Grange | farmers organization; gained over 1.5 million members in less than a decade |
| Half-Breed | Group of Republicans led by James G. Blaine; supported some civil service reform and only considered to be "Half Republican" |
| Mugwumps | Portion of Republican party that broke away due to disgust with their candidate's corruption in the Half-Breed vs. Stalwarts debate |
| Populist Party | Party formed in 1890 that at first sought to support rights of farmers, but eventually all workers |
| Stalwarts | group of Republicans led by Roscoe Conkling who strongly supported the continuation of the patronage system |
| Subtreasury Plan | called for storing crops in gov. warehouses, while farmers were given loans by the gov worth 80% of their crop prices so that crops could be sold when prices rose |
| Patronage (spoils system) | power of president to name friends and supporters to political posts |
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