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Chapter 30 Review American Pageant

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Chapter 30 The War to End War Buildup to US Entrance Sussex Pledge Germany damaged a merchant ship killing 80 Wilson told Germany if they didn?t give notice, he would break off diplomatic relations Germany agreed to give warning for merchant and passenger ships Zimmermann Note: Germany proposed German-Mexican alliance and encouraged Mexico to attack US March 1917, Germany sinks 4 unarmed merchant ships April 2, 1917 Wilson asks Congress to declare war 14 Points: January 8, 1918 Wilson?s plan for dealing with postwar world Major ideas: Abolish secret treaties Freedom of the seas Remove economic barriers Reduce arms Give up colonies Other major idea: self-determination Countries should govern themselves and decide their own form of government US Entrance into War Reasons

Chapter 29 Review American Pageant

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Chapter 29: Wilsonian Progressivism at Home and Abroad Wilson ran on a progressive platform, ?New Freedom? Stronger antitrust legislation Banking reform (Increase supply of $) Tariff reductions Roosevelt, hates Taft, runs for the Progressive or ?Bull Moose? Party Supported by Jane Addams and many women Sadly, women couldn?t vote at the time New Nationalism: Believed a powerful government should regulate economy and guarantee social justice Increase in the power of the federal government The ?Bull Moose? Campaign of 1912 Two ?Republicans? against each other all but guaranteed a victory for Wilson Comparing New Nationalism and New Freedom Both favored more active gov?t in economic and social affairs Roosevelt campaigned for women?s suffrage, minimum wage, social insurance

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Chapter 30 The War to End War Buildup to US Entrance Sussex Pledge Germany damaged a merchant ship killing 80 Wilson told Germany if they didn?t give notice, he would break off diplomatic relations Germany agreed to give warning for merchant and passenger ships Zimmermann Note: Germany proposed German-Mexican alliance and encouraged Mexico to attack US March 1917, Germany sinks 4 unarmed merchant ships April 2, 1917 Wilson asks Congress to declare war 14 Points: January 8, 1918 Wilson?s plan for dealing with postwar world Major ideas: Abolish secret treaties Freedom of the seas Remove economic barriers Reduce arms Give up colonies Other major idea: self-determination Countries should govern themselves and decide their own form of government US Entrance into War Reasons

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Chapter 29: Wilsonian Progressivism at Home and Abroad Wilson ran on a progressive platform, ?New Freedom? Stronger antitrust legislation Banking reform (Increase supply of $) Tariff reductions Roosevelt, hates Taft, runs for the Progressive or ?Bull Moose? Party Supported by Jane Addams and many women Sadly, women couldn?t vote at the time New Nationalism: Believed a powerful government should regulate economy and guarantee social justice Increase in the power of the federal government The ?Bull Moose? Campaign of 1912 Two ?Republicans? against each other all but guaranteed a victory for Wilson Comparing New Nationalism and New Freedom Both favored more active gov?t in economic and social affairs Roosevelt campaigned for women?s suffrage, minimum wage, social insurance

American Pageant Terms 2

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Quiz Guide #16 Bonus Army: A group of World War I veterans who were hard-hit victims of the depression, who wanted what the government owed them for their services and "saving" democracy. They marched to Washington and set up public camps and erected shacks on vacant lots. Hoover stopped them. Lost Generation: A phrase made popular by American author Ernest Hemingway. Refer to a group of American literary notables who lived in Paris and other parts of Europe, some after military service in the First World War, include F. Scott Fitzgerald, Hemingway. It also refers to the time period from the end of World War I to the beginning of the Great Depression.

Progressive Era Presidents

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Progressive Era Presidents Theodore Roosevelt William H. Taft Woodrow Wilson Muckrakers Temperance Suffragettes Popul ists M i d c l a s s W o m e n Labor Unions Civi l Rights Theodore ?Teddy? Roosevelt Early Life Born in a wealthy New York family. Was brought up to believe that ones with $ should help the less fortunate. Attended Harvard Univ. Roosevelt cont Political Life New York State Legislature Lost New York Mayor?s race New York Police Commissioner Appointed Assistant Secretary of Navy by McKinnley Elected Governor of New York Became McKinnley?s running mate in the 1900 election. Became President after McKinnley was assassinated by Leon Gzolgosz. Roosevelt as a Progressive President 1901 ? 1909

Treaty of Versailles

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Treaty of Versailles Big 4 United States ? Woodrow Wilson Great Britain ? Lloyd George France ? Clemenceau Italy ? Orlando (minor player) Wilson?s Mistakes U.S. delegation to Paris was made up of only Democrats U.S. Senate was led by Republicans Tells the Senate to ratify the treaty ?as is? Main opposition to Treaty was Senator Henry Cabot Lodge ? isolationist (wants the United States to stay away from other countries) Wilson goes on speaking tour of the United States to gain support for the treaty Suffers a massive stroke Legally, probably should have resigned Senate does not ratify the Treaty of Versailles We do NOT sign the Treaty of Versailles

Progressive Presidents

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Progressive Presidents Theodore Roosevelt October 27, 1858 ? January 6, 1919 Republican Presidency Number: 26 Number of Terms: 2 Governor of New York (1898-1900) Interesting Facts: Youngest president His wife and mother in the same house, on February 14, 1884 There is no known record of him mentioning his wife?s name again His sister raised his daughter He was the first president to win the Nobel Peace Prize Awarded it for the Russo-Japanese treaty Given a ?teddy-bear? in 1903 Pushed for the creation of the Panama Canal Was shot in the chest en route to Milwaukee but refused to go to the hospital before his speech Spoke for an hour with the bullet in his lung, then was taken to the hospital

The Enduring Vision, 6th Edition, Chapter 21

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Chapter 21 {AP U.S. History} The Progressive Era, 1900-1917 Progressives and Their Ideas The Many Faces of Progressivism With more immigrants new professional allegiances and more standardized routinized society Progressivism = broad response to industrialization (immigration, urban growth, growing corporate power, widening class divisions), in cities, progressives were reformers (wanted to make order more humane, and not overturn it) Believed that problems could be solved through study and organized effort (respected science, expert knowledge) Novelists, Journalists, and Artists Spotlight Social Problems Journalists were muckrakers when they would bring out the worst in American life, exposing urban political corruption and corporate wrongdoing, name given by Theodore Roosevelt

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