APUSH Chapter 30 ID Terms

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Moral Diplomacy
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President Wilson's goals such as to condemn imperialism, spread democracy, and promote peace., Policy was adopted to reject the approach of "dollar diplomacy". Rather than focusing mainly on economic ties with other nations, Wilson's policy was designed to bring right principles to the world, preserve peace, and extend to other peoples the blessings of democracy.
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Lusitania
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Sunk in 1915 by a German submarine. 139 American killed. Forced Germany to stop submarine warfare., a British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-Boat on May 7, 1915. 128 Americans died. The sinking greatly turned American opinion against the Germans, helping the move towards entering the war.
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Fourteen Points
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the war aims outlined by President Wilson in 1918, which he believed would promote lasting peace; called for self-determination, freedom of the seas, free trade, end to secret agreements, reduction of arms and a league of nations
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Zimmerman Note
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Written by Arthur Zimmerman, a german foreign secretary. In this note he had secretly proposed a German- Mexican alliance. He tempted Mexico with the ideas of recovering Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. The note was intercepted on March 1, 1917 by the U.S. government. This was a major factor that led us into WWI.
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Committee on Public Information
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It was headed by George Creel. The purpose of this committee was to mobilize people's minds for war, both in America and abroad. Tried to get the entire U.S. public to support U.S. involvement in WWI. Creel's organization, employed some 150,000 workers at home and oversees. He proved that words were indeed weapons.
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Espionage and Sedition Acts
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Two laws, enacted in 1917 and 1918, that imposed harsh penalties on anyone interfering with or speaking against US participation in World War I
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Industrial Workers of the World
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Founded in 1905, this radical union, also known as the Wobblies aimed to unite the American working class into one union to promote labor's interests. It worked to organize unskilled and foreign-born laborers, advocated social revolution, and led several major strikes. Stressed solidarity.
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War Industries Board
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This government agency oversaw the production of all American factories. It determined priorities, allocated raw materials, and fixed prices; it told manufacturers what they could and could not produce.
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General John J. Pershing
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Led the American Expeditionary Force; urged that the AEF operate as an independent fighting force, under American command; was made General of the Armies of the United States, which is the highest rank given to an officer, veteran of Cuba and phillipines wars, sent to break up Villa's band, confronted by Carranza's forces, and mauled the villistas, but didn't capture villa. withdrawn in January 1917. Commander of American Expeditiary Forces.
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Treaty of Versailles
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Created by the leaders victorious allies Nations: France, Britain, US, and signed by Germany to help stop WWI. The treaty 1)stripped Germany of all Army, Navy, Airforce. 2) Germany had to rapair war damages(33 billion) 3) Germany had to acknowledge guilt for causing WWI 4) Germany could not manefacture any weapons., Treaty of, 28 June 1919, the peace settlement imposed on Germany afterWORLD WAR I, drawn up at the Paris Peace Conference and signed near the French capital at Versailles.
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League of Nations
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An organization of nations formed after World War I to promote cooperation and peace., International organization founded in 1919 to promote world peace and cooperation but greatly weakened by the refusal of the United States to join. It proved ineffectual in stopping aggression by Italy, Japan, and Germany in the 1930s.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
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Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he was a leader in the fight against participation in the League of Nations
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18th Amendment
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Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages, 1919
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19th Amendment
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Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1920) extended the right to vote to women in federal or state elections.