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| Why called “The Age of Innocence”? |
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| The period before WWI was called “The Age of Innocence) because the Americans and Europeans of the time naively believed that mankind stood on the cusp of solving all problems and realizing all dreams. |
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-Federal Reserve (Central Banking System)
-Underwood Tariff Act (imposed federal income tax and reduced tariffs)
-Clayton Anti-Trust Act (harmful monopolies) |
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| What event caused Great Britain to enter World War I? |
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| The invasion of neutral Belgium by Germany |
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| What was the Schlieffen Plan? |
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| The Schlieffen Plan was a German battle plan that Germany tried to initiate before the Russians could fully mobilize their forces. It did not work because the Allied forces succeeded. They tried to have Russia fight France in the West and Russia in the East to spread them thinly. |
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| What were Tzar Nicholas’ mistakes? |
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-He ended up losing many battles after he took over the military. This was detrimental to the image of the autocratic tzar because it showed he could not be an international success, and therefore, he was incompetent.
-He married a German princess. This caused suspicion and made foreign relations more difficult. |
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| Events which led the U.S. to declare war. |
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-Zimmerman Telegram (Germany promised Mexico U.S. territory)
-Sinking of the Lusitania and Arabic/unrestricted submarine warfare |
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| Roosevelt’s successor/about |
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William Howard Taft
-Republican
-Later served chief justice
-Trust-busting
-Civil Reform |
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| Turning point of World War I? |
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| In 1917, the United States entered the war. Germany had no choice: either keep America out of it and not resume unrestricted submarine warfare, or attempt to annihilate the British navy with unrestricted warfare. They resumed the unrestricted naval warfare, and then they were “toast." |
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| Provisions of the Treaty of Versailles |
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Germany
-Alsace-Lorraine given to France
-Military reduction to 100,000 men with no navy or offensive tanks and such
-Reparations
-Full responsibility for war |
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| He conducted the infamous “Palmer Raids” during the Red Scare where he rounded up thousands of innocent people suspected of Bolshevik activity. |
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| Occurred during Warren Harding’s presidency. Federal oil reserves for emergencies were put in the hands of men who essentially went about making money off the land. Pointed to Harding administrations’ corruption overall. |
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-Keep hands off
-Retained status quo to aid businesses
-Reduced taxes
-As little drama as possible
-Piety
-Kept America out of international affairs
-Only said Prohibition should be enforced |
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| Case against teacher named Scopes who had taught evolution in a classroom in Dayton. It was a trial with William Bryan Jennings defending creation. The case made evolution legal. |
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