Chapter 29-30 Test

• Republican: Taft
• Bull Moose: Teddy Roosevelt
• Democratic: Wilson
• Wilson won

most successful 3rd party

• not friendly
• not able to compromise
• idealist

• wanted to break tariffs, banks, trusts
• Wilson

reduced tariff to 27%

Former tariff before the Underwood tariff thatlowered some tariffs but increased others

• During Panic of 1907
• passed so banks could issue emergency currency

recommended band with many branches

• wrote "Other People's Money and How the Bankers use it"
• showed wealthy were consolidating funds and establishing a monopoly
• testifies for Pujo

• creates modern banking system
• establishes a federal reserve system
• restricted private control of money and banks, regional reserve districts, central bank

crush monopolies by eliminating false advertising, unfair trade practices, unlawful competition, bribery, and can investigate

• attacks price discrimination and interlocking directorates (same individuals were on the boards of competing firms)
• labor and agriculture both exempted from anti trust action
• allowed strikes and peaceful picketing

credit to farmers at law percent rates

required decent treatment, a living wage

assistance given to disabled federal employees

eight hour workday for railroad workers and over time pay

did nothing for them because of his southern roots

• he hated imperialism and dollar diplomacy
• no longer used the bug sister policy
• no more tariff on American part of panama
• Philippines gains territory status
• bought the US virgin islands from Denmark

bought the US virgin islands from Denmark for $25 million

• US invested $1 billion
• sent arms to Carranza and Poncho Villa

• turned on America
• sent to Mexico to Pacho

• militarism
• alliances
• imperialism
• nationalism

assassination in Sarajevo

• Central: Turkey, Austria-Hungary, Germany
• Allies: France, Russia, US, Italy, Britain

• dislike for German attack on neutral Germany
• they thought they were materialistic

US sold weapons to the Allies- commitment

• German sabotage: agent left briefcase with info about munitions plants on NY subway
• 1916- munitions plain in NJ explodes

on May 7, 1915 the Lusitania is sunk by a U-boat, killing128 Americans

Germany offers the Sussex pledge- will not sink passenger and merchant vessels without giving warning if the US try to break the British blockade

• Democratic: Wilson
• republican: Charles Elan Hyches Wilson with the promise "He kept US out of war" but some people criticize him for being to easy on the kalzer

Kalzer Wilhen II

• Schiefren plan:
• conquer France before Russia can mobilize
• go through neutral Belgium

• Sarajevo, Bonia- Province of Austria Hungary
• slave nationalist wanted to annex nearby Serbia

assassination caused the spark of WWI by slave nationalist (The Black Hand)

the German ambassador sends a note to the Mexican ambassador promising TX and NM if Mexico would attack the US and get the US

• takes Russia out of the war 
• Vladimir Lenin took over the government and makes it communist

trench warfare throughout the western front of France

• machine guns
• chlorine and mustard gas
• tanks
• airplanes

• reserve trench: easy lite support trench, provides support and supplies
• cover trench: provide cover fire for firing trench
• firing trench: 5x5 ft, wet feet, deepest trench

German announces "unrestricted submarine warfare" January 31, 1917

April 6, 1917

• abolish secret treaties
• freedom of the seas
• reduction of amendments
• adjustment of colonial claims
• self determination
• league of nations

• George Creel: propaganda to aid war effort
• "four minute men"
• bill boards, leaflets, songs, movies

• 8% of population
• loyal but hatred of German music, literature

Eugene v Debs and Haywood imprisoned

not violation of free speech if it posed a "danger"

1915- economic mobilization created a war industry board

• "work or fight" and "labor will win the war" William H. Taft
• 8 hour day- no guarantee for unions

• supported the war
• 19th amendment passed in 1920

anti war progressive

• meatless Wednesday
• victory gardens

$21 billion

• (daft) necessity
• all men 18-51 must register
• army grew to 4 million
• segregating units

• France
• Belgium
• Italy
• Russia

we capture military supplies from communist at archangel and Siberia

supreme commander of allied forces in France

30,000 fresh US troops to stop German advance

• July 1918
• 243,000 US join French forces to push German forces out of St. Mibeil
• begins German withdrawal

• 1918 German surrendered
• hero- Alvin C. York

Germany hoped for Wilson's fair, idealistic plans

• November 11, 1918
• 11:00 AM

• food
• credit
• loans
• guns
• bullets

10 million people worldwide

• January 1919: Italy, Britain, France, US
• Wilson had to compromise his 14 point plan
• only kept League of Nations

• major deponent against the Treaty of Versea and League of Nations
• to weak
• created separate super state 
• US morally responsible to help its allies

• Treaty of Verseas
• unfair treaty- violates 14 points

• Bull Moose now back
• Republican Warren G. Harding "promises a return to harmony" Democrat Wilson