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| Question | Answer |
| big 4 (W,LG,C,O) | wilson (USA) Lloyd george (england) Clemenceau (france), orlando (italy) |
| league of nations | "the war to end all wars" |
| opposition of the league of nations (3) (R: CL, I : WB | 1) reservationists - led by cabot lodge. wanted amendments | 2) irreconcilables led by william borah. |
| new president & their policy | harding - 'return to normalcy' |
| Monroe Doctrine (isolationist) | stopped america fighting overseas | to avoid being involved in european wars unless american interests are involved. |
| reasons for spanish-american war (3) (CUL) | cuban revolt (independence from spain)| USS maine exploded | letter from Spanish ambassador criticising McKinley. |
| open door policy | free trading with japan/china. |
| platt amendment (1901) | justify us involvement in cuban affairs | used to justify involvement in other latin american countries. |
| Alaska boundary dispute (1903) | disagreement over the exact line of the southern border | border settlement obtained in favour of america. |
| Panama canal (1903-1914) (LZF) | link pacific & atlantic (favourable to USA) | zone dominated by american regulation (showed power) | forced columbia to accept the creation of an independent republic of panama. |
| Roosevelt Corollary (1904) (FR) | full control of latin america | right to exercise 'police power'| showed power. |
| dollar diplomacy (1909) (FP, DC) | used financial power to establish american financial control in other countries | to avoid direct confrontations. |
| wilson's foreign policy approach (PE,DD,TM) | peaceful and ethical | dollar diplomacy ended | troops sent to mexico to protect american business interests/stop border problems. |
| why were america neutral during ww1? (CT) | many citizens were european and wanted to leave their problems behind | trade would benefit. |
| why america entered ww1 (3) (SIR) | sinking of Lusitania | inteception on zimmerman telegraph | resumption of german unrestricted submarine warfare. |
| late entry into ww1 (6) (NNAARD) | traditional attitudes of neutrality | no standing army | anti - imperialist ideas | anti- colonial ideas | resentment of british naval blockade | dislike of european powers amongst immigrants |
| wilson's idealism (4) (SD: NCP) | self determination - no new empires, collective security, peace protected by international agreements. |
| why did people emigrate to america? (5) (JEPTN) | job prospects | new booming country | entrepreneurial nature | political & religious freedom | transport (cheap to get there) |
| negative aspects of immigration (7) (PRVODP) | prohibition | religious friction | rivalry between ethnic groups | violence/conflict | disease | over population | political issues (WASPS) |
| who supported prohibition? (4) (W:WFB) | wets: working class men | farmers | brewers. |
| who opposed prohibition? (4) (D:WRR) | drys: women | rural southerners | religious people. |
| 4 leading business people & their industries (MRVC) | JP Morgan (banking & finance) | Rockefeller (oil) | Vanderbilt (railways) | Carnegie (steel) |
| reasons for big business (8) (TLWNHDV) | technology improvements | large industrial companies | western expansion | natural resources | high tariffs | dynamic society | vertical intergration. |
| trusts | companies that controlled manufacture, supplies and prices. |
| monopolies | one firm controlled a whole market for a product |
| Sherman anti trust act | aimed to stop price fixing and unfair competition by monopolies |
| why was the populist party formed? (3) (SRF) | support & represent the ideas of farmers | to fight big business. |
| problems faced by farmers (6) (FISHPH) | falling prices | high tariffs | poor weather | improved transport (more competition) | high interest rates | shortage of credit | |
| Progressive presidents (3) | Roosevelt | Taft | Wilson |
| federal reserve act (3) | 1913 | ferderal reserve banks lent money to local banks | centralised banking systems | |
| Wilson's Anti-Trust legislation (2 policies) (1914) | federal trade commission - to investigate businesses & stop unfair practices | clayton anti - trust act - certain business practices made illegal. |
| what led to western expansion? (10) (CRABIEDPMC) | cuban revolt | imperialism | economic growth | dollar diplomacy | platt amendment | boundary dispute settlement | mediation in russian - japanese war | roosevelt | cabot lodge | alfred thayer mahn. |
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