Friday, January 23rd - Period 7 Lesson 4

Open Ended

Bellringer Question - What do you remember about WW1 from your World/Euro History classes? (Causes, warfare, outcomes?) List as much as you can.

• Roosevelt Corollary

  • Extension of the Monroe Doctrine (1823) - closed to colonization

  • International police power in the Western Hemisphere

  • Gunboat/diplomacy - Big Stick Policy

• Dollar Diplomacy

  • Use of economic power over military force

  • loans to Latin American countries

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​American Foreign Policy 1890-1910

• Open Door Policy

  • American diplomatic policy which called for equal trading rights in China

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​American Foreign Policy 1890-1910

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• Causes

  • Militarism - growth of militaries

  • Alliances - Triple Alliance/Entente

  • Nationalism - National pride

  • Imperialism - Global competition

  • Assassination - Franz Ferdinand

• US Enters - Reasons

  • Relationships - Ties with Britain/France

  • Unrestricted Sub Warfare

    • Sinking of Lusitania, Merchant Ships

  • Note - Secret telegram proposing an alliance between Germany/Mexico

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​World War I

• American Ex. Force

  • Name of the American troops fighting in Europe

  • Came to “save the day” and break the stalemate

  • John J. Pershing - Commander

• Selective Service Act

  • Instituted the military draft

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​World War I

• Homefront/Mobilization - Econ.

• War Industries Board

  • Production of war materials

• Food Administration

  • Production and civilian consumption

    • Rationing - Victory Gardens

• Fuel Administration

  • Regulated coal and oil/gas

• War Bonds

  • Americans purchased bonds (loans) from the government

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• Homefront/Mobilization - Work

  • Women, African Americans, and other minority groups were recruited to work in factories

• Great Migration

  • 500,000 African Americans moved to the industrial north

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• Homefront/Mobilization - Const.

• Espionage Act

  • Made it a crime to give false reports or interfere with the war effort at home

• Sedition Acts

  • illegal to speak out against the war and the government

• Schenck v. United States

  • Laws did not violate freedom of speech

  • remained constitutional

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​Packet Activities to Complete

Progressive Era - pgs. 80-81
Foreign Policy - pgs. 95-96, 98
World War I - pg. 115