Week 4

  • flagstone Hughes

    -it was a harm renaissance artist he wrote the poem to remove the importance of roots and the way they provide meaning in life
  • nativism

    -a dislike of foreign
    -the red scare which had anarchist bombings the Sacco and Vanzetti case
    -migration of African Americans from south to northern cities increased racial tensions with KKK
  • charles lindbergh

    -Charles Lindbergh and the spirit of st Louis completed the first nonstop flight from new York to Paris in 1927
    -the propose plane had been named the spirit of st Louis the pilot was to be Charles Lindbergh
  • transitional immigration

    -congress strengthened national immigration law with new legislation in 1903 and 1907
    -another change the introduction of pre-inspection and more rigorous medical examinations at the point of departure saved time for people passing thought
  • red scare

    -xenophobia=irrational fear of foreign
    causes-the U.S was scared of the communist party that was forming in the in the U.S when a wave a strikes also hit the U.S in 1919
  • American expandatory

    -the AEF consisted of the u.s. armed forces sent to Europe under the command of general john j. Pershing in 1917 to help fight ww1
    -14,000 u,s, soldiers had arrived in frence and the AEF had only a minor participation
  • Standford b. Dole

    -his relation with the us him and his family made the dole pine apple company
  • Alvin york

    -he killed 25 Germans and captured 132 prisoners
  • Uss maine

    -although the explosion remains unknown,the hearts & Pulitzer news paper blamed the Spanish for sabotage-yellow journalism
    -the siking of maine set off a fire storm making the people protest in the U.S.
  • Zimmemar telegram

    Was an internal diplomatic communication issued from the German foreign office in January 1997 that proposed a military alliance b/w Germany & mexico in the event of the united states entering world war 1 vs Germany
  • american expenditionary

    -14,000 u,s, soldiers had arrived in frence and the AEF had only a minor participation
  • siking of the uss marine

    -the newspaper writers on blamed Spain for the explosion so there was a public uproar
    -many Americans saw this as a chance to seize other overseas possessions and begin building an american empire
  • spanish american war

    -Americas support of Cubans and Filipinos against Spanish rules
  • total war part b

    -poison gas-during the warfare poison gases based on mustard were used in ww1 prohibited by the gen-eve protocol of 1925
    tanks-designed for front line combat was also used as shield from heavy machinery
    airplane-1st used as a reconnaissance plane for the front-lines later equipped whit weapons to create a flying weapon
  • american world war 1

    -poison gas-during the warfare poison gases based on mustard were used in ww1 prohibited by the gen-eve protocol of 1925
    tanks-designed for front line combat was also used as shield from heavy machinery
    airplane-1st used as a reconnaissance plane for the front-lines later equipped whit weapons to create a flying weapon
  • espionage act

    -the law was extended on may 16 1918 by the sedition act of 1918 actually a set of amendments to the espionage act which prohibited many forms of speech including any disloyal
  • weapons of total war

    A-submarine:(p)to go under water
    E-create mines(under water bombs)
    C-enemy ships
    B-mines:(p)to destroy surface ships & submarines
    E-to destroy their enemys
    C-hamper enemy shipping movements or lock vessels into a harbor
    C-machine guns-(p)not carry guns around this made it easier
    E-took up many men to work (c)to make war killing easier

    D-trench welfare-(p)protect soldiers from enemys
    C-caused both sides to use same methods which protected them from machine guns
    E-not matched bysimilar
  • Roosevelt Corollary 1904

    -said the US had the right to exercise military force in Latin american countries to keep Europeans out

    -lead the US into conflict with the Caribbean ans central america
    -was an important part of american imperialism
  • German Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

    • airplane-1st used as a reconnaissance plane for the front-lines later equipped whit weapons to create a flying weapon