How did the role and responsibilities of the federal government change during the Progressive Era and the New Deal?
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lecture_text_chapter20.pptThe United States in a World at War, 1913-1920
Chapter 20
Inherited Commitments and New Directions, 1913 to 1917
- Anti-Imperialism, Intervention, and Arbitration
- Haiti
- Dominican Republic, 1916
- Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan
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- Wilson and the Mexican Revolution
- Wilson’s expectations for a “constitutional government”
- Presented a new moral dimension to US diplomatic recognition
- Pancho Villa
Inherited Commitments and New Directions, 1913 to 1917
The United States in a World at War, 1914-1917
- The Great War in Europe
- Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
- American Neutrality
- Wilson’s hopes for peace unrealistic
- Neutral Rights and German U-Boats
- Lusitania
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- The Election of 1916
- The Decision for War
- Zimmerman telegram
- Wilson asked Congress for declaration
- April 2, 1917
The United States in a World at War, 1914-1917
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The Home Front
- Mobilizing the Economy
- War Industries Board
- National War Labor Board
- U.S. Food Administration
- A crucial US contribution to the Allied victory
- Mobilizing Public Opinion
- Committee on Public Information (CPI)
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- Civil Liberties in Time of War
- German Americans suffered the most
- Espionage and Sedition Acts
- The Great Migration and White Reactions
- Wartime racial conflicts
- Also erupted in North
The Home Front
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Americans “Over There”
- Mobilizing for Battle
- Selective Service Act (1917)
- Americans “Over There”
- Maximize influence on peacemaking
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Wilson and the Peace Conference
- Bolshevism, the Secret Treaties, and the Fourteen Points
- The World in 1919
- Peace conference
- Civil War in Russia
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- Wilson at Versailles
- Big Four
- League of Nations
- War Guilt clause
- The Senate and the Treaty
- Senate split into 3 groups
- Wilson took his case to the people
- US did not join League
Wilson and the Peace Conference
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Wilson and the Peace Conference
- Legacies of the Great War
- Ultimately produced
- economic and
- political instability
- in much of Europe
America in the Aftermath of War,
November 1918 - November 1920
- HCL and Strikes
- Inflation
- Unions
- Red Scare
- Palmer Raids
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- Race Riots and Lynching
- Mobs in southern states lynched returning soldiers still in uniform
- Ku Klux Klan became powerful again
America in the Aftermath of War,
November 1918 - November 1920
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- Amending the Constitution: Prohibition and Women’s Suffrage
- Anti-Saloon League
- 19th Amendment
- The Election of 1920
- Harding won a Republican landslide
America in the Aftermath of War,
November 1918 - November 1920
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