APUSH Unit Questions and Answers with complete solution

Progressive movement - Reform movements at turn of 20th century through WW1 sought to improve life in industrial age -- through action by government. improve democracy and limit power of corporations. Directly caused by industrialization and urbanization. Progressive reformers - protect social welfare moral improvement efficiency creating economic reform muckrakers - Theodore Roosevelt term for people that wrote about corruption Clayton Antitrust Act - Attempt to improve Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890. Forbade creation of monopolies. Officers had to be responsible for anti-trust violations. conservation movement - political, environmental and a social movement that seeks to protect natural resources Philippine-American War - fought to quell Filipino resistance to US control Philippine islands. Filipinos gave up when leader was captured. dollar diplomacy - efforts of United States (President = William Howard Taft) to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia. Increase American influence by investing in foreign markets. moral imperialism - the imposition of a set of moral values onto a culture that does not share those values, either through force or through cultural criticism interventionists - People like Theodore Roosevelt who insisted that the nation defend its "honor" and economic interests against the demands of the pacifistsisolationists - people who thought USA shouldn't get involved in foreign affairs American Expeditionary Force* - Consisted of 3M men in army &other 2M that joined various branches of armed services voluntarily. It was the most diverse fighting force in US ever assembled; women were permitted to enlist Treaty of Versailles** - Created by the leaders victorious allies Nations: France, Britain, US, and signed by Germany to help stop WWI. The treaty 1)stripped Germany of all Army, Navy, Airforce. 2) Germany had to rapair war damages(33 billion) 3) Germany had to acknowledge guilt for causing WWI 4) Germany could not manufacture any weapons League of Nations** - Wilson's idea was the creation of a permanent international organization to oversee world affairs &prevent future wars. Jan 25, 1919, Allies voted to accept it, but Congress didn't approve of it. This provided for an assembly of nations that would meet regularly to debate means of resolving disputes &protecting the peace Washington Naval Conference - a military conference called by President Warren G. Harding and held in Washington from 12 November 1921 to 6 February 1922. resulted in three major treaties: FourPower Treaty, Five-Power Treaty, the Nine-Power Treaty, which preserved peace during the 1920s but are credited with enabling the rise of the Japanese Empire as a naval power leading up to World War II. United States, Japan, China, France, Britain, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, and Portugal World War 1 - June 28, 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo began war. Lasted from . Allies: UK, France, Russia, Italy ('15) Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire