League of Nations: Fact file After the end of the Great War (WW1) the League of Nations was established with the aim to end warfare throughout the world. The idea was suggested by the American President Woodrow Wilson‚ in his 14 point plan. The premise of the League was‚ to improve international cooperation‚ peace and security through the world. Other things mentioned in its covenant were: 1. That all treaties would must a have registration to prevent secret alliances 2. The reduction and control
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The big question for Wilson was how Americans could incorporate Public Administration into the Constitution which did not mention it. Also in developing Public Administration‚ Wilson’s basic difficulty was how to reconcile the differences in notions of democracy (popular rule) and the systematic rules. To do this he says there are two spheres: “Politics” and “Administration” Politics = choices of government are made by the elected and Administration = carries out the choices by the (popular consent)
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CHAPTER 16 Question 1 All of the following factors contributed to explosive economic growth during the Gilded Age EXCEPT: d) low tariffs. Question 2 By 1890‚ the majority of Americans: e) worked for wages. Question 3 The second industrial revolution was marked by: d) the acceleration of factory production and increased activity in the mining and railroad industries. Question 4 The ____________ made possible the second industrial revolution in America. b)
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During the late 1800s and the early 1900s‚ the US became much more involved in world affairs. In other words‚ they were becoming a world power. This meant many things‚ many changes. In the 1880s‚ the US was still known as a minor county‚ a nation known to play only a small role in world affairs. Before the start of intervening in other nations‚ the US had followed a policy of isolationism‚ or having little to do with the political affairs of other nations. This was advised by George Washington in
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colonization projects that eventually led to a harsh competition between different parties around Europe‚ who want to hold control over the economic resources. The United States was not a super-power‚ as it is now‚ at the time of the War. Being aware of this Wilson opted to remain as a neutral observer during the initial phase of the war. It was the third year of the war‚ when the British intelligence intercepted the coded telegram dispatched by the Foreign Secretary of the German Empire‚ Arthur Zimmermann‚
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President Woodrow Wilson to organise an end to the fighting. He agreed but demanded that the Kaiser must go. Starvation and riots spread though Germany and on 30th October‚ the German Navy refused to launch a desperate attack on the British Navy. The Kaiser finally agreed to abdicate and on the 11th November an armistice was signed. This was the end of the Second Reich. The Weimar Republic The new government wanted to introduce a parliamentary democracy. This was because President Wilson refused
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sucked into the WWI conflict. All of these reasons were used for explaining why the United States’ worked to spread it’s delegation for advantages in many relationships across the globe. Mexico When the Mexican revolution broke out‚ President Woodrow Wilson sent an intervention team to try to sort things out. When the new ruler of Mexico was killed‚ the man that replaced him was brutal. He ensured foreign investments‚ but was not a ruler of the people and therefore‚ lacked the support
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and forced to be transparent about their dealings (pg. 124). He concluded by stating that states were not able to regulate big business and that the national government should pass a law allowing itself to regulate these corporations (pg. 125). Woodrow Wilson initially tried to prevent the U.S. from entering World War I. However‚ in his “Declaration of War Against Germany”‚ he finally called for Congress to declare war on Germany to protect neutral rights during wartime‚ punish the Germans‚ and preserve
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and some of the primary factors that influence the entrance of the U.S into war and the declaration of war against Germany were the sinking of the Lusitania‚ Zimmerman telegram‚ and unrestricted submarine warfare. On April 2‚ 1997‚ president Woodrow Wilson went before a joint meeting of congress to demand an announcement of war against Germany. He stated that Germany’s violation of its pledge to append unobstructed submarine warfare in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean‚ as well as its effort
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Year | Progressive Era Chapter 9 Timeline Name of Idea/Event/Law | What Law/Amendment didPurpose of Movement/Organization | 1860 | | | | | | 1870 | Women’s Christian Temperance Union | 1. First organization among women devoted to social reform with a program that "linked the religious and the secular through concerted and far-reaching reform strategies based on applied Christianity." - The purpose of the WCTU was to create a pure world by abstinence‚ purity and evangelical Christianity
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