HISTORY 1DD3 Midterm: HistoryCompsReview.8
22 Oct 2017
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Eight hour workday: workers compensation, regulate stock market, constitutional amendments (16,17,19, direct primary. Farm relief: election of 1912 nation is progressive, republicans= taft, bull moose (progressives)= roosevelt, democrats= wilson. Jersey politician: socialist= eugene debs, wilson wins, woodrow wilson"s new freedom, underwood-simmons tariff (11% reduction, clayton-antitrust act, no interlocking directories, federal trade commision act (ftc, consumer protection, federal reserve act. Current chairman= janet yellen: root causes, nationalism. United states and world war i: national concerns paramount, desire for new countries from ethnic groups, imperialism, competition for foreign colonies, need for materials. Little room to expand without taking other country"s land: militarism. Balance of power: immediate cause, franz ferdinand shot by gavrilo princip. Bosnian serb nationalist: u. s originally neutral but shift to allies favor. Why: common heritage, germany perceived as belligerent. Invade neutral belgium: gave austria hungary the blank check , english propaganda, trade imbalance. England: million > billion: billion in loans, germany: million > million, blockades.
