Today We are continuing blog disscuions. Mr. Bruns assigned our next blog assignment : WW1-Ch11 Causes-nationalism, imperialism, militarism, system of alliances
5. Woodrow Wilson's background(333)
-grew up in south after the civil war and reconstruction
-before entering polictics, wilson worked as a lawyer, history professor, president of princeton university, gov. of NJ
6. Woodrow Wilson's Presidential accomplishments(332-335, 363)
-passed the federal reserve act
passed clayton antitrust act(1914)-set up labor unions, made them legal, broke up big monopolies
-federal trade commission act(1914)-investigated companies for monopolistic practices
-led america through world war one
-announced fourteen points-what wilson wanted the end of WW1's treaty to be
- helped pass treaty of Versailles-peace treaty basically
7. Election of 1912(330-331)
-3 candidates instead of 2
-TR as republican, Taft as progressive, and Woodrow wilson as democratic
-Eugene V. Debs- ran for socialist party
-Wilson winning by loads of electoral votes and 2 million popular votes
-TR shot in chest, speech slowed down bullet, continued hour long speech before going to hospital
-during campaign before the elecetion, both TR and taft take shots at each other
-wilson wins election
8. Causes for imperialism in the late 1800's(342-344)
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9. Taking Alaska(344)
10. Taking Hawaii(344-345)
11. Causes of the Spanish-American War(346-348)
12. Major battles/generals in the Spanish-American War(348-350)
13. Outcomes/effects of the Spanish-American War(350-351)
14. Ruling Puerto Rico(352-353)
15. Ruling Cuba(353-355)
16. Ruling the Philippines(355)
17. China-Open Door Policy, Boxer Rebellion(356-357)
18. The Anti-Imperialist League(358)
19. Panama Canal(360-361)
20. Problems with Mexico(363-365)
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