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+* 1909-1913 Taft presidency
+* 1913-1917 Wilson 1st term
+* 1914-18 World War I <br><br>
+* 1917 US entrance to WWI<br><br>
+* 1917-1921 Wilson 2nd term
+* 18th Amendment put into law the long temperance fight to ban alcohol
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+* American neutrality
+* “Foreign War”
+* protest/ dissent suppressed
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-=== subheading
+=== World War I (WWI) ===
-* >>details
+* breaks out in Europe in 1914
-World War I, 1914-1918,
+* American neutrality
-US: 1917-18
+** = official US policy at beginning of the European war
+* English blockade of US ports to block shipments to Germany
-Neutrality
+** Germany responded with U-Boats (submarine) attacks on ships supplying Great Britain
+* '''Zimmerman telegram'''
-“Foreign War”
+** German ambassador to Mexico tried to get Mexico to declare war on U.S.
+** his telegraph was intercepted by British and sparked anti-German outrage in U.S.
-Protest/ dissent
+* '''Committee on Public Information (CPI)''' ran anti-German and anti-Russian propaganda during the war
+* Congress passes laws prohibiting dissent against U.S. involvement in the War:
+** '''Espionage Act, 1917'''
+** '''Sedition Act , 1918'''
+** = reminiscent of Alien & Sedition Acts of 1798
+* selective Service Act of 1917: authorized draft of soldiers
+* Spanish Flu, 1917-18
+** massive pandemic exacerbated by wartime preparations with concentrations of young solders
-Ensuring Peace 	- American neutrality = official US policy at beginning of the European war
+=== post-War peace agreements and peace efforts ===
-- English blockade of US ports to block shipments to Germany
+* Treaty of Versailles
-> Germany responded with U-Boats (submarine) attacks on ships supplying Great Britain
+* Wilson's '''Fourteen Points'''
-- Zimmerman telegram: German ambassador to Mexico tried to get Mexico to declare war on U.S.; his telegraph was intercepted by British and sparked anti-German outrage in U.S.
+* Worldwide attempts to prevent future wars:
-- Espionage Act, 1917, Sedition Act , 1918: laws prohibiting dissent against U.S. (reminiscent of Alien & Sedition Acts of 1798)
+** Washington Conference (limiting arms stockpiling)
-- Selective Service Act of 1917: authorized draft of soldiers
+** 1929? Kellogg-Briand Pact: international agreement to outlaw war
-- Spanish Flu, 1917-18: massive pandemic exacerbated by wartime preparations with concentrations of young solders
-- Committee on Public Information (CPI) ran anti-German and anti-Russian propaganda during the war
-- Worldwide attempts to prevent future wars:
-> Washington Conference (limiting arms stockpiling)
-> Kellogg-Briand Pact: international agreement to outlaw war
 U.S.
-Prohibition, Red Scare
-Communist Revolution in Russia
+=== radicalism in US ===
+* 1917 '''Red Scare'''
+** in response to Russian Revolution and its support within radical segments of the U.S.
+** used to justify Sedition Act
+* bombs, strikes
+** socialists and anti-war radicals demonstrated and led strikes during the War, which they saw as a capitalist enterprise
+** many radical leaders were immigrants, who were often blamed for those movements
+** following WWI and anti-war agitation, public turned anti-immigrant and immigration was largely shut down through 1920s until after WWII
+** bombings: during 1918-1920 a series of bombs were set off by radicals,
+*** including the ''Wall Street Bombing'', which killed 30
+* '''Palmer Raids, 1920s'''
+** US government responded to bombings and agitations by arresting 10,000+ people under suspicion of anti-American and pro-Russian sympathies
+** FBI created to investigate radicals during WWI and was used to enforce prohibition laws
+*** FBI's jurisdiction came from the '''Mann Act''' of 1910 that authorized federal policing (enforcement) of anti-prostitution laws, known as "white slavery"
+*** J. Edgar Hoover ran the agency, led it like his own kingdom
-Radicalism in US (bombs, strikes)	- 18th Amendment put into law the long temperance fight to ban alcohol
-- Red Scare: socialists and anti-war radicals demonstrated and led strikes during the War, which they saw as a capitalist enterprise
-> many radical leaders were immigrants, who were often blamed for those movements
-> bombings: during 1918-1920 a series of bombs were set off by radicals, including the Wall Street Bombing, which killed 30
-- Palmer Raids, 1920s: US government responded to bombings and agitations by arresting 10,000+ people under suspicion of anti-American and pro-Russian sympathies
-- FBI created to investigate radicals during WWI and was used to enforce prohibition laws
-> J. Edgar Hoover ran the agency, led it like his own kingdom
-- following WWI and anti-war agitation, public turned anti-immigrant and immigration was largely shut down through 1920s until after WWII
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