| A | B |
|---|
| Woodrow Wilson | Ran in 1912 for the Democrats; Won the Presidential race; had a progressive platform. |
| Herbert Croly | Wrote the Promise of American Life, Roosevelt's progressive style was based on this book. |
| Eugene V. Debs | Ran in 1912 for President on a socialist platform, labeled an anarchist, helped organize labor into strikes. |
| Arsene Pujo | Congressman who traced the "monster money" into hidden vaults of American banking. |
| Louis D. Brandeis | Wrote Other Peoples' Money and How Bankers Use It. |
| Victoriano Huerta | Installed as Mexico's leader after revolt in 1913; Was later removed by pressure from most of Latin America's leaders. |
| Venustaino Carranza | Enemy of Huerta; Got US support in battles against Huerta; Took over in Huerta's place but was not liked because of his links with the US. |
| Pancho Villa | Enemy of Huerta; also got US support in battles against Huerta; After Huerta's downfall, US continued support but now against Carranza; Villa then killed and attacked Americans in cold blood. |
| John J. Pershing | American general that was sent to Mexico to intervene and capture Villa; Quickly won but never captured Villa himself; American Forces were drawn out in 1917. |
| Kaiser Wilhelm II | German Kaiser during World War I |
| Charles Evans Hughes | Was a republican presidential candidate in 1916; Lost to Wilson |
| New Nationalism | Roosevelt's bring back nationalism and social justice platform; consolidation of trusts and labor unions, paralleled by the growth of powerful regulatory agencies; women's right, minimum wage laws, and broad spectrum of social welfare. |
| New Freedom | Wilson's strong antitrust trust, banking reform, and tariff reductions platform; small enterprise, entrepreneurs, and unregulated markets. |
| Underwood Tariff Bill | Brought down tariff prices, but imports mostly. |
| Sixteenth Amendment | Graduated income tax amendment. |
| Federal Reserve Act | Made brancehs of banks under federal control, which were fun by a federal reserve board. |
| Federal Trade Commission Act | Commission that is allowed to check on companies, make sure they're up to par. |
| Clayton Antitrust Act | Intensified the Sherman Antitrust Act; When business acted in ways that were deemed objectionable it also outlawed price discriminations and interlocking directorates; Also exempted labors union and organizations from antitrust prosecution. |
| Federal Farm Loan Act | Made credit available to farmer's for low rates of interest. |
| Seaman's Act | Required fair treatment of American seamen on merchant ships prior to WWI. |
| Workingman's Compensation Act | Workers get helped out by government and business when on disability. |
| Adamson Act | eight-hour day for all employees of interstate commerce (trains, etc.) and extra pay for overtime. |
| Jones Act | Granted Phillipines freedom and many rights as soon as a stable government was formed. |
| Central Powers | Germany, Austria-Hungary, and later Turkey. |
| Allies | England, France, Russia, and later Italy and Japan |
| Lusitania | British passenger liner; On May 7, 1915 it was sunk by German submarine; further united Americans against Germany. |
| Arabic | Another British liner sunk in August 1915. |
| Sussex | French passenger liner, which was sunk by Germans'; America after the many merchant boat sinking warned Germans of their actions. |
