<p>Let's chain off facts. I'll contribute this one:</p>
<p>Andrew Jackson's presidency opposed nullification (even though he in theory was a supporter of states' rights). States' opposition to his Tariff of Abominations made him take a federal stance and oppose the states.</p>
<p>Jackson's specie circular required public lands to be paid for in hard currency. This greatly contributed to the Panic of 1837, although the blame was laid on Van Buren.</p>
<p>It was mostly due to the Panic of 1837 that Van Buren was defeated by Harrison, of the Whig party, in the campaign known as the "Log and Cider" campaign.</p>
<p>The election of 1840 can be considered the first "modern" election because of the widespread campaigning efforts of both parties that sought the vote of the "common man." Ironically, Van Buren's Whig opponents won the election by using the same campaigning methods that Van Buren utilized while he was apart of the Albany Regency in New York.</p>
<p>the sinking of the lousitania was one factor that led to US involvement WWI</p>
<p>The other was the Zimmerman note.</p>
<p>as well as unrestricted german submarine warfare, which was becoming an annoying nuisance for the U.S.</p>
<p>the Allied powers won WWI (obviously), and Wilson attempted in his Fourteen Points at the Vienna Conference to create a League of Nations. However, the U.S. failed to ratify it, with Wilson rejecting Henry Cabot Lodge's amendments that could have insured the ratification, and so the League of Nations floundered and failed.</p>
<p>The irreconcilables were William Borah and Hiram Johnson.</p>
<p>What were the successes and failures of U.S. containment policy in Asia, Middle East, Latin America, and Europe?</p>
<p>Asia:
Korea - failed
Vietnam - failed
China - failed</p>
<p>Middle East:
Um, success? All I know is the Ike Doctrine...</p>
<p>Latin America:
Cuba - failed</p>
<p>Europe:
Marshall Plan - success
Berlin airlift - success
Russia - success, eventually, in 1989</p>
<p>Asia:
Japan was a success; the U.S. insured that Japan would not tend towards communism by preventing the Soviet Union from participating in the defeat and reconstruction of Japan
China was a failure; the U.S. actually drove Mao and Stalin closer together after the Korean War.
The Korean War was also a failure; Korea remained segregated - nothing had been achieved.
Indochina was a failure. These regions included Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam.</p>
<p>Middle East:
Iran: failure, Iran hostage crisis, Iran-Contra scandal
Egypt: Suez Canal</p>
<p>Latin America:
Cuba: failure, Fidel Castro, Bay of Pigs scandal, Cuban crisis with Kruschev
Guatemala: well, they succeeded in getting rid of communism, but put a dictator in power instead...</p>
<p>Europe:
Western Europe was a success, mostly due to the Marshall Plan lending money and therefore giving the U.S. influence over the areas
Eastern Europe became satellites to the Soviet Union</p>
<p>Trace the forgotten presidents, in order =P</p>
<p>Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, Cleveland, McKinley</p>
<p>1920s: Harding - "Normalcy", Coolidge, Hoover</p>
<p>let's see... list Teddy Roosevelt's reform acts</p>
<p>Elkins Act and Hepburn Act- helped ICC regulate railroads
Forest Reserve Act- conservation
Square Deal- Trust busting; Northern Securities Co. Case
Pure Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act- result of Sinclair's The Jungle</p>
<p>And the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, where US can force Latin countries to pay Euro countries debts using the navy (so that Euro countries stay away).</p>
<p>Big Stick diplomacy--build up army and intimidate them into making peace.</p>
<p>In 1965, a man set himself on fire outside McNamara’s office at the Pentagon to protest the war.</p>