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58 Cards in this Set
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Alfred T. Mahan
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naval officer, writer, teacher, philosopher of new imperialism, wrote "The Influence of Sea Power Upon History"
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Big Four
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leaders who constructed the Treaty of Versailles: Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau, David Lloyd George, Vittorio Orlando
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Big Stick Policy
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Theodore Roosevelt's method for achieving American goals in the Caribbean, "speak softly and carry a big stick," protected American commercial supremacy, limited European intervention, protected Panama canal
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Boxer Rebellion
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Chinese uprising against foreigners, prompted the Second Open Door Note
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Dollar Diplomacy
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President Taft's policy, encouraged American businesses to invest in Latin America to achieve US control
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Emilio Aguinaldo
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Filipino patriot, led a rebellion against both Spain and the US, seeking independence for the Philippines
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Fourteen Points
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Woodrow Wilson's terms for the Treaty of Versailles, called for free trade, self-determination for all people, freedom of the seas, open diplomacy, and a League of Nations, European powers did not think it was harsh enough on Germany
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George Dewey
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naval hero of the Spanish-American War, defeated the Spanish at Manila Bay
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Henry Cabot Lodge
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chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, demanded changes to the Fourteen Points, but Wilson refused, causing it to be rejected
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John Fiske
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historian and expansionist, argued that the US had the right of manifest destiny
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John Hay
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secretary of State under McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt, author of the Open Door Notes, which attempted to protect American interests in China
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John Pershing
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American commander in France during WWI, "Black Jack"
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Josiah Strong
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expansionist who blended racist and religious reasons to justify American expansion, saw WASP's as trained by God to expand and spread Christianity
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Lusitania
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British passenger ship sunk by a German submarine, over 100 Americans were killed, one of the reasons the US got involved in WWI
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Maine
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US battleship sent to Havan to protect American interests, mysteriously blew up, American press blamed the Spanish and helped start the Spanish American War
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Pineapple Republic
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popular name for the government US sugar planters in Hawaii set up
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Platt Amendment
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an amendment added to Cuba's constitution by the Cuban government, said that Cuba would make no treaties that compromised its independence or granted concessions to other countries without US approval
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Roosevelt Corollary
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addendum to the Monroe Doctrine issued after the Dominican Republic got into financial trouble with several European nations, the US assumed the right to intervene in Latin American countries
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Teller Amendment
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part of a declaration of war against Spain, Congress pledged that Cuba would be freed and not annexed by the US as a result
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Theodore Roosevelt
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assistant secretary of the navy, headed a volunteer regiment in the Spanish American War (Rough Riders), later became president of the US
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Treaty of Paris
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ended the Spanish American War, terms said that Cuba gained independence from Spain, and the US acquired Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines
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Treaty of Versailles
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ended WWI, much harder on Germany than Wilson wanted
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Valeriano Weyler
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Spanish governor in charge of suppressing the Cuban revolution, brutal tactics, American press called him the Butcher
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William Borah
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led a group of Senators who were opposed to joining the League of Nations, promoted isolationism
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William Borah
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led a group of senators who opposed joining the League of Nations, believed in traditional isolationism
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William McKinley
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president at the turn of the century, reluctant expansionist, assassinated
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William Seward
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secretary of state, expansionist, bought Alaska from Russia, acquired Midway
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Yellow Journalism
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sensationalism in the press, dominated by Pulitzer's New York World and Hearst's New York Journal, stirred Americans against Spain
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Zimmerman Note
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secret German proposal to Mexico for an alliance against the US, intercepted by the Allies
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A. Mitchell Palmer
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attorney general during the Red Scare, led raids against suspected radicals
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Booker T. Washington
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influential black leader, proposed that blacks accept social and political segregation in return for economic opportunity, founded Tuskegee Institute
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Calvin Coolidge
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pro-business president, took over after Harding's death, restored honesty to government, laissez-faire policies brought short-term prosperity
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Currie Chapman Catt
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president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, organized the League of Women Voters
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Charles Lindbergh
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mail service pilot, made the first flight across the Atlantic, later became a leading isolationist
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Eighteenth Amendment
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prohibition, Noble Experiment
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Federal Reserve Act
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established a national banking system for the first time since the 1830's, designed to combat the money trust, created 12 regional banks
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Great Migration
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movement of southern, rural blacks to northern cities
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Harlem Renaissance
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black artistic movement in New York City in the 1920's, when writers, poets, painters, musicians came together to express feelings and experiences, mostly about injustice
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Ida Tarbell
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crusading journalist, wrote The History of the Standard Oil Company, documented Rockefeller's ruthlessness and questionable business tactics
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Wobblies
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Industrial Workers of the World, revolutionary industrial union, led by Big Bill Haywood, worked to overthrow capitalism
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Jane Addams
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social worker, leader in the settlement house movement, founded Hull House, shared the Nobel Peace Prize
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Ku Klux Klan
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Reconstruction-era organization, revived in 1915, opposed blacks, Catholics, Jews, and immigrants
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Langston Hughes?
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leading literary figure of the Harlem Renaissance
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Lincoln Steffens
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leading muckraking journalist, exposed political corruption in the cities, wrote The Shame of Cities
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Marcus Garvey
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black leader in the 1920's, appealed to urban blacks with self-sufficiency, pride, founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association, deported to Jamaica
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New Nationalism
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Theodore Roosevelt's progressive reform platform, built on the Square Deal, called for strong federal government to maintain economic competition and social justice, but also accept trusts
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Nineteenth Amendment
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granted women's suffrage
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Pure Food and Drug Act
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regulated food and patent medecine industries
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Red Scare
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period of hysteria after WWI over the possible spread of Communism in the US
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Robert La Follette
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progressive governor and senator, established Wisconsin idea that reformed the state through direct primaries, tax reform, and anti-corruption legislation
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Sacco and Vanzetti
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Italian radicals, became symbols of the Red Scare, arrested and executed for robbery and murder, believed to be innocent
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Scopes Trial
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trial over John Scopes' teaching of evolution, pitted fundamental Bible teachings against evolution, Scopes was convicted, but fundamentalism was damaged
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Social Gospel
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movement that began in Protestant churches in the late 1800's, applied Bible teachings to industrial age problems, led by Washington Gladden and Walter Rauschenbusch
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Tea Pot Dome Scandal
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biggest scandal of Harding's administration, Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall illegally leased government oil fields
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Upton Sinclair
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wrote The Jungle, helped convince Congress to pass the Meat Inspection Act
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W. E. B. DuBois
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black intellectual, opposed Booker T. Washington, called for immediate equality, founding member of the NAACP
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Warren Harding
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weak president, allowed appointees to loot and cheat the government
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Woodrow Wilson
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successful Democratic president, viewed trusts as evil, called for their destruction, drew heavily on Louis Brandeis, led the nation through WWI
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