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49 Cards in this Set
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Monroe Doctrine
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stated that the United States world help Latin America in the case of European interferences
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Venezuelan Boundary Dispute
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in which the United States re-determined to help Latin America in the case of European interference
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yellow journalism
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the printing of great, sometimes untruthful, stories to excite and interest readers
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"Maine"
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the ship that suddenly exploded
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Delome letter
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the letter sent by a Spanish ambassador to a friend trash talking President McKinley it was intercepted by rebelling Cuban.
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Teller Resolution
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passed by Congress allowing the President to send troops to help free Cuba
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Commodore George Dewey
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led the U.S. Pacific fleet on the first battle of the Spanish-American War on the Philippine Island
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Battle of Manila Bay
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the victory where not one American was killed
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Rough Riders
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a group of cowboys led by Theodore Roosevelt for the Battle of San Juan Hill
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Reed and Finlay
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worked together to prove mosquitoes spread malaria and yellow fever
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Platt Amendment
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provided for Cuba's freedom under certain conditions
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Pearl Harbor
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the naval base that Hawaii gave the U.S. in exchange for the U.S.'s promise of protection
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Pago Pago
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where the United States arranged to establish a coaling station for steam-powered ship
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President McKinley
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President who was fatally shot allowing his Vice- President, Theodore Roosevelt, to take his place
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Theodore Roosevelt
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most popular President of the 1900's
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Robert La Follette
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a Wisconsin governor and later U.S. senator who worked hard to improve conditions, in all aspects, for the Americans known as "Battling Bob"
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Upton Sinclair
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wrote The Jungle discussing conditions of meatpacking
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Pure Food and Drug Act
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required that all foods and medications were properly labeled
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Henry Ford
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worked to make a car affordable for the average Americans
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Newlands Reclamation Act
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determined that money received for the sale of the Western states would be used to irrigate the land so it could be used for farming
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Boxer rebellion
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rebellion against the influence of Western civilization in China
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gentleman's agreement
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in which the Japanese government agreed to control the immigration
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The Great White Fleet
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President Roosevelt sent the American navy around the world to demonstrate the power of America's navy
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Hay-Pauncefote Agreement
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gave the United States the right to build the Panama Canal
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George Washington Goethals
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was in charge of the Panama Canal project
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Roosevelt Corollary
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wrote a Corol to the Monroe Doctrine
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Open Door Policy
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said that the world would respect Chinese trade rights
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Ida Tarbell
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wrote on the history of standard oil
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The Hepburn Act
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made just and reasonable shipping rates
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Department of Commerce and Labor
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investigated companies suspected of violating federal laws
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John Muir
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started the Sierra Club
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Colonel William Gorgas
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sent to rid the Canal Zone of the tropical fevers
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monopoly
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a company that is in complete control of the market of their item
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trust
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businesses that work together to eliminate competition
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safari
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the hunting trip that Theodore Roosevelt went on after taking a break from the government
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Dollar Diplomacy
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the acted that was made to try to promote strong economic ties
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17th Amendment
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called for voters to elect the U.S. senators
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Federal Reserve Act
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created a privately controlled central banking system
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the 16th Amendment
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the law that allowed the government to tax income
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Victoriana Huerta
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dictator who took over Mexico
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General John Pershing
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sent by the President Wilson to help protect Americans living in Mexico from the cruel dictator
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San Francisco
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the industrious city that was destroyed by an earthquake in1906
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Peary and Henson
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the first men to reach the North Pole
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Titanic
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the "unsinkable" ship that struck an iceberg and sunk
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psychoanalysis
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a method used to treat mental disorders suggested by Freud to deal with guilt, It blames others for your sins
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Aster
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one of America's richest men of the time who sank with the ship
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Charles Darwin
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proposed his philosophy of evolution and the survival of the fittest
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Karl Marx
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father of modern socialism
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Sigmund Freud
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father of modern psychology
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