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54 Cards in this Set
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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prohibited all chinese from entering US
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Why did many Americans leave their farms and move to cities during the late 1800s
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better job opportunities
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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prohibited all chinese from entering US
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Civil Service reform was an issue during what American time period
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19th century or Gilded Age
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Why did many Americans leave their farms and move to cities during the late 1800s
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better job opportunities
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Civil Service reform was an issue during what American time period
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19th century or Gilded Age
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Who was William "Boss" Tweed
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became head of Tammany Hall, led the Tweed Ring
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What is a "bully pulpit" and who is it most associated with
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The White House; advocate adgenda (Roosevelt)
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Who was William "Boss" Tweed
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became head of Tammany Hall, led the Tweed Ring
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What is a "bully pulpit" and who is it most associated with
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The White House; advocate adgenda (Roosevelt)
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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prohibited all chinese from entering US
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Why did many Americans leave their farms and move to cities during the late 1800s
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better job opportunities
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Civil Service reform was an issue during what American time period
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19th century or Gilded Age
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Who was William "Boss" Tweed
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became head of Tammany Hall, led the Tweed Ring
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What is a "bully pulpit" and who is it most associated with
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The White House; advocate adgenda (Roosevelt)
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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prohibited all chinese from entering US
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Why did many Americans leave their farms and move to cities during the late 1800s
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better job opportunities
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Civil Service reform was an issue during what American time period
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19th century or Gilded Age
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Who was William "Boss" Tweed
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became head of Tammany Hall, led the Tweed Ring
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What is a "bully pulpit" and who is it most associated with
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The White House; advocate adgenda (Roosevelt)
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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prohibited all chinese from entering US
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Why did many Americans leave their farms and move to cities during the late 1800s
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better job opportunities
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Civil Service reform was an issue during what American time period
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19th century or Gilded Age
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Who was William "Boss" Tweed
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became head of Tammany Hall, led the Tweed Ring
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What is a "bully pulpit" and who is it most associated with
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The White House; advocate adgenda (Roosevelt)
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Factors that influenced American Expansion at the turn of the 20th century
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imperialism, participation in Spanish American war, building the Panama Canal
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What territory did we grant independence to following WWII
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phillippines
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4 factors of European tension that resulted in WWI
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militarism, alliances, imperialism and nationalism
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Purpose of the Schlieffen plan. and was it successful
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to defeat France in less than 6 weeks; no
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Why did Russia drop out of WWI
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Bolshavik Revolution
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How did the German's use of unrestricted submarine warfare contribute to our decision to join WWI
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After the Lusitania sinking, Wilson decided on war
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how did Treaty of Versailles negatively affect Germany
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Led to the massive inflation of the Welner republic and rise of HItler
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"A person who wont read has no advantage over one who can't read"
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Mark Twain
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" I am a part of everything that I have read"
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Theodore Roosevelt
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"If you can't read, it's going to be hard to realize dreams"
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Booker T Washington
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What was the Bonus Army
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a bunch of WWI veterans
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What was the Bonus Army trying to accomplish
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veterans get $$ immediately because of service
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What is buying stocks on margin
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buying stocks for a fraction of its cost
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FDIC: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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protecting losses from bank failures
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SEC: Securities and Exchange Commission
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Monitors stocks and enforces laws
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WPA: Works Progress Administration
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limiting pres rights send troops without consult
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CCC: Civilian Conservation Corps
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young unemployed men to work
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Wagner Act: National Labor Relations Board
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protcts workers rights
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what was FDR's first issue to tackle as Pres.
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Expand the congressional role in Depression passing majority
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What happened at the Munich Conference
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Neville gave Hitler the Sudetenland
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What was the Sudentenland
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a part of Czechoslovakia
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why did FDR want America to be an "arsenal of democracy"
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to arm the other allies
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why did Dermany, Italy, and Japan want to expand prior to WWII
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Japan wanted to expand to become self-sufficient
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How could a male avoid the internment camps
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enrolling in the military
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Why did Stalin become bitter towards the US and Great Britain
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He believed they were too slow in opening a 2nd front in Europe and not N. Africa
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what was the final German Offensive of WWII
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Battle of he Bulge
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Japan's final effort of WWII
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KamiFaze
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What was the Bay of Pigs
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invasion of Cuba
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why was the US involved in the Bay of Pigs
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to try and overthrow Castro
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