American History Review

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Homestead Acts

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Supported farming on the Plains

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Transcontinental Railroads

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Central Pacific. Union Pacific. Promontory Point.

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Reservation System

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Tribes are moved onto land set aside by the government for reservations

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Assimilation

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Federal policy to Americanize the Indians.

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Dawes Severalty Act (1887)

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Divides reservation land and redistributes it to individual Indian families.

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Populist Party

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Farmers alliances united to form..

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Bimetallism

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As new money policy to bring crop prices up

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Gold Standard

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Money policy where the money is supported by gold.

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Nomadic

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Moving from place to place

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Tight Money Policy

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Policy that keeps prices stable.

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Telephone

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Invented by Alexander Graham Bell

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Electric Light Bulb

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Invented by Thomas Edison

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Laissez-Faire capatilism

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Almost no government regulation

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John D. Rockefeller

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One of the richest people in American history

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Labor Unions

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Organizations created by workers that try to improve the economic and social well being of its members.

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Trust

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A company that controls other companies

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Robber Barons

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Business leaders.

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Monopoly

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A company that doesn't have any competitors

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Strike

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Where a labor union refuses to work.

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Urbanization

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Cities grow.

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Progressivism

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Reform movement of the early 20th century

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19th Amendment

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Grants women the right to vote.

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16th Amendment

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Income Tax

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17th Amendment

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Direct election of U.S. senators

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18th Amendment

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Prohibition

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Reform

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Change

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Temperance

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Movement to ban alcohol

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Economic Reform

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Change in business, money, or taxes.

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Political Reform

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Changes to government or election laws

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Jim Crow Laws

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Discriminate against African-Americans

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Imperialism

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When a powerful nation uses its powers to control the affairs of a weaker nation.

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Teller Amendment

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Grants Cuba its independence.

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Foreign Policy

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Dealing with other countries

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Annexation

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Adding to territory

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Yellow Journalism

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News stories that are hyped up to draw attention to an issue.

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Open Door Policy

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Insists on keeping China open to trade.

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Platt Amendment

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Gives the U.S. the right to intervene in Cuban aff

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Treaty of Paris

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U.S. acquires Puerto Rico, Guam, and Philippines from Spain.

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Sphere of influence

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Territory influenced by a stronger nation.

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Annexation of Hawaii

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1898

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Nationalism

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Competition for power and territory between European nations.

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Militarism

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Military build-up encourages war instead of using all means of peaceful diplomacy.

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Alliances

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Each European power has made alliances that require them to take action if their allies are attacked.

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U.S. Foreign Policy

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Isolationism

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League of Nations

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International Alliance created to maintain world peace through collective security.

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Armistice

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Ends the war

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1917

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Russia becomes a communist nation

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Selective Service Act

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Conscription to draft troops

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Espionage and Sedition Acts

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Limits freedom of speech & anti-war activity.

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Zimmerman Telegram

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Germany proposes an alliance with Mexico against the U.S.

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Consumerism

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Spending money on consumer goods

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Flappers

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Push social boundaries

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Emergency Quota Act

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To restrict foreign immigration

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Harlem Renaissance

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Celebrates Culture

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Speculation

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Causes stock market "Bubble"

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Black Tuesday

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The stock market crash October 29th 1929

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Rugged Individualism

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Encourages voluntary cooperation between business and labor

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laissez faire capitalism

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economic system with almost no government regulation

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Second New Deal

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Gives Americans Social Security

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Direct Relief

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Welfare for the poor.

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Munich Pact

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Britain and France's policy of appeasement allows Hitler to take territory in Czechoslovakia

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Neutrality Acts

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Ban U.S. involvement in foreign wars

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Lend-Lease Act

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to aid Great Britain

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December 7th 1941

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Attack on Pearl Harbor

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Battle of the Bulge

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Last German offensive in war is stopped

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Manhattan Project

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Scientific project to create atomic bomb succeeds

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Cold War

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Struggle between U.S. and Soviet Union

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Containment

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Truman trying to stop the spread of communism

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Bay of Pigs

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Failed mission to overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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Soviets put nuclear missiles in Cuba.

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24th Amendment

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Outlaws poll taxes

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NOW

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National Organization for Women

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ERA

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Equal Rights Amendment

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Watergate

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Nixons downfall

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Stagflation

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High inflation and economic slowdown

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Iran-Hostage Crisis

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Shah of Iran is overthrown

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My Lai

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Massacre of Vietnamese civilians by U.S. troops.

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Operation Rolling Thunder

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Bombing of North Vietnam

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Medicare

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Hospital insurance for the elderly.

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Medicaid

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Hospital insurance for the poor

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Moral Majority

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Forms to support conservatives who oppose abortion and liberal social values.

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SDI

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Strategic Defense Initiative

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Graying of America

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Aging population in the U.S.

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Bush Doctrine

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Strike at threats before they can harm Americans

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Patriot Act

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Enables law enforcement to investigate and counteract terrorists threats before they attack

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Department of Homeland Security

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Created to coordinate counter-terrorism and emergency response efforts.

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Budget Deficits

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Increase the international debt.

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Operation Desert Storm

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Against Iraq to free Kuwait

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NAFTA

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Increases trade between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

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Immigration (lead to)

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Population increase and more racial/ethnic diversity.