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17 Cards in this Set
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What new weapons were used in the war?
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Machine guns, tanks, poison gas
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How did Hawaii become part of the United States?
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Americans took over the government and set up a republic
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What was the purpose of the draft?
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To bring people into the army
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Which countries were the Central Powers?
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Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Germany, Ottoman Empire
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How did the government control manufacturing and farming during the war?
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By setting up the War Industries Board and the Food Administration
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What was the League of Nations?
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An organization that worked for peaceful solutions to problems among nations
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What caused people to become interested in Alaska?
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Gold was discovered there
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How did women help in wartime?
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Took over many jobs at home and served in the military
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Why did the United States go to war with Spain?
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To protect the lives of Americans living in Cuba
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How did reformers try to help children?
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They worked to pass laws against child labor
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Why did Roosevelt believe the United States should use its power in the world?
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Because he believed that what happened in the rest of the world affected the United States
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Why did the United Stes wnat to build the Panama Canal?
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To link the nation's territories in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
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What was the square deal?
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Roosevelt's program to give all people equal opportunity to succeed.
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How did the Sixteenth and Seventeeth Amendments change the federal government?
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16th -- income tax
17th -- direct election of senators |
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What reforms were made by states and cities?
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The workday was shortened, child labor was reduced, and the state was required to pay workers hurt on the job
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Which countries were the Allied Powers?
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Britain, France, Italy, Russia
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What groups worked for equal rights in the early 1900s
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the NAACP anf th National Urban League
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