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teddy roosevelt
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youngest president, took over when mckinley was shot, square deal, trustbuster, conservationist,
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square deal
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teddy roosevelts plan to act as a referee between labor unions and industry
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trustbusting
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break up monopolies by lawsuits against them
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pure food and drug act
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FDA has to inspect all products
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meat inspection act
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followed up the jungle by upton sinclair
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upton sinclair
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wrote the jungle
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antiquities act
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pres can bypass congress to declare a historical spot protected
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big stick policy
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US will retaliate when provoked
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panama canal
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roosevelt bought supplies from the french who had failed at it, signed a treaty with colombia, created canal
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WWI
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ottoman empire was falling apart, fighting over who would get that land
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battle of the somme
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france and britain vs germany
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battle of ypres
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deadly gas killed all the french
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allies
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britain, belgium, france, russia
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central powers
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germany, hungary, austria, bulgaria, ottoman empire
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lusitania
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american ship sunk off coast of ireland torpedoed by germans
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zimmerman telegraph
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german sent to mexico to tell them to attack US
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czar nicholas
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romonavs were wiped out by bolsheviks, moved toward democracy
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espionage act
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you cant support the central powers or say pershing is an idiot
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sedition act
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citizens cant say anything negative about the gov, flag, or military
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george creel
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appointed to run committee of public information, bombard people with anti-german propaganda to make people support the war
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fourteen points
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wilson's plan
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big 3
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US, england, and france
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treaty of versailles
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grance got alseis loraine, shrank germany and austria and hungary and german navy, army, and germany had to take all blame for war and pay back for damages
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weimar republic
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germany formed a democratic republic
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league of nations
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US wasnt a part of it, didnt do much
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red scare
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everyone was scared communism invading US
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a mitchell palmer
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palmer raids, anyone could be accused of communism
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cold war
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soviet union and US competing over technology and trying to spread and stop communism
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charles lindbergh
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flew first nonstop transatlantic flight
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volstead act
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alcohol illegal over .05%
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al capone
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chicago bootleg industry, st valentines day massacre
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elliot ness
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untouchables, FBI agents that couldnt be bribed
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scopes monkey trial
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john scopes tought evolution, charles darrow vs william bryan
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sacco and vinzetti trial
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communist mussolini took over italy, bomb went off in new york, they were blamed for it
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national origins act
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reduce all immigration except latin america
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john edgar hoover
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assistant to palmer, took over fbi for 49 years, reformed it
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good neighbor policy
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US would be on good terms with latin america
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hoover plan
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set up trade with the south
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hoover-stimson doctrine
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japan had invaded manchuria
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smoot hawly tariff
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increased tax on imports, farmers went broke
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okies
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people who moved west to avoid all the dust
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hoover moratorium
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cut back on demands for european payback from WWI
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march of dimes
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created for paralyzed children
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new deal
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FDRs plan for dealing with the depression
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civilian conservation force
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gave people jobs in parks to reduce unemployment
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securities and exchange commission
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watch wal street to make sure they dont crash again
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glass steagall banking act
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gov regulates banks
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social security act
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fix govs fault in depression by giving old people money to live on
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neutrality act
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US wont take any part in war
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quarantine speech
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FDR called hitler a virus, said we had to quarantine socialism
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lendlease act
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gave england money to aide them in war and money to china to fight off japan
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destroyer for bases agreement
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gave american destoryers to england in exchange for access to bases in the carribean
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truman
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vice pres in roosevelts 4th term, pres when he died
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manhattan project
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US and british together to make nuclear weapons before hitler
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rober oppenheimer
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designed first attomic bomb
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potsdam declaration
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letter to japan of things to do to surrender, japan said no
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hiroshima
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"little boy"
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nagasaki
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"fat man"
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instrument of surrender
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signed by japan to end WWII
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united nations
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truman thought it would save the world from communism
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big 5
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us, england, france, russia, china
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truman doctrine
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Us would do anything to stop the spread of communism
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iron curtain
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stalin tried to take over countries to protect his spread of communism
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marshal plan
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us gave money to rebuild europe
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NATO
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if soviet union attacks one member then all would fight back
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executive order #9981
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desegregated military
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mao zedong
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winner of chinese civil war who was communist
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joseph mccarthy
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thought russian spies were everywhere
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korean war
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forgotten war, north korea turned to communism, US helped south fight, ended in stalemate for a long time
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Kim Li Sung
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conquered south korea
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douglad macarthur
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led UN in korea
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