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64 Cards in this Set
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1. Dingley Tariff
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- 1 McKinley’s high tariff
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2. Spanish-American War
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- 2 “Splendid little war”—John Hay
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3. de Lome letter
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- 3 Spanish minister insults McKinley
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4. Teller Amendment
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- 4 Promises Cuban independence
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5. Yellow Journalism and Jingoism
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- 5 Joseph Pulitzer and W. R. Hearst
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6. U.S.S. Maine destroyed
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- 6 Spanish blamed
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7. Hawaii annexed
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- 7 Queen Liliuokalani deposed
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8. Treaty of Paris
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- 8 Ended Spanish-American War
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9. Platt Amendment
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- 9 Made Cuba a U.S. satellite
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10. Killed by Czolgosz
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- 10 Polish anarchist assassinates McKinley
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11. Square Deal
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- 11 T.R.’s campaign slogan
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12. Hay-Paunceforte Treaty
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- 12 Abrogates Clayton-Bulwaer Treaty
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13. Hay-Herran Treaty
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- 13 Rejected by Colombian Senate
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14. Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
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- 14 U.S. obtains rights to Panama Canal
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15. Nashville helps revolution
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- 15 Stops Colombian troop movement
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16. Newlands Reclamation Act
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- 16 Sale of federal lands to finance irrigation projects
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17. Anthracite Coal Strike
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- 17 Dramatizes Square Deal
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18. Elkins Act
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- 18 Strengthens law against rebates
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19. Hepburn Act
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- 19 T. Roosevelt administration strengthens ICC
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20. Meat Inspection Act
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- 20 The Jungle inspired this reform
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21. Pure Food and Drug Act
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- 21 Labels and ingredients required
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22. Busts Northern Securities Company
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- 22 First trust (holding company) T.R. busted
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23. White House Conference on Conservation
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- 23 Governors assemble in Washington, DC
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38. Smith-Lever Act
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- 38 Federal aid for agricultural schools
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24. Trust busting
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- 24 Better record than T. Roosevelt
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25. Mann-Elkins Act
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- 25 Taft administration strengthens ICC
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39. Adamson Act.
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- 39 8-hour day for railroad workers, same pay as previous 10-hour day
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26. Payne Aldrich Tariff
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- 26 Promised low tariff but signed this high one
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27. Canadian Reciprocity Treaty
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- 27 Foreign competition in agriculture
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40. 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th Amendments
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- 40 Income tax, direct election of senators, prohibition, women suffrage
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28. Fired Gifford Pinchot as National Conservation Chairman
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- 28 Ballinger-Pinchot controversy
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29. Postal savings banks
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- 29 Banking at the Post Office
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30. 16th Amendment submitted to states
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- 30 President Taft initiates income tax
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41. World War I
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- 41 “War to end all wars”
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31. “The New Freedom”
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- 31 Wilson’s slogan
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42. Fourteen Points
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- 42 “Just and lasting peace,” “peace without victory,” “peace among equals”
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32. Underwood Simmons Tariff
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- 32 First scientific tariff
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33. Clayton Anti-Trust Act
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- 33 “Magna Charta of Labor”—Sam Gompers
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34. Federal Trade Commission
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- 34 Investigates unfair business practices
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43. Treaty of Versailles
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- 43 Rejected by U.S. Senate
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35. Keating-Owen Act
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- 35 Abolishes child labor temporarily
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36. Federal Reserve System
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- 36 Reservoir of capital, regulation of economy
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44. League of Nations
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- 44 Page 1 of the Treaty of Versailles
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45. Palmer Raids
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- 45 Red scare
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46. “Back to Normalcy”
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- 46 Harding’s slogan
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47. Alien Property Scandal
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- 47 Thomas Miller goes to prison
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48. Veteran’s Bureau Scandal
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- 48 Col. Forbes steals $250 million
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49. Teapot Dome Scandal
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- 49 Albert Fall, Secretary of Interior, goes to prison
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50. Fordney-McCumber Tariff
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- 50 Second highest tariff in U.S. history
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51. Washington Naval Conference
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- 51 Republican Versailles, sets naval quotas
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52. Rise of the Ku Klux Klan
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- 52 Between 4 and 5 million by 1925
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53. National Origins Act
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- 53 Discriminates against Southeastern Europeans
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54. Dawes Plan
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- 54 Coolidge collects war debts
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55. Long naps
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- 55 Inactive President
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56. Lindberg flight
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- 56 New York to Paris, nonstop
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57. Scopes trial
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- 57 Darrow defends right to teach evolution
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58. Veto of McNary-Haugen farm legislation
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- 58 Coolidge denies farm relief
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59. Kellogg-Briand Pact
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- 59 62 nations “outlaw” war
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60. “Final Triumph Over Poverty”
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- 60 Hoover’s boast
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61. Wickersham Commission
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- 61 Study of prohibition
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62. Stock Market crash
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- 62 Fuse on the Great Depression
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63. Great Depression begins
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- 63 In the Hoover Administration
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64. Hawley Smoot Tariff
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- 64 Highest tariff in U.S. history
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65. Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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- 65 Government loans to business
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