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52 Cards in this Set
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In 1916, Wilson campaigned on a program of... |
Keeping the U.S. out of war |
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Between 1914 and 1916, the U.S... |
Was officially neutral |
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In Munn v. Illinois, the states... |
won the right to regulate the railroads |
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In the period from 1860 to 1900, the Federal Government encouraged the settlement of the West by... |
Granting tracts of land to railroad companies to encourage construction |
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In 1890, U.S. soldiers killed about 300 Sioux at ______, South Dakota, which shocked many Americans, Others insisted Custer had been "avenged" |
Wounded Knee |
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During the early part of the war, Lincoln's main goal was to... |
Preserve the union |
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How did new technology affect the fighting of the Civil War??? |
Old fighting strategies resulted in greater casualties |
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Compared to other major American wars how many people died in the Civil War??? |
A lot more |
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16th Amendment |
Established an income tax |
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17th Amendment |
Changed the election process to a direct election by citizens of their senators |
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18th Amendment |
Outlawed all alcohol - Prohibition |
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19th Amendment |
Gave women the right to vote - Suffrageq |
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Muckracker |
A journalist who documents corruption |
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Gerrymandering |
Drawing voting districts to limit votes |
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Election of 1912 |
Wilson won because the republican party split in two. Taft was the republican and Roosevelt was the Bull Moose party |
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Frances Willard |
For prohibition |
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Upton Sinclair |
Wrote The Jungle |
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Lewis Hine |
Took photos of child labor |
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Treaty of Paris |
Ended Spanish American war gave the U.S. Guam, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and we bought the Philippines for $20 Million |
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Rough Riders |
Volunteer army led by Ted Roosevelt |
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Dollar Diplomacy |
Taft's strategy that utilizes economic pressure on Latin America |
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DeLome Letter |
A letter written by a Spaniard the criticized McKinley |
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Roosevelt Corollary |
U.S. will use force in Latin America if necessary |
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William Seward |
Bought Alaska |
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USS Maine |
Blew up and yellow journalism sensationalized it |
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William Jennings Bryan |
Democrat and Populist |
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Wounded Knee |
Last of the plains wars, soldiers tried to stop the ghost dance |
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Dawes Act |
Native Americans reservations divided into family farms (assimilation) |
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Little Big Horn |
Custer's last stand. Native Americans won |
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Morril Act |
Gave states money for agricultural schools |
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Gilded Age |
Political machines and a wide income gap |
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Laissez Faire |
Idea that the government won't regulate the economy |
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Interstate Commerce Act |
Regulated Railroads |
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Reconstruction |
The period after the Civil War where America was rubuilding |
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15th Amendment |
Game African American men the right to vote |
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Carpet Baggers |
Northerners who moved to the south to make $$$ |
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Andrew Johnson |
Easy on the South - He was impeached |
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13th Amendment |
Ended Slavery |
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Compromise of 1877 |
Ended reconstruction, if republican was president and troops would leave the south |
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Reconstruction Acts |
Sent troops to the south |
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Tenure of Office Act |
The law the Johnson broke by firing his secretary of war |
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Scalawags |
Small white farmers |
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14th Amendent |
Made everyone equal (citizenship) |
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Freedmen's Beareu |
Gave education to freedmen |
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Cattle Boom |
Industry went up and it was helped by the R.R. - ended by barbed wire fences |
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Frederick Johnson Turner |
Frontier Supporter |
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Populists |
Wanted silver based economy to cause inflation |
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Sand Creek Massacre |
Cheyenne Indians killed by U.S. soldiers |
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Grange |
A farmers organization, blamed R.R for problems |
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Long Drive |
Cowboy Route |
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Buffalo |
Killed a bunch of them |
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Cross of Gold |
A speech given by William Jennings Bryan about wanting the Silver standard |
