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118 Cards in this Set
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William "Buffalo Bill" Cody
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frontiersman-sharpshooter-created traveling show
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central park
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by Fredrick Law Olmsted-new york-1st urban park movement
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dumbbell tenement
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6-8 story tall apartment buildings
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settlement houses
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social service houses staffed by middle class young people for urban immigrants
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Hull house
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one of hundreds of settlement houses-founded by jane addams and ellen starr
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jane addams
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activist-founder of hull house-earned nobel peace prize
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clara barton
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pioneer american teacher-nurse-"strong independent spirit" organized american red cross
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american red cross
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humanitarian organization provides emergency assistance for disater relief
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ymca
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george williams-originally for christian based learning
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the salvation army
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william and catherine booth-christian mission quasi-military structure for charitable work.
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farmers alliances
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2 separate organizations-north and south took the place of the grange
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polulist party
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short lived political partypfarmers
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james b weaver
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presidential candidate for the populist party against grover cleveland
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grover cleveland
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democrat president-imposed rrregulations and tarriff reform
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jacob coxey
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politician-led coxeys army-marched on washington w/unemployed men demanding the us government create jobs
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coxeys army
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protest march by unemployed workers led by jacob coxey
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William Jennings Bryan
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democratic pary nominee-lawyer-secretary of state-lost to mckinley
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cross of gold speech
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william jennings bryan at democratic convention-wanted to standardize the value of the dollar to silver.
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16:1
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fixed ratio of value of silver to gold
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william mckinley
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republican-president-upheld gold standard-promoted pluralism among ethnic groups
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muchrakers
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writers who exposed corruption and abuse in politics-business-meat-packing-child labor
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lincoln steffens
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reporter whose articles on municipal corruption in mcclures magazine. book "the shame of the cities"
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industrial workers of the world
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radical union in chicago-nicknamed the wobblies- oppose ww1
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william d "big bill" haywood
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leader of industrial workers of the world-promoted 1 union
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social gospel movement
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preached by liberal prostestant clergymen advocated chritian principles to social problems
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washington gladden
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church leader preached true christianity lies not in rituals but "thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself"
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walter rauschenbusch
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leader of social gospel movement who wrote christianity and social crisis
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robert m la follette
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governor of wisconsin promoted goverment by experts-established a legislative reference bureau for research
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wisconsin idea
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principle of efficient government by experts that was publicized by follette
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northern securities case 1904
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broke up borthern securities company-
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trustbuster
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nickname for roosevelt for his going after monopolies
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triangle shirtwaist disaster
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new york city-lrgest industrial disasters in history-killed 146 workers-burned to death or jumped to their deaths.
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national american women suffrage association
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american rights movement for women.
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congressional union
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radical american organization formed and led by alice paul and lucy burns-campaign for a constitutional amendment
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elizabeth cady stanton
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feminist who founded the national womans suffrage association with susan b anthony
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susan b anthony
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womans rights movement -demanded 14th amendemnt for voting for woman and black males
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19th amendment
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right for women to vote
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theodore roosevelt
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26th president-energetic persona-cowboy image-republican-progressive movement
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coal strike of 1902
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strike by the united mine workers of america.
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newlands reclamation act
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set up bureau of reclamation to develop irrigable lands-hoover dam
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william howard taft
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27th president-republican-lazy
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ballinger-pinchot dispute
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between us forest service chief pincho and us secretary ballinger-splic republican party
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gifford pinchot
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1st scientific forester
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hetch hetchy controversy
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after earthquake san francisco applied to gain water rights to hetch hetchy-7 yr environmental stuggle
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woodrow wilson
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democrat -president-improved banking system-lowered tariffs
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underwood-simmons tariff
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tariff which lowered tariffs- and put provisions for the 1st federal income tax
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federal reserve act
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glass-owen federal reserve act created federal reserve system of regional banks and a federal reserve board
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federal trade commission act
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festablished federal trade commission to enforce existing antitrust laws-prohibited business combinations in restraint of trade
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clayton anti-trust act
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outlawed practices as price discrimination.
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expansionists
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group of pubic officials that embraced the idea of overseas possessions
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teller amendment
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disclaimed any american designs on cuban territory -declaired cuba independent and demanded withrawal of spanish forces
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spanish-american war
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fought over cuba
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siege of santiago
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last major operation of spanish-american war. america captured santiiago de cuba
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yellow fever
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infection transmited by mosquitoes-1st mosquito driven virus
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Dr.Walter Reed
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dr who made contribution to health of people in tropical climates.controlled yellow fever
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treaty of paris
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us-spain signed treated ending sp-am war in paris
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philippine-american war
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military conflict between philippines and america
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anti-imperialist
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point of view in opposition to the expansionist rendencies inspired by the success of the sp-am war.
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the white man's burden
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poem critical of american imperilistic pursuits by british poet rudyard kipling
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cuban constitution
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cubas first constitution as an independent state
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platt amendment
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reserved the us right to intervene in cuban affairs
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hawaii annexation
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hawaii monarchy was overthrown by american businessmen-independent republic, then became us state in 1959
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sweards folly
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secretary of state william h sewards negotiation for purchase of alaska from russia
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joh j. pershing
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general sent to find pancho villa-couldn't -then sent to france during ww1
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nativism
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discriminates agains new comers or immigrants
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american protective association
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anti catholic secret society-iowa
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louis sullivan
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american architect-father of modernism
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thomas edison
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inventor-100's of new devices-improved telephone
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george westinghouse
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inventor-air brake for trains-altgernating current-electrical system
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streetcar suburbs
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mass transit-formed commuting
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election of 1892
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cleveland ran against harrison-won and became president-1st time ever to be president in non-consecutive terms
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panic of 1893
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depression-same as 1873-caused by rr overbuilding-series of ank failures
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election of 1896
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republican mckinley-democrat bryan -mckinley won
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wistle-stop campaign
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bryans way-go "door to door"-ride on trains and blow whistle and people would gather to hear
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front porch campaign
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mickinley-talked at own area and people came to him or people when out and advicated fo you.
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election of 1900
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rematch w bryan/mckinley-mickinley won-roosevelt was vice president
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northern securities case of 1904
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rr had minopoly-roosevelt had it broken up
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3 c's
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control coroption-consumer protection-conservation
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meat inspection act
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reaction to "the jungle"-law about cleanliness in meat packing industry
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pure food and drug act
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1st law to regulate food and medicine-prohibits additives and inaccurate labeling
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upton sinclair's "the jungle"
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novel-bad conditions in chicago meatpacking industry
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election of 1904
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republican roosevelt-against parker-2 1/2 milion votes -largest vote margin in history-"square deal"
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square deal
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four important things a president must enforce-conservation-regulating buisness monopolies-enforcing anti-trust act-supporting progressive ideas
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election of 1908
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roosevelt gave up and didn't seek 3rd term-taft didn't want to do it-reoosevelt backed him-taft won
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election of 1912
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roosevlet runs as 3rd party-bull moose party-wilson won/democrat
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new freedom
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wilsons slogan-improve bank system-lower tariffs-break up monopolies
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new nationalism
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roosevelt campaign-stressed government activism-regulate trust-conservation-recall decisions that nullified progressive programs
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new immigration
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immigrants from sth and eastern europ came to america
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ethnic neighborhoods
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set away from main cities-ethnic segragation
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castle garden
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emigrant landing depot-ny
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ellis island
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mouth of hudson-replaced castle garden-immigration depot
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statue of liberty
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titled liberty enlightening the world-monument for signing us decleration-gift from france
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open door policy
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policy by sec of state hay's-to london berlin tokyo rome and paris-proposed keeping china open to trade
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boxer rebellion
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chinese- nationalists-"fists of rightous harmony"-rebellion against foreigners against china-started attacking peking embassies-settled for 333 million
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socialism
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society w/equal access to resources
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communism
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society w/classes are abolished-karl marx is the father
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anarchism
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philosophy that considers state unnessary,harmful-favors staeless society
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1924 national orgins act
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law reduces number of immigrants to 2%-set limitatins on imigration
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"battle of the currents"
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between edison and westinghouse over electrical currents-westinghouse won-AC
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Alexander Graham Bell
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invented telephone
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Dr.James Naismith
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physical education instructer-invented basketball
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vaudeville
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theater in 1900
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imperialism
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policy of extendig power of other nations
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yellow journalism
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sensationalism in newspapers-during war w ny world and ny journal
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willaims randolph hearst
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owner of ny journal
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expansionsits
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group of public officials wanted to pposses other nations regardless implications
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sinking of the uss maine
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blew up -266 died-america said it's spanish mine-spain says it was boiler
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rough riders
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us volunteer cavalry-roosevelt led-war in santiago
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de lome letter
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letter from spanish minister de lome stolen by cuban spy and published-criticized mckiney
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george dewey
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navy caommadore-captured warship in marlila-became war hero
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panama canal
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ship canal joins atlantic and pacific ocean-lrgest and most difficult project ever
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hay-herran treaty
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treaty to build panama canal-$25 mill bought from panama
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panamania revolution
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part of columbia-u.s. helped panama and it became free
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roosevelt corollary
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u.s. should stop europeans in wetern hemesphere
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dollar diplomacy
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taft encouraging bankers to aide dept-plagued gov.
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victoriano huerta
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military dictator in mexico-overthrew and shot president-wilson sent troops and herta resigned
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venustiano corrarza
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leader of consitutionalis party inmexico-backed by wilson
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pancho vill
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leader of independant gang of bandits in mexico
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