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76 Cards in this Set
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naval officer and author: promoted a large build up of the navy
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Alfred T. Mahan
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newspaper publisher; focused on sensational news reporting
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William Randolph Hearst
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who was the only Democrat Elected President from 1856 - 1912; elected in 1884 and 1892
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Grover Cleveland
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Led the Filipino resistance to U.S. takeover
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Emilio Aguinaldo
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promoted Dollar Diplomacy as best way to maintain stability in the wester Hemishphere
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William Howard Taft
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President who approved the annexation of Hawaii and the U.S. take over of the Philipines
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William McKinley
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Mexiacan revolutionary who attacked U.S. border towns
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Pancho Villa
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Populist candidate for president in 1896
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William Jennings Bryan
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assassinated over a patronage dispute
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James Garfield
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resigned as Assistant secretary of the Navy to lead an Army unit in Cuba
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Theodore Roosevelt
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President of the NAWSA; rejected radical tactics to gain woman suffrage
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Carrie Chatman Catt
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the Square Deal and New Nationalism were his programs for progressivism
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Theodore Roosevelt
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muckraker who exposed the conditions of the meatpacking industry
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Upton Sinclair
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Socialist Party nominee for President four times
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Eugene Debs
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Progressive Governor and senator from Wisconsin; first to use direct primary
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Robert LaFollette
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leader of the settlement house movement
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Jane Addams
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Muckraker author of Standard Oil study
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Ida B. Tarbell
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head of militant National Woman's Party; worked for amendment to protect women's rights after gain of suffrage
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Alice Paul
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his New Freedom policy advocated destroying monopolies
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Woodrow Wilson
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leading preservationist and founder of the Sierra CLub
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John Muir
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his assassination sparked the beginning of WWI
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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commander of the American Expeditionary
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John J. Pershing
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regulated the American economy during WWI as the leader of the War Industries Board
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Bernard M. Baruch
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Prime Minister of Great BRitain during WWI
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David Lloyd George
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led Senate opPosition to the League of NaTIONS
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Henry Cabot Lodge
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American Hero of WWI; captured 132 German soldiers alone
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Alvin York
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led "black pride" movement among blacks in 1920's; advocated return to Africa
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Marcus Garvey
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Attorney General; led raids against radicals during the Red Scare
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A MItchell Palmer
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American Pacifist; voted against declaration of war
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Jeanette Rankin
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led Bolshevik revolution in Russia
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V.I. Lenin
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Governor of New York before being elected president; had New Deal
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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radio priest; sharp critic of the New Deal
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Charles Coughlin
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quiet politician; supported laissez-faire policies
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Calvin Coolidge
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leading poet of Harlem Renaissance
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Langston Hues
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defeated Hoover in 1928; first catholic to run for president
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Alfred E. Smith
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New Deal critic from Louisiana; Share our Wealth"
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Huey Long
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first to fly across Atlantic Ocean non-stop
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Charles Lindberg
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first woman on the cabinet
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Frances Perkins
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British economist; promoted deficit spending
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John Maynard Keynes
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defense lawyer in scopes trial
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Clarence Darrow
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made decision to drop the atom bomb
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Harry S Truman
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fascist dicator of Italy
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Benito Mussolini
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Physicist who headed the Manhattan Projectq
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J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Civil rights activist and union leader; pressured FDR into opening defense jobs for African Americans
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A. Philip Randolph
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Commander of Allied Forces in North Africa and D-Day
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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British Prime Minister during most of WWII
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Winston Churchill
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introduced mass production technique to build WWI ships quickly
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Henry J. Kaiser
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defeated by Roosevelt in the 1940 election
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Wendell Willkie
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chaired the Senate committee investigating WWI profits
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Gerald Nye
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Leader of the Soviet Union during WWII
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Joseph Stalin
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responsible for Nixon's pardon
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Gerald Ford
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first African American to a serious candidate for president
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Jesse Jackson
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American President responsible for Camp David ACcords
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Jimmy Carter
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leader of nation involved with American hostages and a Reagan scandal
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Ayotallah Khomemi
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Egyptian president who signed Camp David Accords
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Anwar Sadat
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third party candidate in 1992 election; got 19 million votes
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Ross Perot
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developer who pinoeered the mass production of homes
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william levitt
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general fired for insubordination during the korean war
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douglass macarthur
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secretary of state who devised a plan to provide american aid for the reconstruction of europe after WWII
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george marshall
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cold war spy convicted of perjuy
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alger hiss
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1st black guy to play major league baseball
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jackie robinson
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developed polio vaccine
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jonas salk
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ran for president in 1948 as a dixiecrat
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strom thurmond
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american diplomat who 1st formulated the containment policy
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george kennan
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directed montgomery bus boycott
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MLK jr
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called ff paris peace summit afte the U2 incident
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nikita khrushchev
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ordered the building of the berlin wall
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nikita krushchev
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led vietnamese fight for independnce from france
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ho chi minh
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3rd party candidate in 1968; supported states rights/segregation
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george wallace
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established the peace corps
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JFK
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principal founder of the SCLC
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MLK jr
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author of the feminine mystique
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betty fridan
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first balck justice on the supreme court
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thurgood marshall
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nation of islam leader
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malcom x
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the top us negotiator with vietnam
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henry kissinger
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helped establish medicare and medicaid
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lyndon b johnson
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