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56 Cards in this Set
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When did industrialization transformed the United States and farming was booming
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Progressivism in the 20's
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What are the 3 goals of progressivism
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Referendum--people given right to vote on legislation.
Initiative--people could initiate legislation. Recall--people could recall elected officials. |
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Upton Sinclair was a ___he is an American that steered up trouble during the progressive era
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muckrakers
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____ is a bill voted for by the people.
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referendum
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_____ is a bill written by the people.
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initiative
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The vote on the initiative.
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Recall
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A book written by Upton Sinclair that exposed the meat packing industry.
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The Jungle
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What did the NAACP do?
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Promoted full racial equality.
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Organizations like ____ wanted to gain voting rights for women.
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NAWSA
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In the 1800's what organization was a national social service for coloured people?
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NACW
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Why did the Spanish-American War start?
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Americans thought Spain was treating Cuban people unfairly.
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Who did the Americans join forces with during the American-Filipino War?
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Filipino rebels lead by Emilio Aguinaldo
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Why did the Boxer Rebellion groups start?
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Europe dominated most of China's large cities.
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What were the three goals of Imperialism?
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1. Desire for military strength
2. Thirst for new markets 3. Belief in cultural superior |
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What were the Open Door Notes?
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They stated that the nations share their trading rights with the United States that meant, no single nation would have a monopoly with any part of China.
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What policy said that Europe can not interfere with any affairs in the west?
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The Monroe Doctrone
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What were the four things that The Platt Amendment stated?
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1. Cuba could not make treaties that might limit its independence or permit a foreign power to control any part of its territor.
2.The United States reserved the right to intervine in Cuba. 3.Cuba was not to go into debt that its gov. could not pay off. 4.The United States could buy or lease land on the island for naval stations and fuel stations. |
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What were the long term and the short term causes of WW1?
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Nationalism
Imperialism Militarisim The formation of the system of allience |
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What were new weapons founded during WW1?
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Machine Guns
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When a country isolates themselves from the rest of the world, what is this called?
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Isolationism
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When a country only wants one culture, what is this called?
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Nativism
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Why were Sacco and Vanzetti convicted of murder?
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Because they were Anarchist
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What was the KKK's main purpose?
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They wanted Nativism
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What trouble did the Fordney-McCumber Tariff cause?
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Britain and France could not sell enough goods to re pay debts.
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Why did the Hawley-Smoot Tariff peak at Americans depression?
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It established the highest protective tariff in U.S history.
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What did fundamentalism belive in?
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They belived that the bible was inspired by god and that therfore its stories and all details were true.
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What was opposite Darwinism?
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Fundamentalism
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What granted greater sexual freedom to men than to women?
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Double Standard
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What took place during the Harlem Renaissance?
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African Americans celebrating their culture through literature and art.
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Who is a famous pianist and composer?
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Duke Ellington
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The banning of alchohol in america was called what?
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Prohibition
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Income Tax was part of what amendment?
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16th Amendment
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What is the 18th Amendment?
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Prohibition which was later repealed by the 21st amendment.
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What is the 19th Amendment?
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Womens suffrage
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Underground bars are called..
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speakeasies
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A person who smugged alchohol into the U.S is called __
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Bootleggers
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What was a trend in the 1920's?
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Buying on margin, and buying on credit.
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What was a general trend of politics in the 1920s?
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The givernment thought individuals could solve their own economic problems.
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What was the bonus army?
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A gorup of veterians that protested in front of the white house to get money that they earned while serving their country.
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He believed in moral fiber.
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Herbert Hoover
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What public-works program, built on the Colorado River, intended to stimulate business and provide jobs during the Great Depression?
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Boulder Dam
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What is the term for involvement in risky business transactions in order to make a quick or large profit?
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Speculation
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When someone purchases stocks by paying only a small percentage of the prices and borrowing the rest, it is called…?
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Buying on Margin
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Who was a well known social reformer, and humanitarian?
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Eleanor Roosevelt
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Who helped create the Social Security system and supervised labor legislation?
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Frances Perkins
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Who organized the Black Cabinet, in order to advise Roosevelt?
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Mary Mcleod Bethune
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Who was the small group of advisors to Franklin Roosevelt during his presidential administration?
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Brain Trust
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Who was elected president in 1932?
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FDR
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What was the name of the overall plan to solve the problems of the Great Depression era?
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New Deal
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Which plan closed down insolvent banks, and reorganized and reopened the banks that were strong enough to survive?
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Bank holiday
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Which act established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in 1933?
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Glass Steagall Banking Act
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The Agency that insured individual bank accounts, and protected people’s funds against bank failures, was called…?
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FDIC
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What legislation created unemployment benefits, old age insurance, and social programs?
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Social Security Act
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Which program gave jobs to artists, writers and laborers?
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Works Progress Administration
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What was the name of the disaster that cause agricultural damage to farmlands in American and Canada?
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Dust Bowl
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Who was the author of “Grapes of Wrath”?
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John Steinbeck
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