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171 Cards in this Set
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Kept balance between slave and free states. Missouri joins as slave; Maine as free |
Missouri Compromise |
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Exaggerated loyalty to one's own region |
Sectionalism |
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California joins as free state; New Mexico Territory has no restrictions on slavery |
Compromise of 1850 |
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Required all citizens to catch runaway slaves |
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 |
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Allowed states to vote on issue of slavery |
Kansas-Nebraska Act |
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Right of people to decide if they want slavery |
Popular Sovereignty |
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Breaking away from U.S. and forming independent country |
Secession |
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Sued for his freedom after owner moved him to free state |
Dred Scott |
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Supreme Court rules that slaves are property and gov't can't prohibit slavery |
The Dred Scott Decision |
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Main debate topic during Lincoln-Douglas Debates |
Slavery |
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Violent abolitionist who led Raid on Harper's Ferry |
John Brown |
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States voluntarily joined Union and have right to leave Union. |
States' Rights |
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Event directly led to southern secession |
Election of Abraham Lincoln |
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U.S. President during Civil War |
Abraham Lincoln |
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Confederate President during Civil War |
Jefferson Davis |
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First southern state to secede |
South Carolina |
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First shots of Civil War were fired here |
Fort Sumter |
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To preserve Union and bring south back to U.S. |
North's goal at start of war |
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1. Control Mississippi River; 2. Blockade southern ports; 3. Capture Richmond. |
Anaconda Plan (Union's plan for winning) |
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First major battle of Civil War |
1st Battle of Bull Run (or Manassas) |
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Turning point in Civil War |
Battle of Gettysburg |
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Grant took control of Mississippi River |
Battle of Vicksburg |
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Location where Lee surrendered to Grant |
Appomattox Courthouse |
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Document that freed slaves in enemy territory |
Emancipation Proclamation |
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Helped war weary Americans focus on shared ideals |
Gettysburg Address |
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Teachers, office workers, sales clerks, factory workers, soldiers, spies, nurses |
Roles women served during Civil War |
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Government selection for military service |
Draft |
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African-American regiment attacked fort; respected for bravery. |
54th Massachusetts |
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Georgia and South Carolina devastated by "total war" |
Sherman's March to the Sea |
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1. More than 600,000 soldiers dead; 2. Billions of dollars in damage; 3. Bitter feelings that lasted generations. |
Results of the Civil War |
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Period of rebuilding the south after the war |
Reconstruction |
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Forgiveness from government |
Amnesty |
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Southern states readmitted to Union once 10% swore allegiance to Union |
Lincoln's 10% Plan |
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Helped freed slaves by finding them jobs |
Freedmen's Bureau |
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President Lincoln's assassin |
John Wilkes Booth |
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Amendment abolished slavery |
13th |
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Amendment gave citizenship to all persons born in U.S. |
14th |
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Amendment gave all men the right to vote |
15th |
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Reason President Johnson was impeached |
Violated Tenure of Office Act by firing Edwin Stanton |
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Secret society that terrorized and murdered African Americans in the post-Civil War south. |
Ku Klux Klan |
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Laws that withheld rights from freed slaves - slavery in disguise |
Black Codes |
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Unfair system of farming that kept freed slaves poor after Civil War |
Sharecropping |
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Ended Reconstruction |
Compromise of 1877 |
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Enforced racism, discrimination, & segregation |
Jim Crow Laws |
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Legalized "separate but equal" |
Plessy v. Ferguson |
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Combining multiple companies into one |
Consolidation |
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Powerful owners of railroads during Industrial Era |
Railroad Barons |
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Area that saw expansion as a result of railroads |
West |
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Industrialist who dominated oil industry |
John D. Rockefeller |
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Complete control of an industry |
Monopoly |
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Industrialist who dominated steel industry |
Andrew Carnegie |
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Law to prohibit trusts and monopolies |
Sherman Antitrust Act |
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Unions represent workers in meetings with business owners |
Collective bargaining |
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Tragedy led to ILGWU demanding safer working conditions |
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire |
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Reasons why emigrants left homeland |
Push Factors |
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Jobs, plentiful & affordable land, & opportunities for better life |
Pull Factors |
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Reason why some immigrants were refused entrance into the U.S. |
Contagious Diseases |
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Processing center for immigrants on east coast |
Ellis Island |
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Processing center for immigrants on west coast |
Angel Island |
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To take on characteristics & customs of Americans |
Assimilate |
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Dark, crowded workshops where workers made clothes |
Sweatshops |
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Banned Chinese people from immigrating to U.S. |
Chinese Exclusion Act |
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Apartment buildings in slums of big cities |
Tenements |
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Residential areas outside city where Middle Class lived |
Suburbs |
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Skyscrapers, cable cars, trolleys, subways, paved streets, steel bridges |
Developments in cities during Industrial Era |
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Community buildings that provided medical care, playgrounds, nurseries, libraries, and classes. |
Settlement House |
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Most famous settlement house |
Hull House by Jane Addams |
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Sensational news writing meant to grab reader's attention |
Yellow Journalism |
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Banker who backed Edison |
J.P. Morgan |
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Leader of American Federation of Labor |
Samuel Gompers |
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Invented Alternating Current (AC) electricity |
Nikola Tesla |
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Where most "new" immigrants came from |
Eastern and Southern Europe |
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Where most "old" immigrants came from |
Western and Northern Europe |
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Neighborhoods known for poverty, disease, and crime |
Slums |
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Event caused people to associate unions with terrorism |
Haymarket Riot |
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Invented electric light bulb. |
Thomas Edison |
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Major crop failures, persecution of ethnic groups, & overcrowding and poverty |
Push factors |
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Commodore, controlled New York railroads |
Cornelius Vanderbilt |
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Industries that grew due to the railroads |
Steel, lumber, & coal |
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Land, labor, & capital |
Factors of production |
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Industrialist who caused railroad industry to collapse |
John D. Rockefeller |
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Term representing extravagant wealth hiding extreme poverty |
Gilded Age |
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Purchasing competing companies |
Horizontal Integration |
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Purchasing companies in your supply chain |
Vertical Integration |
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People who give away money to charitable causes |
Philanthropists |
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Dissatisfied workers organize into these groups to demand better pay and working conditions |
Labor Unions |
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Frick called in Pinkertons to squash this strike |
Homestead Strike |
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Areas in the country, sparse populations, not built up. |
Rural |
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Areas in city with high populations, industry. |
Urban |
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Extending power & influence through diplomacy or force
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Imperialism
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Non-involvement in world affairs
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Isolationism
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Territorial or economic expansion
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Expansionism
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Sailed to Japan in 1853 with warships
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Commodore Matthew Perry
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Opened Japanese ports in 1854
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Treaty of Kanagawa
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Need for resources, markets, military bases, & resupply stations
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Reasons for U.S. imperialism
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Purchased Alaska from Russia
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William H Seward
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Nickname for Alaska
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Seward's Folly
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Document that warned Europe against colonizing in Americas
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Monroe Doctrine
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Created to share info between US and Latin America
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Pan-American Union
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Pacific Islands US took over
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Hawaii, Midway, Samoa
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Hawaiian queen overthrown by Planters' Revolt
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Queen Liliuokalani
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Taxes on sugar led to this event
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American Planters' Revolt
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Allowed free trade in China
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Open-Door Policy
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Areas where foreign nations enjoy rights
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Spheres of Influence
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Proposed Open-Door Policy
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John Hay
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Secret Chinese martial arts society
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Boxers
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Chinese uprising against foreign nations
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Boxer Rebellion
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16 US warships meant to scare Japan
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Great White Fleet
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Cuba fought Spain for independence
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Cuban Rebellion
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US battleship that exploded in Havana Harbor
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U.S.S. Maine
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US Cavalry volunteers led by Teddy Roosevelt
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Rough Riders
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Marked end of Spanish American War
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Treaty of Paris
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Canal allowing ship travel between Pacific and Atlantic Oceans
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Panama Canal
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Narrow strip of land connecting two larger bodies of land
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Isthmus
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Disorder and lawlessness
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Anarchy
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America can intervene in Latin America when nations seem unstable
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Roosevelt Corollary
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Foreign policy using military / intimidation
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Big Stick Diplomacy
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Mexican rebel leader & murderer
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Pancho Villa
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Competing militarily
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Militarism
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Defense agreements
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Alliances
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Creating colonies
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Imperialism
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Intense loyalty to country or ethnicity
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Nationalism
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German WWI submarines
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Unterseeboots (U-Boats)
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Event that started WWI
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Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
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Serbia, Great Britain, France, Russia, Japan, & Italy
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Allied Powers
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Germany, Austria-Hungary, & Ottoman Empire
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Central Powers
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Fighting in trenches dug into earth
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Trench Warfare
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Not taking sides
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Neutrality
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Information to influence opinions
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Propaganda
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WWI Passenger ship sank by Germany
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Lusitania
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Secret WWI telegram from Germany to Mexico
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Zimmermann Note
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Russian communists who overthrew gov't
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Bolsheviks
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Russian communist leader
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Vladimir Lenin
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Treaty that led to rise of Adolph Hitler
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Treaty of Versailles
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Organization that Woodrow Wilson proposed after WWI
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League of Nations
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Result of 1st Russian Revolution
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Overthrow & death of Romanov family
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Implemented draft
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Selective Service Act
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Germany's promise to warn ships before attacking
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Sussex Pledge
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Peace treaty or end to fighting
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Armistice
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Sold by gov't to raise money for war
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Liberty Bonds
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First country to declare war in WWI
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Austria-Hungary
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System of private property & free enterprise
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Capitalism
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People who want no government
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Anarchists
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Communists & anarchists
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Reds
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Era when gov't feared spread of communism
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Red Scare
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Italian immigrants executed during Red Scare
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Sacco & Vanzetti
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Making small, monthly payments on goods
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Installment buying
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Scandal involving oil drilling rights
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Teapot Dome Scandal
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Document that outlawed war
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Kellogg-Briand Pact
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Amount of work each worker can do
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Productivity
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Pioneer in manufacture of affordable cars
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Henry Ford
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Economic system feared by Americans
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Communism
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Aviator who flew solo across Atlantic Ocean
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Charles Lindbergh
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Symbolized new, liberated woman of 1920s
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Flappers
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Communication that reaches millions
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Mass Media
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Ban on manufacture & sale of alcohol
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Prohibition
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Crime boss during Prohibition
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Al Capone
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Amendment that started Prohibition
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18th |
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Amendment that ended Prohibition |
21st |
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System to buy & sell stocks
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Stock Market
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Pay fraction of stock price and borrow rest
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Buying on margin
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Farms shrink, rich & poor gap widens, & credit crisis
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Causes of Great Depression
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1930s Economic Crisis
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Great Depression
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Shantytowns made of garbage
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Hoovervilles
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WWI veterans who marched on Washington, D.C. to receive their bonus from the government
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Bonus Army
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President who promised Americans a New Deal
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Franklin Roosevelt |
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Laws & programs to help America defeat the Great Depression
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New Deal
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Environmental disaster in the Great Plains in the 1930s
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Dust Bowl
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New Deal program that gave jobs to unemployed men
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Works Progress Administration
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Program that launched American welfare system
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Social Security Act |
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German dictator who invaded Poland in 1939, starting WWII
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Adolf Hitler |