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Temperance Movement |
An act that led to the prohibitation of alcohol or consumption of alcohol. |
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Theodore Roosevelt |
The conservation of wildlife, trees, national landmarks, and much more for the people of the future. |
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Muckrakers |
people who exposed the muck, or filth of the progressive era. |
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Square deal |
Teddy roosevelts domestic program based upon three main ideas, conservation and natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection. |
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Sherman's anti trust act |
A law that prohibits contracts, combinations, and conspericies, and breaks up monopolies. |
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Effect of U.S trade with Japan |
we gave Japan new technologies which helped them take over China and made them a world power. |
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Dollar diplomacy |
An effort made by the U.S, mainly by president William Howard Taft.tomfurther it's aims in Latin America and East Asia by the use of economic power by guaranteeing loans to foreign countries. |
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Cause of growth of imperialism |
the causes were Economic factors, Nationalists factors, Military factors, and Humanitarian factors. |
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Roosevelt corollary |
An addition to the Monroe doctorine Made by president Theodore Roosevelt. |
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Effects of the Panama Canal |
it made the United States of America become a world power, and helped the Panama stop Colombian rule. |
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Boxer Rebellion |
a group of Chinese nationalists who are against the spread of western and Japanese influence there. |
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Purchase of Alaska |
a purchase from Russia made by William Seward who bought Alaska for $7,000,000, that everyone called Seward's Folly. Then, there was gold found in Alaska and it became really valuable. |
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Open Door Policy |
A policy created by the United States to split up China and let the U.S in. It was denied. |
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Spanish American War |
A war fought between Spain and the U.S over the independence of Cuba, fought on behalf of the United States. War fought in Cuba and the Phillipenes. Cuba won their independence and U.S gave the Phillipenes their independence. |
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Yellow Journalism |
Over exaggerated writing put in newspapers and news. Usually made by journalists and writers. |
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Effect of assassination of archduke frank Ferdinand |
the Assassination of archduke Fran's ferdinand led to the start of World War I. Austria Hungry declares war on Serbia. |
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Zimmerman telegram |
A telegram, intercepted by British intelligence. It was a telegram that was sent to Mexico by Germany saying that they were going to attack the U.S and to help fight them. Ended U.S neutrality. |
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Selective service act |
an act where all men between the ages of 18 and 21 are forced to go into the military when needed. Created a military draft. |
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WWI Trench Warfare |
several battles in large ditches called trenches, it caused a stalemate in WWI. |
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Liberty Bonds |
a slip of paper sent to you when you donate money towards the war that will pay you back with interest when you return it. |
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Russia withdrawals from World War One |
russia withdraws from World War One because their country was stRting to riot, which led to the bulshovic revolution, which forced Russia to quit the war to deal with their own country. It gave Germany a new hope of winning the war. |
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U.S troops entering World War One |
When United States entered World War One, we had entered so we had fresh troops, when Germany was busy fighting Russia, so we had a big advantage. Fighting was at a stalemate before they entered. |
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Fourteen Points Plan |
the fourteen points peace plan was a plan to never have a world war again. President Wilsons plan for peace. Made the League Of Nations. It failed because it didn't punish Germany enough, so it really failed. |
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League of Nations |
Made by president Woodrow Wilson, which is a group of nations trying to prevent future wars. President Wilson won a Nobel peace prize for creating it, but congress does not agree with it. |
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Treaty of Versailles |
the treaty of Versailles was a treaty that ended World War One. It punished Germany severely and may have led to the start of World War Two. |
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Buying on margin |
buying with money you don't have which you must pay back later, loans from bank. |
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cause of Great Depression |
It was the stock market crash, and the temperance movement, and hoovers lack of involvement with the economy.Naldo, the over extension of credit for banks and bad banking policies. |
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Cause of banking crisis |
the cause of the banking crisis was all the bank closing because too many people were buying on margins and when the stock market crashed, they couldn't pay money back. Also, people who had all their money in the bank lost it all because all the banks closed and refused to pay back the money. |
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Emergency Banking Relief Act |
it was an act that tried to stabilize banks again around the U.S.A because people didn't trust the bank anymore. Hoover made a radio broadcast that said that the banks have changed and can be trusted. Only some people trusted the banks again. |
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Cause of business crisis |
the cause of the business crisis was because of the stock market crash. That led to people having no money, which led to having no job. Many people didn't have jobs so they called that incident the business crisis. |
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Hoover vs Franklin d Roosevelt Depression recovery plan |
president hoover wanted the individuals and charities to support the poor. Franklin d Roosevelts plan was to help the economy with a new deal, which made social security, FDIC, and many more things to help you. |
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What caused the dust bowl |
What caused the dust bowl was the drought over the areas of dust bowl and the over farming of the land. |
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New deal negativitys |
it gave the president too much power and authority. And it taxed the rich and not the poor. |
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Social security Act |
Monetary given to people due to unemployment or retirement to support them. Workers and employers taxes pay for it. |
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Security exchange commission |
aimed to protect stock market. It repaired the manipulations of the stock market. |
