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40 Cards in this Set
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amendment 18 |
made it illegal to purchase or drink alcohol |
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initiative |
when citizens propose a new law, and then gather signatures on petitions |
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referendum |
popular vote to pass a law or petition |
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web dubois |
spokesperson for African-American rights during the first half of the 20th century. He co-founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (N.A.A.C.P.) in 1909. |
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plessy v ferguson |
a case against racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality |
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NAACP |
the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. (supporting african americans) |
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william h taft |
the president elected after teddy roosevelt. most overweight president and was a also a cheif justice. |
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bully pulpit |
something a president uses to communicate to the people. |
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the jungle |
a novel written to show the working conditions of the chicago meat supply |
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conservation |
meet our needs for food, water, energy and other essential services for human well-being |
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federal reserve |
a national bank |
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roosevelt corollary |
prevent European intervention in the Western Hemisphere, |
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great white fleet |
the popular nickname for the powerful United States Navy battle |
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yellow journalists |
people that wrote newspapers about false accusations against spain to start a war wioth spain to get money off their papers |
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spanish american war |
a very short war giving us territories in Guam, Puerto Rico, the Philippines and cuba |
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treaty of paris |
ended spanish american war |
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filipino insurrection |
a fight over filipino people between germany and the u.s. and the filipinos were treated terribly. |
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amendment 17 |
providing for the election of two U.S. senators from each state by popular vote and for a term of six years. |
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amendment 19 |
the right to vote for any american |
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recall |
when a elected official can be removed from office by vote |
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segregation |
seperation of races |
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booker t washington |
founded the Tuskegee Institute, a black school in Alabama devoted to training teachers. |
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de jure segregation |
legal seperation of racial groups |
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ida b wells |
a african american journalist for anti-lynching crusade |
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theodore roosevelt |
a president best known for his unique personality. he acomplished making the panama canal and taking down monopolies. |
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woodrow wilson |
the president who led america through world war 1. |
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muchrakers |
journalists who pretend to be workers in facilities and expose their working conditions |
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pure food and drug act |
an act making it a priority to put a label on foods |
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bull moose party |
a political party teddy roosevelt made to try and be reelected as president |
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pancho villa |
a famed Mexican revolutionary and guerilla leader. He joined Francisco Madero's uprising against Mexican President Porfirio Díaz in 1909 |
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panama canal |
transport cargo faster to the oceans |
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roosevelts nobel peace prize |
for ending the russian japanese war |
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imperealism |
power of a country from naval and military power |
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deolome letter |
criticized American President William McKinley by calling him weak and concerned only with gaining the favor of the crowd. |
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platt amendment |
gave us territory in cuba |
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boxer rebellion |
a terrorist group against china |
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sewards folly |
gave us alska |
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