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49 Cards in this Set
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Big stick diplomacy |
Roosevelt's diplomacy (speak softly and Cary a big stick) |
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14 points |
Woodrow Wilson's war aims and his vision for peace after the war |
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19th amendment |
Gave woman the right to vote |
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Al capone |
Racketeer against prohibition |
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American federation of labor |
Formed by Samuel Gompers, focused on wages, work hours, and working conditions |
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Americanization |
Helped newcomers learn English and adopt American dress and diet |
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Andrew carnegie |
Steel tycoon |
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Angel island |
San Francisco bay |
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Ellis island |
New York harbor |
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Bernard baruch |
Head of WIB, regulated all industries engaged in the war effort |
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Boss tweed |
New York state senator who plundered millions of dollars from the city's treasures |
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Calvin coolidge |
Vise president who took over when Hardin died "the business of America is business" |
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Clayton antitrust act |
Strengthened earlier antitrust laws by spelling out activities in which they couldn't engage |
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Convoy system |
Groups of merchant ships sailed together protected by warships |
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Corporation |
Group ownership, a number of people share a buissiness |
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Direct primary |
Citizens vote for nominees |
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Emilio aguinaldo |
Filipino nationalist who defeated the Spanish army |
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Espionage act |
Allowing postal authorities to ban treasonable or seditious newspapers |
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Federal reserve act |
By Woodrow Wilson , established the central banking system of the us |
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Fundamemtalism |
Bible is literal truth |
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George creel |
Director of the CPI appointed by wilson |
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Gifford pinchot |
Roosevelt used his ideas of rational use, he also led the division of forestry in the US department of agriculturr |
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Herbert hoover |
1874-1964 president, embraced active economic plan, urged for more jobs, |
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Horizontal integration |
Many firms in the same buissiness |
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Initiative |
Gave people power to put a proposed new law directly on the ballot by signatures on a petition |
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Jingoism |
Aggressive nationalism |
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John d rockefeller |
Oil tycoon |
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John j pershing |
Experienced soldier and leader who fought in several wars before the beginning of American involvement |
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League of nations |
Wilson asked for it, to secure mutual relationships |
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Reparations |
Payment for war damages |
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Lusitania |
Sunk by German u-boat may 7, 1915 |
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Moral diplomacy |
Wilson's diplomacy promoted human rights, national integrity, and opportunity |
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Muckracker |
Writers who dramatized the need for reform |
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Naacp |
Helped African americans be physically free, mentally free and, politically free |
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Nawsa |
Wanted women to vote |
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Ohio gang |
Harding's friends who wanted to get rich by working for the gov |
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Open door diplomacy |
America doesn't wanna bu8ld colonies, just trade |
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Pendleton act |
Individuals who wanted to work for the gov had to take the exam |
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Platt amendment |
Gave America power over cuba |
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Please V ferguson |
Separate but equal |
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Populist party |
Wanted free silver |
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Recall |
Remove public workers before term was up |
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Referenfum |
Allowed citizens to approve or reject laws |
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Red scare |
Fear of communism |
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Scopes trial |
Evolution in school? |
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Settlement house |
Community center that provided social service to the poor |
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Social gospel |
End of child labor and child workday |
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Sherman antitrust act |
Outlawed antitrust that operates in restraint of trade or commerce |
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Social darwinosm |
Natural selection |
