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30 Cards in this Set
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16 amendment
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Government was allowed to tax (income tax)
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Teddy Rosevelt
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President
led the rough riders in spanish american war- square deal |
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Taft
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reform movement
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Muckrakers
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journalists who tried to expose corruption in bussiness and politics
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Rooselvelt Corrollary
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T. Rooselvelt stated that the U.S. would make sure Europe stayed out of Latin America- monroe doctrine
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Zimmerman note
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telegram from german to mexico asking them to join the war- they would get land
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Platt amendment
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U.S. limited cuba's rights
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Boxer rebellion
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Chinese trying to get rid of foreign invaders
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Versailles
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ended ww1- made germany pay reparations
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14 pts
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Pres. Wilson's plan for wolrd peace after war
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Maine/ lustitania
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maine- blown up- unknown cause- blamed spain union
lusitania- british ship blown up- 128 americans killed |
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Panama canal
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shortcut for us trade
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open door policy
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all nations should be able to trade w/ china
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the big four
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us, gb, frnace, italy
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Russo japanese war
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Russia and japan fighting for manchuria
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Spanish american war
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between us and spain over cuba
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Amdiral George Dewey
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incharge of us naval fleet in cuba
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Wilson
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14 pts- league of nations
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philippines
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spanish american war fought here
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teapot dome scandal
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harding administration- selling oil
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black tuesday
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stock market crash 1929
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Harding
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pres. pro bussiness
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coolidge
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silent cal
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Hoover
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was blamed for poverty
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FDR
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new deal- he was rich but he helped the poor- thought of as a traitor to his own kind
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cause of dep
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stock market crash- people paying for things on credit
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rugged individualism
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Hoover- you have to survive on your own
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D Day
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Juine 6 1944- allies land on the beaches of normandy
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pearl harbor
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dec 7 1941- japan attacks us- cause to enter ww2
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Bataan death march
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japan forced us and filipino soldiers to march and be tortured
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