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46 Cards in this Set
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Name of Treaty to end WWI
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Treaty of Versailles
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Diplomacy associated with President Taft
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Dollar Diplomacy
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What allowed all nations equal trading rights in China?
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Open Door Policy
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War in Europe from 1914-1918
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WWI
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What prompted WWI
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U-Boats kept sinking US ships and Germany threatened our borders.
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Who divised the 14 point plan and why
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President Wilson to eliminate teh causes of war.
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Organization of Nations commited to peace.
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League of Nations
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Which country did not join the league of nations?
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United States
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ratified to free up grain to feed the soldiers
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18 Amendment
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Open door policy started because....
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European nations had been carving Spheres of influence and the US felt shut out
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What was Wilson's attempt to make the world a safe place
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WWI
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What did President Taft believe was a good way to establish friendship w/ Latin American countries?
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Dollar Diplomacy
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What prompted the "leaseholds" in China and what does it mean?
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Leasehold is the center of a country's (China) sphere of influence an area where another foreign nation controls the economic development of that area.
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What was the name of the canal built through the Isthmus of Panama?
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Panama Canal
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T. Roosevelt encouraged the Panamanian revolt which led to independence from who?
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Columbia
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The 18th amendment had to do with what?
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Prohibition of alcohol (laws against making or selling alcohol)
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What U.S. island was taken over by missionaries and businessmen?
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Hawaii
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What island did the U.S. annex and also deposed of its Queen?
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Hawaii
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What is the name of the program that Woodrow Wilson used to improve society by regulating business?
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New Freedom
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What was the name of the president that promoted the Square Deal?
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Teddy Roosevelt
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What was the nickname Roosevelt gave these journalist who wrote about conditions in factories, cities and corrupt businessmen and politicians?
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Muckrakers
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Name of Roosevelt's program to improve society
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The New Deal
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Who was president during the Progressive era
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Woodrow Wilson
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Which amendment has to do with the election of senators?
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17th
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writers of the Progressive era
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Muckrakers
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Name of group that pushed to improve workers hours, wages and conditions
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Knights of Columbus
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When workers demanded better pay and conditions from their employers they went on _________ and refused to work.
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Strike
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Name of Woodrow Wilson's program to improve society by regulating business
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New Freedom
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Who wrote about the ils of society exposing the problems
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The Muckrackers
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which amendment pushed for women's rights
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19th
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A key figure in American Labor history and founded the American Federation of Labor.
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Samuel Gompers
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requires the United States Federal government to investigate and pursue trusts, companies and organizations suspected of violating the Act. It was the first Federal statute to limit cartels and monopolies, and today still forms the basis for most antitrust litigation by the United States federal government.
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Sherman Antitrust Act
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When woman got the right to vote
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1920
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who founded the American Railway Union
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Eugene V. Debs
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Which act expanded the Sherman Antitrust Act
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The Clayton Antitrust Act
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what Act attempts to stop monopolies of big corporations?
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The Clayton Antitrust Act
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often used against unions calling strikes because they were restraining trade
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Sherman Antitrust Act.
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who let the women's rights movement
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Susan B. Anthony
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The woman's rights movement was also called...
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The suffrage movement
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Means of pursuing civil & voting rights for African Americans
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Civil Rights Act of 1866.
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Passed by Congress to citizenship to all persons born in the USA
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14th amendment
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Amendment that makes slavery illegal
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13th
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What is the 15th amendment
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voting rights shall not be denied on account of race, color.
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the solid south refers to
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white southerners taking control of politics, economy and culture in the south
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group focused on intimidation of blacks
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KKK
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act involved with westward expansion.
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Homestead Act of 1862
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