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15 Cards in this Set
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Pancho Villa
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Mexican crusador who killed Americans in hopes of spurring a war between Canenza & Wilson
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Woodrow Wilson
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Democrat sponsored governor of New Jersey (1910), won the presidency in 1912, sponsored the "New Freedom"
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Allies
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France, Britain, Russia, Japan, Italy
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New Nationalism
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Under TR. Called for a consolidation of trusts/labor unions, powerful regulatory agencies, social reform, suffrage
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Federal Reserve Act
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1913-Fed. Reserve Board oversees a system of 12 regional backs, all owned privately, but with the final control owned by the Board. Fed. Reserve Notes could also be printed.
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16th Ammendment
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Allowed Congress to authorize an income tax
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Clayton Act
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Expanded Sherman Anti-Trust Act to include discrimination and interlocking dictorates (directors on competing firms)
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Lusitania
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British steamer off the coast of Ireland carrying 128 Americans (et al) and ammunition for the Br., sunk by German u-boat
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Egune Debs
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Socialist candidate for the presidency
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Central Powers
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Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria
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Sussex
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French steamer sunk by U-Boats prompted Wilson to threat the discontinuation of diplomatic relations with Germany
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Federal Trade Commission
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1914-commission regulates interstate commerce, control monopoly at the source: unfair trade practices, unlawful competition, false advertisement, mislabeling, adulteration, and bribery
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Underwood Tariff
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Reduced import fees
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New Freedom
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Under Wilson; small enterprise, small euntrepaneurship, and an unmonopolized and unregulated market
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Bull Moose
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Icon for TR's Progressive Republican Party
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