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91 Cards in this Set
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Who was the world's strongest navy in the 1800's? |
England |
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What are coaling stations? |
Islands stockpiled with coal to refuel ships |
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How did the United States end up acquiring Hawaii? |
They started a revolt against Queen Liliuokalani (last Hawaiian monarch) |
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Hawaii was what before it became a state |
A US territory which was used as a coaling station |
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The US obtained what island in the pacific besides Hawaii |
Samoa |
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The United States tried to buy ____ from _____ and they also tried mercenary tactics which both failed. |
Cuba; Spain |
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Cuba was the United States' main source of what two crops |
Sugarcane and Tobacco |
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What did the Wilson-Gorman Tariff do? |
Raised taxes on sugarcane being imported from only Cuba |
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Yellow Journalism |
Lying about a story (Hearst & Pulitzer [biggest newspaper company]) |
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A Cuban General who rounded up revolutionaries and put them in concentration camps |
"The Butcher" (Wylen) |
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What were the two reasons the United States declared war on Spain over Cuba? |
The sinking of the USS Maine and the De Lome Letter. |
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Who asked Congress to declare war on Spain? |
McKinley |
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What is the Teller Amendment? |
When Spain is kicked out of Cuba, it is returned to the Cubans Any Spanish territory could be attacked |
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US obtained __________ and ____ during the Spanish American war but gave the ___________ back to themselves |
Puerto Rico; Guam; Phillipines |
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The Treaty of Paris did what for the US |
The US gave Spain 20 million dollars after the war which also gave them Guantanamo Bay (100 yr lease) |
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What school did Teddy Roosevelt attend? |
Harvard |
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What job did T.R. have when McKinley was president? |
Assistant Secretary of the Navy |
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After Teddy resigned from his Assistant Secretary job he enrolled in the army and became a
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Colonel |
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This unit was led by Teddy Roosevelt |
The Roughriders |
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The Roughriders are credited with capturing which Hill in the Spanish American war? |
San Juan Hill (actually captured Kettle Hill) |
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Which state did Teddy Roosevelt govern after the Spanish American war? |
New York |
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When McKinley ran for a second term, he chose this man as his VP |
Teddy Roosevelt |
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McKinley was shot and killed in _______ New York |
Buffalo (Trade Convention) |
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Hay-Herran Treaty with Columbia |
The US was the only foreign country that could build in Columbia |
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Teddy Roosevelt was the first president to |
Win a Nobel peace prize, leave US soil, make a move to conserve the environment, and was also the youngest at age 42 |
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TR wanted to build what in Panama |
a canal |
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The US tried to give Columbia __ million dollars and ___ thousand a year to use the canal |
10; 250 |
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How did the US help Panama achieve independence? |
They supplied weapons and blocked off the Colombian reinforcements |
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Panama was offered the ________________ as well and they accepted it |
Hay-Herran Treaty |
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The Russian-Japanese war was fought over |
Manchuria in China (coal) |
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In the Russian-Japanese war, the Japanese were _______ all navy wars but most land wars were a _________ |
Winning; Stalemate |
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TR's most famous saying |
"Speak softly but carry a big stick" |
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Treaty of Portsmouth |
Treaty between Russia and Japan stating that all Jap/Russian controlled land in Manchuria goes back to Manchuria |
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TR had this made to show off the US's Naval power |
The Great White Fleet |
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Washington Conference |
Set aside land for National Parks |
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Who wrote The Jungle and what Acts did it bring about? |
Upton Sinclair Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act |
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TR decided not to run for a third term and instead recommended his Secretary of War who was |
William Howard Taft |
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Taft's dream job was to be a ______________________ but instead got stuck with being President. |
Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court |
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TR left for Africa with his son ______ for 2 years when Taft was elected. During these two years Taft changed ____________ issues TR created. |
Kermit; environmental |
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Taft ate when he became nervous so he had an ________ and he also got stuck in the _______. |
Elevator; bathtub |
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TR started this party to run against Taft |
Bull Moose Party |
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TR was giving a speech when he was ____. He continued the speech and then went for medical care. |
Shot |
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The Progressive era brought about ______ in the ______-class and ___________-class |
change; middle; upper-middle |
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Cities grew rapidly which caused |
Govt. Corruption and sanitary issues |
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Progressives boosted the ___________ and made factories _____ |
police force; safer |
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This man designed Central Park |
Frederick Law Olmstead (beginning of Landscape Architecture) |
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Which amendments were progressive amendments? |
16th (fed income tax), 17th (direct election of senators), 18th (prohibition), and the 19th (women could vote) |
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The 21st amendment did what |
Repealed the 18th amendment |
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Volstead Act |
enforced prohibition |
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Prohibition led to an increase of |
Organized Crime |
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Carry Nation (AKA ____________) pushed for the __th amendment and would destroy drinks in bars |
Hatchet Annie; 18 |
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Al Capone was arrested for ________ and sent to ________. |
Tax Fraud; Alcatraz |
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These women's groups supported the 18th amendment |
Women's Christian Temperance League and Anti-Saloon League |
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Speakeasies |
disguised bars/hidden bars |
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Woodrow Wilson was elected in |
1912 |
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Woodrow Wilson went to which school |
John Hopkins and the Princeton (later became Pres of Princeton) |
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Woodrow Wilson was Governor of which state |
New Jersey |
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Bill-Underwood-Simmons Tariff |
Lowered Tariffs |
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The Clayton Anti-Trust Act helped prevent |
Monopolies |
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In WWI, the Triple Alliance consisted of |
Germany, Austria, and Italy |
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In WWI, the Triple Entente consisted of |
Great Britain, France, and Russia |
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Czar Nicholas II had the nickname |
Little Father |
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Von Schliefen Plan |
No 2 front war and rapid mobilization (wanted to capture Paris) |
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Arch Duke and Duchess went to Serbia and both were |
shot and killed |
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After the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, Germany backed _______ and Russia backed ______ |
Austria; Serbia |
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The Blank Check was written by the _______ and sent to the _________ in order to help Austria fight Serbia |
Germans; Austrians |
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At the start of WWI the US was |
Neutral (favored the British) |
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WWI consisted of lots of |
Trench Warfare |
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These new weapons made their debut in WWI |
Mustard Gas, Airplanes as weapons, and Submarines (Germans only for subs) |
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Germany invaded ______ as well when WWI started |
Russia |
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These were two reasons the US joined WWI |
The sinking of the Lusitania and the sinking of the Sussex |
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After two passenger ships with Americans on it were sunk, Wilson gave Germany a "Strict Accountability" Speech which said |
No more Americans will be killed or the Germans will be held accountable |
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The Sussex Pledge is basically the same as the |
Strict Accountability Speech |
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Wilson's slogan for his second election was |
He kept us out of war |
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Wilson brought his ________ to the table when re-elected |
14 points |
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The German's declared unrestricted submarine warfare which was |
all submarines were to sink anything on sight |
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The final reason the US joined WWI |
The Zimmerman Note (Germany asked Mexico to declare war on the US) |
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Wilson asked for war and got a |
100% vote from the Senate and only 1 no from a woman in the House |
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General ________ and ____ troops were sent to France |
Pershing; 2500 |
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The US lost ______ soldiers in WWI |
120,000 |
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The United States started the _____________________ in WWI |
Selective Service Draft (3 million drafted) |
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What was the Great Migration |
blacks moving North for jobs |
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During WWI many German things were changed such as |
German last names, German classes in school, and Sauer Kraut = Liberty Cabbage |
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Kerensky wanted a ____ or a ______________________ in Russia while Lenin wanted _________ |
Duma; Constitutional Monarchy; Communism |
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Lenin defeated Kerensky's forces and moved the capital to |
Moscow |
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Treaty of Brest Litovsk |
Fighting between Germany and the newly formed USSR stopped |
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Fighting in WWI stopped with the |
Treaty of Versailles |
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Wilson brought this man to the peace treaty instead of Lodge |
Ed House |
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Red Scare |
Fear of Communism |
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Xenophobia |
fear or foreigners |
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The KKK stretched their hatred to |
blacks, foreigners, Catholics, and Jews |
