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| For many political and religious leaders, expansionism... |
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| would mean the triumph of American civiliztion around the globe. |
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| William Seward's foreign policy emphasized |
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| United States domination of the Americas. |
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| In 1867, Secretary of State William Seward had the United States purchase Alaska from |
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| In response to the succesful revolt in Hawaii in 1893, Grover Cleveland |
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| tried but failed to restore the queen to power. |
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| To the publishers of yellow journalism, |
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| sensastional news articles would increase sales. |
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| During the Spanish-American War, African-Americans in the military |
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| found segregation and discrimination similar to civilian life. |
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| established civil government in Puerto Rico. |
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| What document provided the terms for U.S. intervention in Cuba? |
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| The best example of a mass-produced consumer product in the early 1900s was |
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| The Model T of Henry Ford |
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| The control of a commodity or service by a small number of large, powerful companies is called |
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| Between 1900 and 1920,women |
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| increasingly found professional careers closed to them. |
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| At the beginning of the twentieth century, many African Americans |
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| worked in South as sharecroppers. |
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| Immigrants to the United States in the early 1900s |
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| Encouraged considerable hostility from American nativists. |
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| The "science" of Eugenics held that |
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| a population growth among inferior peoples should be limited. |
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| Music in the Progressive period |
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| was strongly influenced by the African American experience. |
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| Who pinoneered improvisational dance? |
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| The leading advocate of the philosophy of pragmatism was |
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| The most influential educator of the Progressive Era was |
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| The most famous reform governor of the Progressive Era was |
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| In the Great Coal Strike of 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt |
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| invited both sides to a White House conference. |
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| Dividing the Republican party early in Taft's administration was |
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| a decision concerning the need to lower tariffs. |
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| authorized an income tax. |
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| The Underwood Tariff Act of 1913 |
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| imposed the eight-hour day on railroads. |
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| Author Ward McAllister: How to be rich and who to invite |
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| A law setting aside money and land for colleges and universities. |
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| Designed parks, specifically, Central Park |
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a. more parks
b.wider streets (boulevard)
c.suburbs |
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said the Immigrants are at fault.
head of American Protection Association. |
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| Women claiming that alochol is the problem |
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| Women's Christian Temperance Union |
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| political patronage: friends are given jobs without qualifications |
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| change spoil jobs into civil service jobs. |
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| Pendleton Civil Service Act |
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| Charles Macune leads in joining the southern, colored, and Northwest alliances |
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| Idea: Do not lose money form loans and debt due to government warehouses. |
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| The populist party plan to elect one of their own into office. |
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| The domino effect occurs when railroad companies go out of business. |
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| 500 workers marched to 'Capital Hill' saying "Create public work for me!" and denied by government. |
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| Eugene Debs leads the railroad union in a strike telling every company not to touch a Pullman car. |
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| A democrate that supports populist opinions. |
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wrote "Significance of the Frontier in American History" theory that we should be looking elsewhere (different countries)
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The Influence of Seapower Upon History. Every great empire controls the waters.
- NAVY
- bases around the world
- canal
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| Ship exploded when U.S. helped Cuba; blamed on Spain |
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| Sank every Spanish ship in one night in the Philippines |
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| Cuba is free and how the war ends |
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| Because and important person says it you should oblige that opinion |
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| Secretary of state John Hay, sharing U.S. goods everywhere |
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| Roosevelt offers money to Columbia for the land they say no. Panamanian people shoot at Columbians fighting for land. 10 years to build. |
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| U.S. reserves the right to stick their nose into other countries' business but they can't in ours. |
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| journalists encouraging change |
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| wrote about John Rockefeller |
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How the Other Half Lives
Put together pictures showing bad things |
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The Shame of the Cities
how corrupt machine politics is. |
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| The people have choice on who would be on the ballot. |
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"Power to the People" to pass laws.
Petition and Vote |
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| Initiative and Referendum |
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| The power to kick someone out of office. |
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| People select commissioners that are good at 1 job. |
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| City Council hires a manager thus he is not an elected official. |
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| Hull House "settlement house" movement |
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| National Consumers League: trying to convince government to pass laws for factory safety. |
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| 146 out of 200 women died in this fire because the building was bricked up and there were no fireescapes. |
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| Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire |
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| Goal to eliminate alcohol, shut down entire states worth of bars. |
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| Says dont't fight the racism; learn new trades, new skills |
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Booker T. Washington
Atlanta Compromise Speech |
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W.E.B DuBois
The Niagra Movement |
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| Socialist Party of America |
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William "Big Bill" Haywood
power of the general strike |
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| Industrial Workers of the World |
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Women and Economics
Women explore and work |
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| Birth control; advocate for abortion |
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| As a result of the Plessy v.s. Ferguson decision, |
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| African-American education was supposed to be "seperate by equal" to white education. |
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| believed that nature applied to society. |
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| According to his theory, a "single tax" owuld have equalized wealth and raised revenue to aid the poor. |
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| wrote the book Looking Backward which looked forward to a future of socialism in America. |
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| Who was the most active leader to the Social Gospel? |
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| The "grandfather clause" waived the literacy requirement for voters who ancestor had |
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| In this case, the Supreme Court upheld the right of states to regulate commerce |
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| the presidency was weaker than congress. |
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| The case of United States v.s. E.C. Knight, |
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| drew a sharp distinction between commerce and manufactoring. |
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| Those who supported the free coinage of silver |
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| were convinced it would raise wages and crop prices. |
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| Which of the following was NOT a reason for farm discontent in the late nineteenth century? |
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| the inability to organize and voice their discontent. |
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| Which of the following was NOT a consequence of the depression of 1893? |
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| Rural and urban societies were brought closer together. |
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| The writings of Mark Twain |
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| relied on the realism and humor of American life. |
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| The leading naturalist writer of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was |
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The Sherman Silver Purchase Act |
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| allowed for the free coinage of silver. |
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| pushes big business, Teddy's frenemey |
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| Theodore Roosevelt's political party wanting a big government |
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Progressive Party (Bull Moose Party)
New Nationalism |
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| Woodrow Wilson's small government |
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| requires ingredients to be on the label |
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| Book describing the food factory conditions |
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| Upton Sinclair, The Jungle |
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| Roosevelt's philosophy to protect enviornment |
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