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| the war between the U.S. and Spain in 1898. |
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| the right to vote which the women going for in 1919 this was also known as the 19th amendment |
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| reflected American idealism and Wilson's view that the war should be a crusade for democracy and lasting peace |
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| he hoped to create a world of peaceful nations in which future wars could be avoided |
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| Are a style of dress that the ladies wore during the 1920s |
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| Private oil companies paid Fall 400,000 for arranging to lease thm two large oil fields |
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| this took place in the 1930s this led to the stock market crashing, banks shutting down, and shortage on trade with other countries |
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| came up with the idea of building automobiles through an assembly line |
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| these chats were radio broadcasts that Roosevelt had made |
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| is when Japenese air bombed American ships were sunk or destroyed 2,403 soldiers and civilans were killed with another 1,178 wounded. |
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| elected vice president in Roosevelt's 4th term; became 33rd President of the United States on Roosevelt's death in 1945 and was elected President in 1948; authorized the use of atomic bombs against Japan (1884-1972) |
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| chinese ports would remain open to trade of all nations |
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Inflammatory, irresponsible reporting by newspapers. The phrase arose during the 1890s, when some American newspapers, particularly those run by William Randolph Hearst, worked to incite hatred of Spain, thereby contributing to the start of the Spanish-American War. Newspapers that practice yellow journalism are called yellow press. |
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| This amendment mainly dealt with women suffrage and how they wanted the right to vote |
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| Roosevelt's policy of using the threat of military force to influence political events in other countries |
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| a cultural movement in 1920s America during which black art, literature, and music experienced renewal and growth, originating in New York City's Harlem district; also called Black Renaissance, New Negro Movement |
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A group of government programs and policies established under President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s; the New Deal was designed to improve conditions for persons suffering in the Great Depression. The projects of the New Deal included the Social Security System, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the Works Progress Administration. |
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| when men had to register for the draft |
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| this guaranteed workers the right to organize and join unions |
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| those are Franklin D. Roosevelt's initials |
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| is when they were bringing the acholoic beverages back into the community but you had to be over 21 to be able to have a drink |
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| the policy giving in to the demands of a hostile power to keep peace |
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| japanese internment camps |
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| the assertion that the United States had to intervene in Latin America |
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| was part of the 18th amendment. In this amendment they were banning alcoholic drinks |
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| an unsuccessful attempt by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937 to appoint up to six additional justices to the Supreme Court, which had invalidated a number of his New Deal laws. |
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The encampments of the poor and homeless that sprang up during the Great Depression. They were named with ironic intent after President Herbert Hoover, who was in office when the depression started. |
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The rounding up and deportation of several hundred immigrants of radical political views by the federal government in 1919 and 1920. This “scare” was caused by fears of subversion by communists in the United States after the Russian Revolution. |
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The trial of John Scopes, a high school teacher in Tennessee, for teaching the theory of evolution in violation of state law. The trial was held in 1925, with eminent lawyers on both sides — William Jennings Bryan for the prosecution and Clarence Darrow for the defense. Although Scopes was convicted, he was given a nominal fine, and the outcome was widely seen as a victory for Darrow. |
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| was a secret message from the German Foreign Minister, which promised to return U.S territories to Mexico if Mexico acted against the United States |
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The belief that all individuals, or nearly all individuals, can succeed on their own and that government help for people should be minimal. The phrase is often associated with policies of the Republican party and was widely used by the Republican president Herbert Hoover. The phrase was later used in scorn by the Democratic presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman to refer to the disasters of Hoover's administration, during which the stock market Crash of 1929 occurred and the Great Depression began. |
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| when clouds of dust blew everything the farmers had away off their farms which eventually turned in to a desert |
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American writer known for his popular historical romance novels, such as Richard Carvel (1899).
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A nuclear weapon whose enormous explosive power results from the sudden release of energy from a fission reaction. (See also Hiroshima, hydrogen bomb, Nagasaki, and Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT].) |
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