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Although the progressives often differed about what progressivism meant, most agreed that

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government should play a role in correcting society's ills

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the progressive approach to reform was influenced by

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all of the answers below

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the traditional view of progressivism described it as a movement by the "people" to curb the power of the

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special interests

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the group of crusading journalists of the late 1800s and early 1900s who attacked corruption in business and government were called

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muckrakers

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Gabriel kook argued in his 1963 book that progressivism was an attempt by

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businessmen to use the power of the government to protect themselves against competition

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the favorite targets of the muckrakers included all of the following except

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the violence used against unions

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according to historians writing in the 1970s and 1980s, the progressive movement resulted in

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the decline of political parties and the rise of interest groups

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in the late 1800s, a group of Christian reformers started a movement that acquired the name of the Social Gospel. one organization that originated as a result of this movement was the

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Salvation Army

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oen of the most important members of the Social Gospel movement of the late 1800s was

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Walter Rauschenbusch

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Father John Ryan focused on

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expanding the scope of welfare for the poor

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Hull House, a settlement house designed to aid immigrants, was started by

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Jane Addams

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the new middle class of the early 1900s placed a high value on

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education and individual accomplishment

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as a result of the increasing demands for reform in medicine by the progressives, the medical profession

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established the American Medical Association, to represent the field as a whole

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the growing demand for reform by the progressives in the newly developing professions was the result of their attempts to

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all of the answers below

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as a result of their attempts to regulate the medical profession, doctors such as William H. Welch revolutionized the teaching of medicine by

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moving students out of the classrooms and into laboratories and clinics

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the so-called "women's profession" of the progressive era included all of the following except

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secretary

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to be more actively involved in the progressive effort to remake American society, the great majority of American women

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joined women's clubs

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all of the following were women's organizations of the progressive era except

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national organization for women

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most progressive reformers advocated suffrage for women because they thought it would

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strengthen the forces of reform

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the most radical and militant women's suffrage leader who advocated both the vote for women and the Equal Rights Amendment was

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Alice Paul

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most progressives agreed that the only societal institution that could provide the regulation and control necessary to modern society was the

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government

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the progressives attempted to challenge the dominance of the two major political parties through all of the following methods except

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working with the urban political bosses

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most urban working people opposed the actions of the progressives against the party machines because

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the machines were a source of jobs an services

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the progressive belief that government must remain untainted by the corrupting influence of politics led to the creation of the form of municipal government known a

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city manager government

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progressives introduced reforms that attempts to make government more responsive to the people. those reforms included all of the following except

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party nominating conventions

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the progressive measure that gave voters the right to remove a public official from office through special election was

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recall

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progressives came to regard one state as the center of reform and its governor as the leader progressive. the most progressive state and governor were

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Wisconsin/Robert La Follette

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during the progressive era, New York's Tammany Hall was an example of

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all of the answers below

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the death toll in the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire was much high than it should have been because

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the management of the company had looked the emergency exits so that employees could not seek away from work

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western progressives wanted the federal government to help their states by

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all of the answers below

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the black leader who became the chief spokesman for the new civil rights movement and who helped to found the Niagara movement and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was

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W.E.B. Du Bois

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the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People approach to obtaining civil rights for black Americans included

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all of the answers below

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although many progressives felt that the elimination of alcohol from American life was a necessary step in remaking American society, the primary group inn society who pushed for prohibition was

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women

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in the progressive push to adopt the Eighteenth Amendment in 1917, only Connecticut and Rhode Island refused to ratify it because

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they had primarily Catholic immigrant populations

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in adopting the Eighteenth Amendment, progressives felt the federal government had taken a step toward the elimination of

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all of the answers below

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which statement would most likely have been said by a nativist?

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"American purity is being harmed by the immigration of non-Anglo-Saxon people."

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progressives used all of the following reasons to justify immigration restriction except

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immigrants were a source of cheap labor and thus were forcing down the wages of average Americans

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the Dillingham Report concluded that

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newer immigrants were not efficient at assimilating to American culture

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in the early 1900s, the man who became famous as the leader of the Socialist party and who was its perennial presidential candidate was

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Eugene V. Debs

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in the early 1900s, supporters of socialism argued that the main problem of American society was not the abuse of the economic system by big business but the

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economic system as a whole

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the wobblies were a group of

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all of the answers below

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Louis D. Brandeis, who was a brilliant lawyer, Supreme Court justice, and author, was associated with the economic viewpoint that

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government must regulate competition in such a way as to ensure that large trusts did not emerge

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Herbert Croly, whose 1909 book The Promise of American Life was one of the most influential progressive documents, expressed a "nationalist" position on the american economy. this nationalist policy called for

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guarding against abuses of power by large institutions by distinguishing between "good trusts" and "bad trusts"

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the president who became the most powerful symbol of the reform impulse at the national level was

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Theodore Roosevelt

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all progressives were in agreement that

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laissez-passer orthodoxy was inadequate for dealing with social problems

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the progressive movement switches emphasis from the state to the federal level because

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it encountered failure in trying to regulate business at the state level

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the one branch of the US government capable of providing leadership to the national reform movement of the early 1900s was the

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presidency

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President Teddy Roosevelt's philosophy is best described as

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conservative progressivism

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president Roosevelt saw his reforms as a way to

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prevent radicalism from taking control on the future

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president Teddy Roosevelt believed that corruption in big business could be control by

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applying the pressure of an informed public

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at heart Teddy Roosevelt was a

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trust regulator

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President teddy roosevelt's economic program was hampered in his first term by

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his preoccupation with winning re-election

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in the election of 1904, president teddy roosevelt won an overwhelming victory for all of the following reasons except

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he maintained the federal government's policy of supporting employer demands in labor strikes

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in the election of 1904, teddy roosevelt ran against

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Alton B. Parker

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Pres. Teddy Roosevelt's 1904 reform program was called the

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Square Deal

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One reform that was passed during Teddy Roosevelt's second term was

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the Pure Food and Drug Act

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support for the meat Inspection Act of 1906 was generated by Upton Sinclair's novel,

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The Jungle

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in 1907, president teddy roosevelt proposed all of the following measures except

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deregulation of the stock market

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the reaction by Congress to president Teddy Roosevelt's reform programs revealed

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a growing split in the Republican party

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president teddy roosevelt's conservation policy showed his desire to

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put the government in charge of natural resource management

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president teddy roosevelt's conservation policies were influenced by

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Gifford Pinchot

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the Panic of 1907 showed

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the largely uncontrolled nature of banking and the stock market

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for the election of 1908, William Howard Taft enjoyed the support of all of the following except

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William Jennings Bryan

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taft differed from teddy Roosevelt in all of the following ways except

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he believed in completely conservative principles

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the main result of the Payne-Aldrich tariff of 1909 was to

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make little change in the tariff rates

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during his first year in office, president taft showed himself to be

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less progressive than some people had thought

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president taft fired Gifford Pinchot for

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leaking internal administration matters to the press

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in 1910, teddy roosevelt reacted to taft's actions as president by

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setting out on a speaking tour to announce his position

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in 1912, teddy roosevelt reacted to president taft's actions by

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announcing his own candidacy

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the new nationalism referred to the

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call for a strong federal government

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in teddy roosevelt's new nationalism speech, he called for all of the following reforms except

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an end to all trusts

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the congressional elections of 1910 showed that the people

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wanted a return to reform

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teddy roosevelt opposed taft's handling of the antitrust suit against US steel because

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it reflected badly on Roosevelt's presidency

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in the election of 1912, teddy roosevelt

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lost the republican nomination and ran as a third-party candidate

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to progressives, the republican party conventional of 1912 symbolized the

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the victory of party leaders over the rank and file

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as a politician, woodrow wilson possessed all of the following characteristics except

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he was willing to compromise

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woodrow wilson's program was called the

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New Freedom

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woodrow wilson and teddy roosevelt differed fundamentally on the issue of

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antitrust laws

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wilson won the election of 1912 because

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teddy roosevelt and taft split the republican vote

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president wilson wielded his power in all of the following ways except

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he used the veto liberally

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in its first two years, the wilson administration persuaded Congress to pass legislation that took all of the following actions except

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instituting a series of new antitrust cases

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woodrow wilson's most important piece of domestic legislation was the

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Federal Reserve Act

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the Federal Reserve System represented

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a compromise between public and private interests

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the Federal Trade Commission Act allowed business regulation through all for eh following means except

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the seizures of corporations engaged in monopolistic activities

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after backing away from further reforms in late 1914, wilson began pushing reforms again because

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Democrats lost heavily in the 1914 elections

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president teddy roosevelt's foreign policy was dominated by his belief that

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it is the right and duty of civilized nations to intervene in the affairs of uncivilized nations for the common good

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in 1905, teddy roosevelt intervened to force a peace in a war between

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russia and japan

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the roosevelt corollary to the Monroe Doctrine stated that

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the United States could intervene in the internals affairs of Latin American nations to preserve stability

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the United States originally planned for its inter-ocean canal to go through the country of

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nicaragua

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president teddy roosevelt secured the canal zone in Panama by

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engineering a Panamanian revolt against Columbia

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the term "Dollar Diplomacy" refers to the

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policy of using investment to further US economic interests in Latin America

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president Wilson used "morality" to justify intervention in all of the following nations except

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Guatemala

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during the period 1900-1915, the United States offered support to the Mexican leader

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all of the answers below

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the work of George Marsh led Americans to fear that deforestation would cause all of the following environmental disasters except

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deforested land might cause global warming

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